THIS WEEK - MAY 14-16: ARKANSAS PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, EUREKA SPRINGS (next quarterly meeting – hard copy memo sent out in early April)
OUR THURSDAY MEETING IS IN THE BALLROOM OF THE BASIN PARK
SEPTEMBER 14-16: DESTINATION DOWNTOWN, EL DORADO
Main Street Arkansas Calendar May 11 – 15, 2009
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MONDAY Mark – Helena; Nancy – annual leave
TUESDAY Cary – West Memphis
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY all staff – Eureka Springs, AR Preservation Conference/Quarterly Training
FRIDAY all staff – Eureka Springs, AR Preservation Conference/Quarterly Training
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Russellville Downtown Master Plan
Legal Guide for AR Non-Profits
Richard Florida’s New Blog
List Your Events on Arkansas.com
Downtown Rogers Press
Main Street Dumas Twitter PR
Value of Volunteer Hour Increases
Speaker Wills Writes about Social Media
AR Volunteer Community of the Year Nominations Accepted
Main Street Russellville Master Plan Story
http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=21441
Legal Guide for Arkansas Non-Profits
http://law.ualr.edu/nonprofit-guide/LegalGuideArkNonprofitBook.pdf
Richard (Rise of the Creative Class) Florida’s New Atlantic Magazine Blog
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/richard_florida/
List Your Events on Arkansas.com
All of the Arkansas festivals and events submitted for the statewide Fall/Winter Calendar of Events publication are posted online at www.arkansas.com/calendar . If you haven’t already done so, please view and proof your events (or your community’s events) to be sure they are included and are free of errors.
The P&T team is proofing the content and preparing it for print. You may contact anyone in the Tourism Development section if changes need to be made to any event that is already posted.
If you have not submitted your event(s) for September 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, please do so using the online form, username and password.
To add an event, use the online form: http://www.arkansas.com/calendar/update.aspx
Login & password available by calling 501.682.5240
Thieves Steal Downtown Rogers Flower Pots
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/05/05/news/050609rzdowntown.txt
Dog Days in Downtown Rogers
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/05/07/news/050709rzdogdays.txt
Main Street Dumas on Twitter
http://explore.twitter.com/d_shea/status/1594993247
Value of Volunteer Hour Increases to $20.25/hour
http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/volunteer_time.html
Speaker Wills Writes (& blogs) about Social Media
http://www.robbiewills.com/2009/05/07/guest-column-in-the-arkansas-times/
Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year
It’s time to consider nominating your town for the Annual Volunteer Community of the Year Awards! These awards co-sponsored by the Arkansas Municipal League, the Governor’s Office, and DHS Division of Volunteerism, honor twelve communities each year for outstanding citizen volunteerism.
To download the nomination forms and instructions, please visit our website: http://www.arkansas.gov/dhs/adov/ and look for the link to 2009 Volunteer Community of the Year Awards.
We will be accepting nominations beginning July 2009. The nomination deadline is September 30, 2009. If you have any questions about the nomination process, or you are unable to download the forms, or you do not have access to the web, please contact our offices at 501-682-7540. Provide your name, address and telephone number
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