Town Branch Neighborhood lost tree cover, precious fertile prairie soil and structures that provided housing for hundreds of low-income people because of Aspen Ridge project: Click on headline below to go to You Tube for full-screen view of late 2006 video

Planning commission continues to struggle with requests to allow variances from tree-protection ordinance and from stream side-protection ordinance

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Mayor Lioneld Jordan continues to support the working people and businesses of the Town Branch neighborhood as he did when as a city council member he voted against student apartments at MLK and S. Hill Avenue and when he supported creating World Peace Wetland Prairie instead of apartments at 1121 S. Duncan Avenue

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World Peace Wetland Prairie fund-raising lauded in The Morning News of Springdale

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Town Branch Neighborhood subject of massive, needlessly expensive trail-construction effort: Please forgive the lack of production quality of my video. Too hot and tired to hold the camera. Official government-channel meeting video below my video clip

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Mayoral candidates' forum date set by council of neighborhoods

Grade-level crossing at Gov ave and MLK best choice for trail crossing

Fayetteville is extending its popular and well-used trail system. The trail must cross Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which is a busy street. Various means of crossing the street have been discussed, such as a tunnel, an overpass, or a surface crossing. The following diagrams, photographs, and sketches pose the questions:

1. Is it possible to construct a well-designed crossing at street level that will symbolically connect South Fayetteville with the Downtown? Can the installation of a small civic monument and plaza extend the elegance and prosperity of the downtown into South Fayetteville?

2. Can we create a civic monument that will make an explicit symbolic connection between the sacrifices of our veterans and the martyrdom of Dr. King?

3. Is the timing right to install a street crossing that will begin the implementation of important Master Street Plan features such as shade trees and generous sidewalks? Is MLK Boulevard doomed to its current condition that only serves the needs of motorists? Is the current condition of MLK an appropriate memorial to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

4. Can a surface crossing be made safe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists? Does having the crossing at street level increase awareness of alternate forms of transportation?

5. Would the businesses located at the corner of Government Avenue and MLK Boulevard, such as Heartwood Gallery, Ease Art Supply, and Alston Hair Salon benefit from the additional foot traffic and bicycle traffic? Would their increased sales provide a Return on Investment for the City of  

Rebates from Electricity provider: May 31, 2012 meeting of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Council of Neighborhoods

National Cemetery expansion group, the RNCIC, holding fund-raising yard sale at intersection of 11th Street and S. Hill Avenue to day and Saturday and the yellow house is for sale to anyone who will move it off the land

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Eugene Keister stands with another WWII veteran, Gene Hampton, after Memorial Day 2012 ceremony at Fayetteville National Cemetery

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Eugene Keister and 89-year-old veteran