Tourism Department receives grant for RUBY RED SLIPPER SLIDE
ELLY GRIMM
• Leader & Times
Liberal has been known as the home of Dorothy Gale from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for many years and soon, a new attraction will be coming to draw people to the community.
Last week, The City of Liberal announced it was awarded more than $32,000 from the Kansas Tourism department’s Attraction Development Grant program for the creation of a “Ruby Red Slipper Slide.”
The slide will replicate Dorothy Gale’s famous ruby red slippers and, standing nearly 10 feet tall, the slide will support child and adult users and will be located on the grounds of the Liberal Tourist Information Center at 1 Yellow Brick Road. Liberal Tourism and Convention Director Sally Fuller and Kansas Tourism Director Bridgette Jobe said there is a lot of excitement around the project.
