Main Street Arkansas Update - September 4, 2007

September 4- 7

Monday - closed, Labor Day
Tuesday - Cary, Dumas, Chamber Luncheon, interviews
Wednesday - Nancy, Helena
Thursday - all staff, FOIA Seminar, NLR
Friday –

Good Main Street Paragould Press:

http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2007/08/27/local_news/doc46d304a4ec0ab198850287.txt

Dickey-Stephens Park in Downtown NLR Named Baseball Park of the Year
http://www.travs.com/community/news/index.html?article_id=1295

Check out the glowing review here:
http://www.baseballparks.com/Arkansas-1.asp

Next Preserve America Community application deadline Dec. 1, 2007

I’ll remind you again that this is a fairly easy designation to obtain and that there is money available to PA communities. Osceola just received $100,000, Eureka Springs received over $61,000 and we at MSA/AHPP received $100,000.

Free FOIA Seminar

10:00-1:30 at the following locations:

September 6 – NLR, Pulaski Tech’s Grand Hall

September 11- Fayetteville – Donald W. Reynolds Center Auditorium

September 18 – Jonesboro – ASU Convocation Center, Meeting Rooms A&B

September 26 – Hope – U of A Community College Student Center

Contact Josh Blevins at the AGs office to RSVP 501.682.3015 or josh.blevins@arkansasag.gov

ArtLinks, October 21-22, Rogers

The Arkansas Arts Council will present its annual statewide conference on the arts, ArtLinks 2007: Connecting Commerce and the Creative Community, is presented by the Arkansas Arts Council in collaboration with Main Street Rogers.

Oct. 21-22 at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers. Registration forms for ArtLinks 2007 are available at www.arkansasarts.org/artlinks or by calling the Arkansas Arts Council at (501) 324-9766