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August Neighborhood Doldrums |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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The August doldrums apparently have hit all the neighborhood associations. Between the heat, summer season and National Night Out, it appears none of the neighborhood associations thet regularly meet tonight (August 12th) met. Look for things to heat up next month in ALL the neighborhoods with election season
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
We recieved this Thank You letter from Baring Cross last night. The letter is in regards to the positive results and community support at "It's National Night Out in Baring Cross" from Machelle Steward-Brown, a Young Community Advocate of Baring Cross Mentor. The letter speaks about the strengthening of the community and how the Baring Cross neighborhood is "hopeful, powerful, organized and fighting crime".
Here's a copy of the letter (pdf)
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Argenta Featured in DemGazette |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
Laura Stevens, from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette did a long feature on the Argenta Neighborhood and the Downtown NLR area in the Sunday Business (08/10) section. It does a pretty good job, covering things.. including the new restaurants like the Nathan's Hot Dog Stand and the upcoming Starving Artist Cafe which is slated to have its soft opening sometime of the week of August 25th.
Read the full article here .
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Written by Clay Miller
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
 This afternoon, August 9th, the 17th Annual Dixie Day Celebration was held at Conley Park. Dixie Days was founded 17 years ago by Rev. Vernon Allen Sr. as a means for the Dixie Addition residents to shine a positive light on their neighborhood and give a little luster to a community that the event organizers describe as a "Diamond in the Rough".
Over 600 people attended, including around 100 to 150 family and friends who came from out of town. The celebration started off with an opening ceremony that included a speech by District 34 Arkansas State Senator Tracy Steele. After the opening ceremony there was a parade around the community that included classic cars and the Heavenly Riders, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts.
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Alderman Gets Tough Questions at Amboy Meeting |
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Written by Clay Miller
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
Alderman John Parker had to answer some tough questions at the Amboy Crime Watch meeting Thursday night, August 7th when concerned Amboy residents questioned his travel expenses while in office. Alderman Parker spoke for around fifteen minutes about his role on the City Council and what he and Council are doing for the community, then he took questions from the audience. After a couple of drainage and road improvement questions, one audience member, who had apparently been to Cty Hall to do some research, questioned Alderman Parker about the 10 trips he has taken in office to National League of City events costing taxpayers over $15,000 and the trip he took to North Little Rock's sister city in Turkey, which is not included in the $15,000 cost for the other 10 trips.
More on the jump
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Argenta Booster August Meeting Report |
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Written by Scott Miller
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
The Argenta Neighborhood Boosters met Thursday night August 7th at 1st Presbyterian Church in Argenta. There was approximately 15-20 people present including mayor candidiate Bubba Lloyd. The police and codes representatives were not present. Treasurer Sarah Kinser reported the Boosters had a bank balance of approximately $1300 and the Community Garden committee had a balance of about $1700.
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
The various North Little Rock Night Out celebrations were attended by about 750-1000 local residents. The community gatherings were held to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs; Strengthening neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and sending a message to criminals letting them know that our neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
The largest event was in Baring Cross, with at least 200 people attending, and included passionate motivational speeches. Dogtownwire made it to 8 of the 9 celebrations, only missing Northeast Lakewood's parade. Here are some of the pictures we took, click on the picture to view the caption.
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NUFL August Meeting Summary |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
The Neighbors United for Levy (NUFL) held thier monthly meeting last night, Aug. 4th, at the North Heights Rec Center. There were almost 30 members in attendance, including both Aldermen for Ward 3, John Parker and Cary Gaines. The featured speakers were Brandon Bennet, a police officer who works in and is also a resident of Levy, and Ron Treat the Levy area representative on the North Little Rock School Board.
For more details on the meeting see below
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Levy Improvement Movement July 31st Meeting Summary |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 The Levy Improvement Movement (LIM) is becoming a hotbed of neighborhood community activism in North Little Rock. At the Thursday, July 31st LIM meeting there were around 30 people in attendance including Alderwoman Debi Ross and Alderman Cary Gaines, mayoral candidate Bubba Lloyd and guest speaker Shirley Simpson, founder and president of Jail Reform Now. Here's a quick review of the meeting:
- This year the LIM will be partnering with the NLR Police Athletic League (PAL) to put on the "Halloween Haunted Hospital" and announced that they are hoping to expand the "Haunted Hospital" this year and that they will need volunteers to participate as "scarers".
For more information on what happened at the meeting go to the jump
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Baring Cross Featured on Fox16 |
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Written by Dogtown Staff
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
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Fox16 did a good story on the citizens in Baring Cross fighting crime. Click here for a link to the story and watch the video for neighbors in action
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