Arkansas State House of Representatives will meet August 5th to consider a proposed rule to block former lawmaker Dwayne Dobbins return to the District 39 seat he resigned
three years ago to settle a felony sexual assault. Click here for a link to a map of District 39 to see if you live in Distruct 39. Click here for a link to the story and more information on Channel 7 News
Mayor Hays reported recently that the City is looking at selling a portion of Vestal Park in Baring Cross to a developer for residential construction. The City would retain approximately one third of the 10-15 acres in Vestal Park for
The two NLR School Board seats up for election this fall will have no competition. Mr Teague (Zone 5) and Mr. Cox (Zone 6) were the only candidates to file in each school board district and such, there will be no election with these two automatically filling the seats. Click here for a map of the school district boundaries.
School board members are aguably as important in our City as Cit Council members and the NLRSD ifaces numerous challenges with declining enrollment, end of the desegration coming soon.
19 building permits have been issued for the City Grove townhomes in Argenta. These permits represent buildigns that when built will fill up the entire east side of the Maple Street block between 4th & 5th Streets. Click here for link to the City Grove web site.
Opening the lines of communication--that's what the North Little
Rock Police Department is hoping to do with the local Hispanic
community. As that population continues to grow, police officers hope a series of
informational meetings will offer understanding and comfort to all who
live in North Little Rock.
The North Little Rock School District Board of Education will meet
in a special Board meeting at 5:00 p.m. today-Wednesday, July 23, 2008
in the Board Room. The only agenda item is a resolution for approval
of closing the voting polls on annual school election day-September 16,
2008 so that the election be conducted absentee and early voting
ballots due to Mr. Teague (Zone 5) and Mr. Cox (Zone 6) having no
opposition.
U.S. Youth Soccer, the nation's largest youth
soccer organization, is holding it's National Championships at Burns
Park in North Little Rock, and hopes are high for good results off the
field.
The action will start Wednesday
morning on the fields at Burns Park.There are 1200 players in town and
at least as many coaches, referees, family and friends are here for the
week as well.
That means the Little Rock's five biggest hotels
are currently booked solid, and from the sound of things, local
restaurants will be doing brisk business as well.
The Mayor on Monday reported to the Baring Cross
Neighborhood Association, that the City thought they owned the property along
the old rail line that ran along 15th Street
in Baring Cross and connected to the old quarry site on the River Trail. Robert Voyles with the City was in the
process of verifying the City controlled the property and if so, the City would
work to construct a trail that would connect the River Trail up the corner of
15th & Pike Streets
This would give many more people in Baring Cross and HOLT
easy access to the River Trail and provide a much shorter route to the trail
for others in Mid Cities and Levy.
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SoccerCity of Tulsa is going to build and open a nearly 50,000-SF indoor soccer facility in the Little Rock or North Little Rock area. Soccer City has narrowed their possible to about five loactions with Burns Park and Northshore Business Park in NLR being two of the possible locations.
For more details, click here for a link to the story in Arkansas Business.
19 building permits have been issued for the City Grove townhomes in Argenta. These permits represent buildigns that when built will fill up the entire east side of the Maple Street block between 4th & 5th Streets. Click 
The Mayor on Monday reported to the Baring Cross
Neighborhood Association, that the City thought they owned the property along
the old rail line that ran along 15th Street
in Baring Cross and connected to the old quarry site on the River Trail. Robert Voyles with the City was in the
process of verifying the City controlled the property and if so, the City would
work to construct a trail that would connect the River Trail up the corner of
15th & Pike Streets
