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Safe camp proposal for unsheltered fails with narrow Fayetteville City Council vote

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — A proposal to create a safe camp for residents experiencing homelessness was narrowly rejected by the City Council on Tuesday. Council members voted 5-3 to reject the resolution from Council Member Sarah Moore. It would have allocated $630,000 from the city’s general fund to establish a safe camping initiative for unsheltered residents who were recently displaced from wooded property the University of Arkansas owns along 19th Street.
Fayetteville council adopts rental fee disclosure measure

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The City Council unanimously decided landlords and property owners need to disclose all fees to prospective renters before they sign a lease. Council members voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a measure requiring disclosure of rental fees. The council first discussed the idea in March, and the proposal has seen a few changes.
Fayetteville school administrators discuss location of new Ramay with environmental panel

1 week ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The School District is trying to make its project for a new Ramay Junior High as sustainable as possible given the wooded acreage of the selected site, members of the city’s environmental panel heard Monday. The site is not ideal, but it’s the best option available, Fayetteville Public Schools Superintendent John Mulford said.
Fayetteville council to consider opening camp for unsheltered residents, other housing-related items

2 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — The City Council will consider opening a sanctioned campsite for residents experiencing homelessness, along with a few other housing-related initiatives during its next regular meeting. Council Member Sarah Moore is sponsoring a measure to open a safe camp on a 13-acre property the city owns between Huntsville Road and 15th Street, immediately south of the 7 Hills Walker Family Residential Community.
Fayetteville mayor announces housing initiatives, calls for regional effort

2 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — Mayor Molly Rawn plans to form a task force to address homelessness following a town hall held on the subject this week. Rawn also intends to present a proposal to the City Council to create a chief housing officer position in time for the next council meeting. In a news release issued Monday, Rawn called on neighboring Northwest Arkansas cities to join a coordinated, regional effort to combat homelessness.
Solutions to address housing, homelessness focus of Fayetteville mayor's town hall

2 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — Mayor Molly Rawn heard from a packed room of residents seeking solutions to the city’s housing and homelessness issues during a town hall held Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Rawn called for the town hall after University of Arkansas administrators decided to clear out a property it owns along 19th Street. The wooded area has served as a makeshift refuge for residents experiencing homelessness for a number of years.
Mark Rebillet coming to JJ's Live Nov. 6

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew

One man band / loop daddy / genius Mark Rebillet is coming to Fayetteville. The artist, known for his spontaneous looping songs made on the spot sometimes based on audience input and streamed online, will perform at JJ’s Live on Thursday, Nov. 6. Rebillet, who announced the show as part of his “Places I’ve Never Played and Will Never Play Again Tour,” might not have played JJ’s Live before, but he has performed in Fayetteville. He was last in town for a shot at Nomad’s Southtown in 2019.
Post Malone makes appearance in Fayetteville Thursday

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew

Every year around this time, a corporation that got its start a few miles north of Fayetteville throws a party on the University of Arkansas campus. And every year, that corporation flies in a few celebrities to make an appearance at the party. Most of the time, those celebrities fly in and back out without seeing much of Fayetteville outside of the inside of Bud Walton Arena and the Black SUV or helicopter or whatever other vehicle they may arrive in that brought them there.
Weekend Flyer: Super Regional, Dylan Earl, Creekbed Carter, and more

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew

What do you get when you combine a bunch of rowdy Hog fans, and a bunch of rowdy Walmart shareholders, and a bunch of rowdy residents, all together in one weekend in Fayetteville? We’re not sure, but we’re about to find out. The Razorback baseball team is playing in an NCAA Super Regional this Saturday-Monday versus rivals Tennessee. The Hogs need to take two games versus the Vols this weekend to make it to the College World Series (fingers crossed emoji).
Separate student housing complex proposed across the street from UARK Theater

3 weeks ago | fayettevilleflyer.com | Stacy Ryburn

FAYETTEVILLE — A student-oriented housing project is planned across the street from another one that was recently announced near Dickson Street and University Avenue. St. Louis-based developer Subtext is proposing to build a seven-story complex with 151 units and 450 bedrooms. A pre-application submitted to the city includes 285 parking spaces, but that would likely change with the updated residential parking requirements the City Council adopted in May.