by - March 27, 2024 5:17 pm
Barling City Directors passed a resolution at their meeting Tuesday (March 27) recommending the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) come to an end. It was passed by a vote of…
by - April 21, 2023 4:37 pm
More industrial warehouse space and residential living areas are coming to Chaffee Crossing. The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (April 20) approved the sale of 29 acres located…
by - January 25, 2023 4:44 pm
2022 was a record-breaking year for the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, according to the organization’s annual report released Wednesday (Jan. 25). The report noted that 2022 property sales totaled $3.8…
by - July 19, 2019 5:42 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Friday (July 19) to offer the executive director position to Daniel Mann of Parsons, Kan. Board Chairman Dean Gibson said Parsons…
by - July 10, 2019 6:42 pm
A field of almost 90 applicants seeking to be the next executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been narrowed to three. FCRA will begin the second…
by - April 25, 2019 7:45 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Real Estate Review Committee voted Thursday (April 25) to recommend selling land originally set aside for Fort Smith Public Schools to the Arkansas College for…
by - March 9, 2019 12:16 pm
The Fort Smith Redevelopment Authority has a description ready for their new executive director, but the hiring process is not ready to begin. The FCRA personnel committee met Friday (March…
by - July 19, 2018 6:37 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (July 19) reluctantly approved a third one-year extension request from Chaffee Crossing Real Estate, Inc., the owners of a 90-acre parcel along…
by - April 19, 2018 8:18 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) lended its support to the upcoming school millage vote on May 22. The FCRA board approved a resolution on Thursday (April 19) endorsing the…
by - March 8, 2018 7:52 pm
After a disappointing meeting with the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority’s Real Estate Review Committee on Thursday (March 8), private developer Cliff Cabaness said all was not lost on his plan…
by - January 25, 2018 7:32 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday (Jan. 25) approved a two-year contract extension for FCRA Executive Director Ivy Owen. The approval came with a 3% pay increase for Owen,…
by - January 3, 2018 4:23 pm
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Executive Director Ivy Owen is ready to extend his contract for another year through the end of 2019. Owen, responding to a question from Talk…
by - November 20, 2017 1:21 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has filed suit against property owner Mike Tankersley, who had requested, and was denied, an extension request earlier this year as part of the…
by - August 17, 2017 8:44 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) voted to approve a $10,000 donation to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce economic development campaign fund on Thursday (Aug. 17) at the…
by - August 10, 2017 9:44 pm
Chaffee Crossing developments have resulted in more than $16.1 million of contributions to Fort Smith from the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), according to city data provided to Talk Business…
by - August 3, 2017 7:03 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) might consider “putting the brakes” on its speed of development, according to a member of the Fort Smith capital improvement plan (CIP) advisory committee…
