Oklahoma Historical Society

PROJECT PURPOSE

ARPA-CSRHC-2101 ADA / Safety The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is a regional tourist hub in northwest Oklahoma. Keeping the facility in great condition is imperative to its continuing success, and this starts with the first impression. The parking lot needs to be repaired, resurfaced, marked, and sealed to maintain the appearance of the property and most importantly to continue to meet accessibility standards. All our state facilities should be accessible to all our citizens.

EVIDENCE

Our projects utilize local or regional contractors to perform the work and draw local, state and national visitation to the area thus boosting the local economy from construction activities and tourism for the area and state. This project will allow us to maintain compliance with ADA requirements.

POPULATION DESCRIPTION

The communities and local businesses around this site were impacted by the state shutdown and the decline of tourism as a result of the COVID pandemic. The local communities, municipalities and businesses lost revenue from sales, lodging, taxes and other tourism related benefits. This project benefits everyone by employing local businesses to create or improve local attractions and facilities to improve local tourism and community programing. The museum is located in Enid the largest city in the county with a population of 49,618. While the county if fairly affluent with a median income of $75,937, the museum is located in a qualified census tract. 9.6% of the population lives in poverty. Unemployment is at 2.5%. The population of the county is 62,846 with 94% identifying as white, 1% as Black/African American, 30% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2% as American Indian. In 26% of the homes a language other than English is spoken.

PERFORMANCE MEASURING

Project performance will be measured by visitation statistics with our current monthly statistical tracking system and tracking earned income at the site.

ONGOING INVESTMENT AMOUNT

$

ONGOING INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

None

ONGOING INVESTMENT REQUIRED

Able to continue operation without additional funding from the State of Oklahoma