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MONDAY Susan - Paragould
TUESDAY Quarterly Training – 1st Floor Conference Room 323 Center Street
WEDNESDAY all staff – Texarkana Rypkema’s White Elephant Workshop
THURSDAY all staff – Texarkana Rypkema’s White Elephant Workshop
FRIDAY Caroline – out
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Main Street Matters
The Ruse of the Creative Class
Texarkana Workshop Press
Broadband USA & Connect Arkansas
Most Endangered Nominations Accepted
Smart Growth Award
Main Street Matters
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/feb/20/main-street-matters-20100220/
- nice MSA mention.
The Ruse of the Creative Class?
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_ruse_of_the_creative_class
Texarkana Workshop Press
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2010/02/17/workshop-slated-on-building-rehab-15.php
Broadband USA & Connect Arkansas
http://www.broadbandusa.gov/
Connect Arkansas has been designated as the state lead for broadband stimulus proposals, and we are asking organizations submitting their own application to forward the final submitted PDF to Connect Arkansas to be included in the Governor's review and prioritization of proposals for the NTIA.
Please forward proposals to mstockman at connect-arkansas.gov by March 19th.
Connect Arkansas is writing the collaborative state-wide Sustainable Broadband Adoption application. If your organization is interested in participating in this application, please contact Connect Arkansas by Feb. 24th.
ALLIANCE SOLICITS NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 ‘ARKANSAS'S MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES’
The Historic Preservation Alliance requests your help in identifying endangered historic places that reflect our Arkansas Heritage for the 2010 Most Endangered Places List.
The Arkansas’s Most Endangered Historic Places list highlights threats facing historically and architecturally significant properties throughout the state. The Alliance is soliciting nominations from residents and organizations across Arkansas of endangered places to be considered for inclusion in the list. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, April 16 2010.
The Alliance launched Arkansas’s Most Endangered Historic Places in 1999 to raise awareness of the importance of Arkansas’s historic properties to the state's heritage. The sites reflect threats such as deterioration, neglect, insufficient funds, insensitive public policy and inappropriate development. The Alliance will compile the 2010 list of Arkansas's Most Endangered Historic Places from nominations by the public and the list will be announced in May during Arkansas Heritage Month and National Preservation Month.
Previous places listed include the Johnny Cash Family Home in Dyess, Ray Winder Field in Little Rock, Bluff Shelter Archaeological Sites in Northwest Arkansas, the Goddard Hotel in Hot Springs, the Faulkner County Courthouse, the Stephen H. Chism House in Booneville, and the 20th Century African-American Rosenwald Schools throughout the state.
Criteria for inclusion in the list of Arkansas’s Most Endangered Historic Places includes a property's eligibility for the National or Arkansas Register of Historic Places; the degree of a property's local, state, or national significance; and the imminence and degree of the threat to the property.
For more information or a nomination form, visit www.preservearkansas.org , call Rhea Roberts at (501) 372.4757 or email mostendangered at preservearkansas.org .
The Historic Preservation Alliance is the leading statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Arkansas's architectural and cultural heritage. For more information about the Alliance and becoming a member, contact Vanessa at (501) 372-4757, vmckuin at preservearkansas.org , or visit www.preservearkansas.org .
Smart Growth Award
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. This competition is open to public- and private-sector entities that have successfully used smart growth principles to improve communities environmentally, socially, and economically. The application period is open from February 8, 2010 to April 5, 2010. Up to five awards will be given in the following
categories:
• Programs, Policies, and Regulations
• Smart Growth and Green Building
• Civic Places
• Rural Smart Growth
• Overall Excellence
More information at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/awards, or see attached announcement.
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