LISTEN: Know the News - Jim Petty on Fayetteville's affordable housing project for veterans

A drawing from MBL Architecture and Urban Design in Fayetteville shows a concept for Patriot Park, a planned affordable housing development at College Avenue and North Street in Fayetteville. (Courtesy/Strategic Realty)
A drawing from MBL Architecture and Urban Design in Fayetteville shows a concept for Patriot Park, a planned affordable housing development at College Avenue and North Street in Fayetteville. (Courtesy/Strategic Realty)

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This week’s Know the News podcast features an interview with Jim Petty of Van Buren, whose company Strategic Realty has begun work on a 60-unit apartment project in Fayetteville that will give preference for affordable housing to military veterans, but will also eligible to offer units to others who meet income qualifications. The project, years in planning, will be built on land owned by Washington County at North Street and College Avenue, near the Veterans Administration hospital, and leased to Strategic Realty.

This episode also previews stories you can expect to see in editions of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the weekend of Oct. 22.

Be sure to check back every week for the Know the News podcasts for interviews and information about upcoming stories.




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