The alley running north-south from 4th Street to eventually 7th Street is about to be rebuilt. Currently the alley has no drainage srtructures, ponds water and is severely beat up due to all the truck traffic servicing the Main Street businesses. The rebuilt alley will have an inverted crown, meaning a swale in the middle of the alley with new drainage inlets similar to that shon the pisture below. The bad news is that the alley improvements will require digging up and closing 5th Street again to tie in the alley drainage.

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Tha Saturday Argenta Farmers Market is seeing stupendous growth.  This past Saturday their were over 20 farmers and crowds from 7:00 am ''till noon when the market closed.  Jody Hardin has tapped into a strong local foods initiative and we here in Argenta are fortunate he chose Argenta to feature the Certified Arkansas Farmers Market. Soon the Argenta Market may exceed the Farmers Market in the Rivermarket for number of vendors.  We probably already surpass them in number of Arkansas based farmers. The Arts and Crafts Market next door to the Farmer's Market also had their second session this past Saturday and saw great traffic.  Above is picture of the ribbon cutting for the second season of the Farmer's Maker this past Saturday.

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Got this in my in box yesterday. If you missed the Party at the T you missed a lot of fun. And this is exactly the kind of buzz many are working so hard to create downtown. Come on down to Argenta....Live, Work, Play. Be a part of the fun!!

I had the best time ever this afternoon at Party on the T! Several friends of mine that I grew up with were in town for the Arkansas Art Gallery show, and then we walked down the street to check out the party. Seeing Mayor Hays, you and Scooby getting dunked was a LOT of fun. Several of these old friends of mine have never been in Argenta before and LOVED it! They kept commenting on how 'quaint' and friendly everyone was. Everyone had a great time and said they wanted to come back soon. (I of course showed them where they could live in a nice townhome if they ever decided to move into the area!)

Thanks for being a part of a fun afternoon. Oh, and thanks also for the wet hugs you were passing out after being dunked. It made the walk around Argenta 'refreshing'!

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This non-descript windowless one story building in Sherman Park may be the most important building for the future of North Little Rock. This building houses a hub for Level(3) Communications which operates part of the internet backbone for the United States. You can see their backbone map here. This building has major national internet cables in it with bandwidth and speeds people in Silicon Valley only dream about.

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A public hearing on the Pike Avenue roundabout has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 10th. The meeting will be held at City Hall at 300 Main Street and will start at 4:00 p.m. The meeting is expected to last until 7 p.m.

Robert Voyles, the city’s planning director, will be on hand, as well as representatives from the state Highway Department and the City’s street department.

If you use Pike Avenue regularly to get out of Argenta, you should go to this public hearing. The roundabout construction is scheduled to start in the next couple of months and will require detours on Pike, West Broadway and Riverfront. In other words, you will not able to exit Argenta to the west during the roundabout construction without likely encountering a detour.

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Mayor Hays spent over half an hour in a dunking booth Saturday afterrnoon at the Party at the T. Mayor Hays was a tremendous sport and I managed to dunk him once. Mayor Hays also manged to get me in the water himself, when I was in the booth right before him. The best pitcher was probably Brad William's (Argenta CDC Execrutive Director) son Tag who managed to put the Mayor in the water with two out of three throws.

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The North Little Rock City Council meeting will be held Monday, June 8th at 7:00 pm at City Hall. The Council meeting are held in teh second floor council chambers at 300 Main Street. There are two items of interest on the agenda to Argenta

• O-09-43 Public hearing and ordinace on a major revsion to the City's animal control regulations.
• R-09-97 A resolution to approve a contract with Lambert Construction to rebuild the alley runnign north south between Main & Maple Streets and behind City Grove.

City Counciil meetings are always interesting and you can watch them on Comcast Channel 4 if you can't make the meeting in person

Click here for a link to the full City Council agenda for Monday night

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The Arkansas AIDS Foundation  will host their 7th Annual AIDS Walk on June 13th, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. with registration from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The Walk will take place at the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum Teh entry fee is $20 per person.

The event will be a fun family activity. The walk is less than two miles, which is short enough for kids to participate. After the walk, there will be a health fair with free HIV testing, live entertainment, silent auction and free food. All participants will receive a free t-shirt. There will be a balloon release in memory of loved ones lost to AIDS or in the hope for a cure.

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It's that time of year: time for Starving Artists Cafe Summer Wine Dinner Series. They will be offering a wine dinner on the fourth Wednesday of June, July, and August, each one featuring the culinary delights of Chef Jason paired with incredible wines. These sell out quickly, so be sure to reserve early.

The June Wine Dinner will be a Night in Spain
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6pm
3 Courses: $40 all inclusive (food, wine, tax, gratuity)
Limited to 40 people
Reserve your seat now at: 372-7976
 

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Cornerstone on Saturday night will feature three bands.  Starting at 8:00 pm Whale Fire, Riverbend Crime and Chris Denny will perform.  It promises to be a big night at Cornerstone. There will be a $5 cover charge. Go enjoy the music

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