Category: City Government

Posts detailing actions taking at the Fayetteville City Council meeting or related governmental boards.

Next Chapter Neighborhood Plan Highlights Local Housing Issues 

The seal of the city of Fayetteville. | Photo credit: Chance Kolman. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 16, 2025) – A 49-acre housing development known as a “Next Chapter Neighborhood” drew both support and criticism during a recent Fayetteville City Council meeting. The project originally aimed for approximately 500 rental units but developers scaled back the plan…Continue Reading Next Chapter Neighborhood Plan Highlights Local Housing Issues 

Alison Jumper leads Fayetteville’s growing outdoor recreation and parks system

Alison Jumper stands in front of a nature themed mural at the Fayetteville Parks offices.

Alison Jumper in front of a mural located at the Fayetteville parks offices. | Photo credit: Casey Mann When Alison Jumper is not at work, she is thinking about work, or talking about it or living it. If she is not in her office, she is running the steep trails of Mount Kessler, pedaling across…Continue Reading Alison Jumper leads Fayetteville’s growing outdoor recreation and parks system

Fayetteville Takes Action for Safer Streets and Smarter Transportation

Committee members meet to discuss transportation in Fayetteville.

Members of the Fayetteville Transportation Committee meet in September. | Staff photo. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – At the Fayetteville Transportation Committee meeting Sept. 30officials including Monique Jones, Sarah Moore and Kitt Williams reviewed severalproposals aimed at improving mobility and road safety. During the session, memberspresented maps, plans and technical guidelines. One topic of discussion was a…Continue Reading Fayetteville Takes Action for Safer Streets and Smarter Transportation

Fayetteville Arts Council debates several pieces

Public artwork in the form of colorful arches

A digital rendering of the sculpture “Cambrata” by David Eaton. The work will be installed in the Upper Ramble in Fayetteville. | Photo credit: City of Fayetteville/Partwise LLC FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At the city Fayetteville Arts Council meeting on Sept. 13, members debated the future of a donated artwork, approved a new interactive sculpture and…Continue Reading Fayetteville Arts Council debates several pieces

Proposed build-to-rent plan near recently approved Underwood Park in northwest Fayetteville raises questions about who it serves

The proposed area for the re-zoning effort in Fayetteville is highlighted in red. | Image courtesy: City of Fayetteville FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – At their Sept. 16 meeting, Fayetteville City Council members received a request for a planned residential zoning district off North Raven Lane in northwest Fayetteville, right next to the in-development Underwood Park. The…Continue Reading Proposed build-to-rent plan near recently approved Underwood Park in northwest Fayetteville raises questions about who it serves