Reba McEntire Leads Oklahoma Town's Rescue Plan.
Country music star Reba McEntire partnered with the Choctaw Nation to open a restaurant, Reba's Place, in Atoka, Oklahoma, where she grew up. The restaurant, which features a concert stage and gift shop selling Reba memorabilia, has attracted half a million guests in the past two months and is part of an ambitious plan to revive the local economy. The project is a convenient convergence of a music superstar, a well-resourced tribal nation, a heavily trafficked highway, and an ambitious local government. Several manufacturing and green energy companies are already setting up headquarters in Atoka.