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Booker T. Washington Park at NE Fourth St. and N. High Ave. will be the site for the sixth annual oNE OKC street festival, an event designed to engage the local community and attract people from throughout the OKC metro to visit northeast OKC. This year’s event will take place on May 15 from noon to 4 p.m.

Good news for the food and beverage industry. On Monday, the SBA opened applications for its new Restaurant Revitalization Fund. It will provide $28.6 billion to offset COVID-related revenue losses by restaurants, bakeries, bars, breweries, food trucks and caterers across the country. Funds can be used to help with payroll, insurance, mortgage or rent, utilities, construction of outdoor seating and other business operating expenses.

Are you ready for a doggone good time? Chamber member Solo’s Park and Pub is opening OKC’s first restaurant and dog park combination in Chisholm Creek on May 3.

Bakeries, bars and other businesses that provide food or drink in Oklahoma and across the nation may benefit from a new Restaurant Revitalization Fund that officially opened on Monday.

We talk bowling (for some reason), Scissortail Park’s market options, as well as how things are re-opening and what we’re looking forward to doing in OKC this summer including Dodgers and Energy games, pickleball, InternOKC and more.

In addition to resurfaced trails, new bike lanes and sidewalks, drivers are also experiencing smoother trips on Oklahoma City streets these days, thanks to voter approval of a Chamber-led campaign in 2017 to make city roads better and safer.

Officials are now looking for local experts to help fill a crucial role in Oklahoma City’s economic recovery through the OKC Small Business Continuity Program. Local professionals or companies selected to provide technical assistance will be paid for their efforts.

For major metros with more than one million in population, Oklahoma City had the 14th-lowest unemployment rate in the country according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.