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Mountain Home council members officially gave their blessing Thursday night for the city to apply for a grant to help build an all-access playground. Council members voted 8-0 in favor of the city applying for the grant, which is being written by the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District on behalf of the city.
The grant is through the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism and can be worth up to $250,000 in state funds, with the requirement that the city up a matching amount of money through its own funds, in-kind labor or a combination of both.
If approved, the city would use the grant money to purchase equipment for an all-access playground at Hickory Park. The new equipment would allow children of all abilities to play at the park.
City of Mountain Home officials Tuesday night unveiled plans for an all-access playground that would be installed at Hickory Park. The new equipment would allow
May 6, 20214:12 pm RIVER MOUNTAIN PARTNERSHIP: Leland Couch of the Little Rock Parks Department and Suzanne Grobmyer, executive director of the Arkansas Parks & Recreation Foundation. Lindsey Millar
Little Rock’s first professionally built urban mountain bike park is nearing completion. Mid-June is the target for Rock Solid Trail Contracting to finish work on approximately 11 miles of new trails in River Mountain Park, above the Little Maumelle River Boat Launch and the Little Rock side of the Two Rivers Park Bridge. The project is a joint effort between the city of Little Rock and the Arkansas Parks & Recreation Foundation. The foundation was launched in 2017 with a $310,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation, and it has already funded the development of multi-use trails designed specifically for mountain biking, known as Monument Trails, at Hobbs, Mount Nebo, Pinnacle and (newly opened) Devil’s Den state parks.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, located near Brinkley, is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, April 7
th after renovations to preserve this National Historic Landmark. While smaller than most Arkansas state parks, the site is of major significance. The park protects the initial point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey of 1815, which is a vital, fixed coordinate for land surveying across the western United States.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park
The initial point was later rediscovered by land surveyors in 1921 and then in 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a granite monument commemorating its significance. The nearly 40-acre plot that surrounds the granite monument was acquired by Arkansas State Parks in 1961.