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As Oklahoma City welcomes spring, we’re seeing the return of outdoor events.

Oklahoma City's public art, ranging from historic to abstract sculptures to rotating murals in the Plaza District, is the best in the country as ranked by readers of USA Today.

A new 6,800-square-foot grocery store recently opened in northeast Oklahoma City through a private-public collaborative effort involving many Chamber members. Besides traditional grocery items, The Market at Eastpoint offers locally grown organic products and hope for the community.

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.

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.

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.

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.