Main Street Arkansas cities recorded $15,398,746 in investments in downtown projects in 2016, Main Street Arkansas Director Greg Phillips announced Friday in a news release.
Main Street Arkansas is a program area of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
“Investments in the historic commercial cores of our Main Street Arkansas towns show a renewed commitment to historic preservation around the state,” Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst said. “Not only do these projects restore some of our finest historic buildings, they also help create jobs in small towns all over Arkansas.”
Cities currently involved in Main Street Arkansas are Batesville, Blytheville, Conway, Dumas, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Helena-West Helena, Jonesboro, Downtown Little Rock Partnership, Little Rock’s South Main Street (SoMa), Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Siloam Springs, Texarkana and West Memphis. Members of Main Street’s Arkansas Downtown Network are Hardy, Pine Bluff, Heber Springs, Fort Smith, Morrilton, Rector, Monticello, Arkadelphia, Clarksville, Warren, Wynne, Fayetteville, Forrest City, Malvern, Pocahontas, Newport and Paris. Other sponsors of the Main Street Arkansas program are Preserve Arkansas and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
Details: http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/main-street/.