Stacy Ryburn

Fayetteville

Reporter at Fayetteville Flyer

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FayettevilleFlyer.com: Latest assessment outlines challenges facing Fayetteville’s housing market

6 days ago | magnoliareporter.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — It’s not that housing isn’t being built in the city. It’s that a lot of what’s being built isn’t affordable to most residents, according to a presentation the City Council heard last week. Fayetteville has a lower average rent cost compared to the other three major Northwest Arkansas cities. However, that cost is steadily going up.
Council adopts pair of residential development code changes, holds third

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — City Council members approved two changes to code dealing with residential development on Tuesday but left a third proposal for a later date. The three proposals had to do with lot frontages, accessory dwelling units and prefabricated housing. The items about lot frontages and accessory dwelling units passed, while the prefabricated housing item was held until the May 20 meeting.
Fayetteville council adopts changes to residential parking requirements

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The city will change the way it grants exceptions to residential parking requirements for new developments following a City Council vote Tuesday. The council voted 6-2 on a number of changes to residential parking requirements. The change in code came out of the council’s Ordinance Review Committee, which met several times over a few months to hash out the details of the proposal.
Latest assessment outlines challenges facing Fayetteville's housing market

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — It’s not that housing isn’t being built in the city. It’s that a lot of what’s being built isn’t affordable to most residents, according to a presentation the City Council heard last week. Fayetteville has a lower average rent cost compared to the other three major Northwest Arkansas cities. However, that cost is steadily going up.
Planners hold downtown student housing rezoning for further consideration

2 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — A request to rezone nearly 3 acres downtown to allow for a student-oriented housing project will come back to the Planning Commission on May 27. Core Spaces in Chicago is asking to rezone about 2.8 acres south of Center Street for a seven-story complex with mostly student housing called the Hub. The property is bounded by Hill Avenue to the west and University Avenue to the east. Eco Modern Flats lies south of the property.
Fayetteville A&P Commission approves employment agreement with new CEO

2 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The city’s tourism panel has reached an employment agreement with its next chief executive officer. Members of the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission voted 5-0 Monday to approve employment terms with Ryan Hauck, who has served as executive director of Cody Yellowstone in Cody, Wyoming. The commission selected Hauck during a meeting earlier this month from a pool of more than 50 applicants.
Change in traffic pattern scheduled for MLK Boulevard in Fayetteville

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — Traffic will flow a little differently on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard due to a major project being taken on by the state. The change in traffic flow will be permanent beginning 8 a.m. Tuesday (April 29) on South Futrall Drive, south of MLK, according to a news release from the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
Congressman Womack, HUD secretary and governor visit Hillcrest Towers in Fayetteville

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — Federal officials are taking a “whole of government” approach to solving the nation’s biggest and most emerging problems, such as affordable housing, in the most cost-effective way possible, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said after visiting Hillcrest Towers on Tuesday. Womack was joined by Scott Turner, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Gov.
NWS gives Sunday tornado in Fayetteville an EF-1 rating

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado caused damage to a neighborhood on the northwest edge of town on Sunday afternoon. The service on Monday reported an EF-1 tornado with winds reaching 100-110 mph touched down on the west side of town. The Enhanced Fujita scale, which the service uses to categorize tornadoes on an EF-0 to EF-5 basis, lists an EF-1 as having winds 86-110 mph.
FayettevilleFlyer.com: City Council agrees to change street names associated with slavery

3 weeks ago | magnoliareporter.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE -- The city will change the names of two neighborhood streets that have ties to slavery. The City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to change the names of Plantation Avenue and Chattel Street in a neighborhood on the west side of town, north of Wedington Drive and west of 54th Avenue. The new names will become Garden Avenue and Reflection Street, respectively. The name change will go into effect in January 2026.