The approval process continued for the rezoning request by Lisciotti Development Corp. to rezone approximately 5.5 acres from R-1, residential, to B-3, highway commercial, at the southeast corner of Olive Street and Interstate 530, a move that will make way for a Chick-fil-A franchise in Pine Bluff.
Go Forward Pine Bluff has drafted a proposal to renew a five-eighths-cent tax that funds its projects and add a three-eighths-cent tax earmarked for public safety.
On a contentious 5-to-3 vote, the Pine Bluff City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to take about $2.9 million in sales tax proceeds and put it toward a hotel that would be built next to the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
More than seven months have passed since Lanette Frazier and LaTisha Brunson won seats on the Pine Bluff City Council, but on Tuesday it was finally time for the two women to take their elected spots.