Mayor's office puts out new magazine
A city-produced magazine, North Little Rock Proud, began reaching homes and businesses by mail last week.
The full-color magazine is a publication of Mayor Joe Smith's office and is put out through the city's communications office. Smith is listed as the publisher.
The magazine, to be published quarterly, costs about $16,000 per edition, Communications Director Nathan Hamilton said. The money will come out of the mayor's office budget, part of the city's $66.58 million general fund budget.
The magazine takes its name from a successful campaign last summer that raised the city's sales tax by 1 percentage point to 2 percent.
The first issue of the magazine contains a list of street overlay projects set to be completed this year. Those projects will be financed by revenue from the portion of the new tax designated for street and drainage improvements.
The purpose of the magazine is "letting people know what we're doing with their tax dollars," Hamilton said.
The first issue was mailed to about 35,000 residents and businesses, Hamilton said. Magazines also are available for free at City Hall.
Association to host Park Hill festivities
The Park Hill Business and Merchants Association will host Patio on Park Hill 5-10 p.m. Thursday at the Lakehill Shopping Center, off John F. Kennedy Boulevard and "H" Street.
The entry fee will be $3 for ages 12 and up; children under 12 will be admitted for free. Proceeds benefit the Park Hill Business and Merchants Association, a nonprofit organization.
There will be food trucks, vendors, live music and a beer garden. Dogs are welcome but must be licensed and leashed, according to a news release.
Parking will be available at Park Hill Baptist Church, at C Street and JFK, and at Trinity Lutheran Church on H Street, according to the release. A free trolley will shuttle visitors to and from the event from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. There will be limited, designated handicapped parking near the main entrance of the shopping center on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information is available online at parkhillbusiness.com.
Council's meeting will be a day later
Because the next regular meeting of the City Council would fall on the Memorial Day holiday, the meeting is being moved to May 29.
Council meetings start at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 300 Main St., unless otherwise announced.
The council regularly meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
Museum set to sell tickets for fireworks
Tickets go on sale May 29 for the Fourth of July Fireworks event aboard the World War II Razorback submarine at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.
The annual event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit museum downtown on the Arkansas River. Gates will open at 7 p.m. Fireworks are to begin about 9 p.m.
Tickets are $7 until June 30, according to a news release, and a family pack of four tickets is $20. Tickets will be $10 at the door July 4. Children under age 5 will be admitted free.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks and chips will be available for purchase, the release said. No outside food or drinks will be permitted.
Tickets and more information are available by contacting the museum at (501) 371-8320.
Metro on 05/20/2018