by - November 5, 2018 5:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors are set to consider a resolution for a downtown traffic and truck study at the board’s regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 6)…
by - October 16, 2018 3:17 pm
The planned Gateway Park in downtown Fort Smith will receive $15,000 in support from the Central Business Improvement District (CBID). The park, estimated to cost $579,770, will be built with…
by - September 23, 2018 4:47 pm
Gus’s Bar and Grill will be the new tenant at 823 Garrison Ave., the former site of Saké Martini & Sushi Bar. The new owners are Karen and Mike Stephenson…
by - September 18, 2018 3:39 pm
Commercial open houses and future plans for The Bakery event center were the focus of a Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 18). Leading off,…
by - September 12, 2018 6:35 pm
The Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park slated to open by Memorial Day will have to wait another two weeks, according to Bobby Aldridge of Frontier Engineering, Inc. Aldridge, the…
by - June 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Next Step Dayroom estimates it will need $400,000 to build or renovate a new location to relocate from its 6th Street facility in downtown Fort Smith. The 501(c)(3), which provides…
by - June 21, 2018 9:31 pm
The Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park slated to open by Memorial Day may have missed its deadline, but Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert told the city’s…
by - June 19, 2018 4:48 pm
Studio 6 Architects unveiled plans Tuesday (June 19) for a potential brewery to be housed in the former Shipley Baking facility at 63 S. Sixth St., owned by Central Business…
by - May 29, 2018 3:27 pm
It’s “been in the back of my head for awhile,” Jeff Gosey said of bringing another live music venue to downtown Fort Smith. That’s part of the reason he’s opening…
by - May 15, 2018 5:08 pm
Members of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) on Tuesday (May 15) discussed a planned $160,000 truck and traffic study for downtown Fort Smith. This time, the emphasis was on…
by - February 20, 2018 9:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have cleared the final pathway for Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park at the original site of the United States Marshals Museum (USMM) in…
by - January 16, 2018 8:19 pm
Propelling Downtown Forward and a new “food court” at Garrison Commons Park were main topics at Tuesday’s (Jan. 16) meeting of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID). CBID commissioners approved…
by - January 3, 2018 5:33 am
Central Business Improvement District (CBID) member Richard Griffin on Tuesday (Jan. 2) urged the Fort Smith Board of Directors to carefully consider its next move on parking meters. The request…
by - December 21, 2017 7:22 pm
John McIntosh of 64.6 Downtown said the development group for the downtown Fort Smith area will be focused on hiring an executive director to help enact the Propelling Downtown Forward…
by - November 21, 2017 4:04 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) on Tuesday (Nov. 21) approved three requests from downtown Fort Smith developers including architectural changes and construction at the 906 Lounge by Winstons slated…
by - October 26, 2017 9:01 pm
Efforts to reduce truck traffic on Garrison Avenue in downtown Fort Smith as part of the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic plan took a step back recently after the Arkansas Department…
by - October 25, 2017 6:22 pm
Downtown Fort Smith parking meters could soon see a 100% increase after not being updated since 1985, but one organization disapproves of the move. At a recent Board of Directors…
by - October 17, 2017 5:38 pm
A downtown Fort Smith building once a repair place for brakes, tires and alignments may soon be a recreation place with beer, tequila and atmosphere. Or alignments. The former C&H…
by - October 13, 2017 10:27 pm
First National Bank of Fort Smith announced a $100,000 donation in support of a combination bike and skate park in downtown Fort Smith on Friday (Oct. 13). The park will…
by - August 15, 2017 5:02 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) is considering participation in a planned $600,000 bicycle and skate park at the rock and flagpole marking the original planned site of the United…
