by - April 19, 2017 5:46 pm
Specifics are not ready, but one Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioner has big plans for the 901-911 block of Garrison Avenue with announcements expected in the next 30 to…
by - February 21, 2017 5:04 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) has enrolled as a non-profit in the newly formed Fort Smith Downtown Business Association (FSDBA). Organizers Pam Kelly and Bobby Aldridge presented a vision…
by - January 31, 2017 10:27 pm
Gateway Planning revealed a detailed draft for downtown Fort Smith’s strategic redevelopment at a special study session with city officials Tuesday night, Jan. 31, from the Riverfront Pavilion. Scott Polikov…
by - January 26, 2017 4:57 pm
World-renowned artist Ana Maria is partnering with Fort Smith’s 64.6 Downtown — the group behind the city’s Unexpected murals project — to open a new art school at the Universal…
by - December 14, 2016 6:48 am
Gateway Planning will present its final strategic redevelopment plan for downtown Fort Smith to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Jan. 31, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. The event will…
by - November 3, 2016 9:05 pm
The DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Smith City Center is open for business, with $10 million spent – a cost that does not include furniture, fixtures and equipment – to renovate…
by - September 20, 2016 2:24 pm
Believe in Fort Smith and the River Valley Economic Development Council have launched related efforts to boost beautification on the city’s north side of town from Midland to Towson Avenues….
by - September 16, 2016 7:18 am
“Propelling Downtown Forward,” the effort to develop a strategic action plan for downtown Fort Smith, has a new hashtag and a fresh set of details based on the 2014 Future…
by - September 7, 2016 7:04 pm
Dallas-based Gateway Planning will unveil preliminary maps for Fort Smith’s strategic downtown development on Sept. 15 during a meeting planned to to be held on the first floor of the…
by - August 23, 2016 4:02 pm
Talicia Richardson of the Propel Downtown Forward initiative and 64.6 Downtown told Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioners that they are satisfied so far with progress on a strategic development…
by - July 19, 2016 5:42 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) met with Dallas-based Gateway Planning on Tuesday (July 19) to discuss the urban design plan for downtown Fort Smith, and one thing…
by - July 16, 2016 1:03 pm
Leaders of 64.6 Downtown held a party Friday evening to celebrate the soon-to-be opened Garrison Commons, a free-admission park in downtown Fort Smith that will include a food trailer managed…
by - June 30, 2016 5:23 pm
The historic Frisco Railroad Station in downtown Fort Smith could soon receive a facelift, but it’s not yet clear what use it will have once completed. At Thursday’s (June 30)…
by - June 29, 2016 3:16 pm
Their relationship hasn’t always been one of cooperation, but that tension appears to be subsiding between the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) and the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District…
by - May 10, 2016 5:17 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) has thrown its support behind the Propel Downtown Forward initiative undertaken by 64/6 Downtown, voting unanimously on Tuesday (May 10) to contribute…
by - April 30, 2016 1:25 pm
William Darby wrote in a school essay he would be “something great” or a “professional bum.” It was the former, and several hundred people gathered Saturday morning in downtown Fort…
by - February 11, 2016 6:38 pm
Steve Clark’s renovation of the historic Friedman-Mincer building is move-in ready for Propak employees. But it wasn’t redesigned just to be a corporate office. Clark hopes it is a building…
by - February 10, 2016 6:35 pm
Fort Smith is on pace to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on parking meters in the downtown area, according to financial reports from the city’s department of finance….
by - October 26, 2015 3:22 pm
Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioners continue to wrestle with the need for reduced truck traffic through downtown Fort Smith in order to make the area more pedestrian-friendly and cultivate…
by - April 7, 2015 12:02 pm
Add the Peacemaker Music and Arts Festival to a growing list of events to debut in downtown Fort Smith in 2015. And Peacemaker is bringing to town impressive acts like…
