SPRINGDALE Northwest Arkansans have more options and resources available than they make use of now, speakers at a community forum in Springdale said Sunday.
SPRINGDALE Northwest Arkansans have more options and resources available than they make use of now, speakers at a community forum in Springdale said Sunday.
More than 100 attended a “rally and register” forum hosted at 2 p.m. Sunday by the nonprofit groups For AR People and INTERFORM held at Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale. For AR People is a nonpartisan group that encourages greater transparency and accountability in state government. INTERFORM encourages artistic and cultural growth, according to its website. Both are based in Springdale.
Local nonprofit organizations including the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, the Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas, the League of Women Voters, and Partners for Better Housing participated in Sunday’s event, which included both booths staffed by those groups and forums on local issues.
Rising housing prices are a major problem in Northwest Arkansas, speakers at the event’s first forum said, but too many residents
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