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Design team wins Route 66 Beautiful grant for butterfly garden; planters installed and rendering assistance requested for roadside park
Summary
Yukon Route 66 Main Street received a Route 66 Beautiful grant for a butterfly garden; steel planters have been placed around the mural and plantings will be coordinated with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful and a native plants nursery, Design point lead Angie McPherson said on July 23.
The design committee reported that Yukon Route 66 Main Street received a Route 66 Beautiful grant to install a butterfly garden in steel planters around the mural, and the planters have been placed, Angie McPherson said July 23. Planting plans are being developed with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful and Oklahoma Native Plants Nursery to use perennial and native plants.
The nut graf: the grant and new plantings are part of the board’s downtown beautification and placemaking work. Installed planters around the mural are the immediate deliverable, while the design team seeks technical assistance and renderings to support a larger roadside park and future grant applications.
McPherson told the board that planters have been placed around the mural and that Stephanie is coordinating plant selection with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful and Oklahoma Native Plants Nursery, specifying perennial and native plantings. “We received the Route 66 beautiful grant for a butterfly garden, and that will go in the steel planters around the mural,” McPherson said.
McPherson also reported that she and Director Vicky Davis met with a Mr. Deckard and his team to update the roadside park project and that they received additional feedback to inform the project. The design assistance form previously discussed was submitted to Oklahoma Main Street to request a site visit and updated renderings for presentation to council and for use in grant applications.
Board members received the update without formal votes. The direction from the meeting was to continue coordination with partner organizations and to await the Oklahoma Main Street site visit and any renderings it produces. Specific planting contracts and procurement were described as direct purchases from suppliers under the grant terms.
Members were encouraged to refer to the Main Street office or website for details on planting timelines and volunteer opportunities for installation.
