Kendall Whittier District Semifinalist For 'Great American Main Street Award'

The Kendall Whittier district in Tulsa will learn on Friday if they won a national award for having the best up and coming Main Street.

The Kendall Whittier Main Street in Tulsa is a semifinalist in the “Great American Main Street Award.” The contest, put on by the National Main Street Center, is held annually and the historic Tulsa main street has been competing for years.

The street is one of the hundreds of competing for the win, last year they were named the one to watch, but this year the district is hoping to win.

 Kendall Whittier executive director Jessica Jackson Seay said the district has fought so hard to make a comeback.

“This is a community that is doing something great in the next couple of years,” said Seay. “You’re going to want to follow all of their progress, that was a huge honor last year really exciting and we are hopefully getting good news”

That contest winner is set to be announced around 11 a.m. on Friday.

To watch the live stream of the announcement ceremony visit the Main Street America Facebook page.