The state Department of Parks and Tourism reopened the golf course at Village Creek State Park near Wynne earlier this month, providing a destination sure to attract visitors from the nearby Memphis metropolitan area and elsewhere.
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posted by rexnelson on May 17th, 2012Reopening Petit Jean’s Mather Lodge
posted by rexnelson on May 16th, 2012Petit Jean Mountain long has been a special place in this state. With the more than $4 million just spent at Mather Lodge, it has become even more special. The lodge reopened last week after having been closed since December 2010.
Read MoreEndangered Arkansas
posted by rexnelson on May 15th, 2012Decades of tight county budgets and deferred maintenance are taking their toll on county courthouses across the state, resulting in leaking roofs, crumbling masonry and outdated environmental systems.
Read MoreSaving the Medical Arts Building and downtown
posted by rexnelson on May 10th, 2012The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas released its annual list of the 10 most endangered places in Arkansas last week. On that list was one of my favorite structures, the Medical Arts Building at 236 Central Ave. in Hot Springs.
Read MoreRunning for the roses
posted by rexnelson on May 9th, 2012As I drove past the airport on my way out of Louisville on Sunday morning, the private jets still covered the grounds. The millionaires, it seems, were sleeping in. My wife and I, however, were on the road back to Arkansas.
Read MoreNorthwest Arkansas: A hot travel destination
posted by rexnelson on April 23rd, 2012Writing in The New York Times, Roberta Smith says Crystal Bridges is “poised to make a genuine cultural contribution, and possibly to become a place of pilgrimage for art lovers from around the world.” Let’s hope those world travelers take the time to also enjoy the charms of Fayetteville, Eureka Springs and other parts of northwest Arkansas.
Read MoreCrystal Bridges’ promise
posted by rexnelson on April 20th, 2012Bravo, Alice Walton. Less than six months after opening, it’s clear that Crystal Bridges is changing how others think about us (though I’ve never lost much sleep over that) and how we think of ourselves.
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