December 14, 2020
December 8, 2020 – Hot Springs was one of only eight cities in America recognized by Strong Towns and the Studer Community Institute for leading the way to vibrant communities.
“As part of EntreCon, Pensacola’s virtual business and leadership conference held a few weeks back, we sponsored a Community Resiliency Award contest,” Quint Studer, founder of Studer Community Institute and author, wrote in his column in Strong Towns. We were looking for small, incremental steps communities have taken to get stronger and more vibrant steps that have created a lot of ‘bang for the buck’ and are easy to replicate.”
Hot Springs was awarded a Community Resiliency Award for its “Will You Be My Neighbor?” campaign where the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership teamed up with Toddy Pitard, owner of Lauray’s The Diamond Center. The purpose of the campaign was to encourage entrepreneurship and engage citizens in sele