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Thursday, July 29, 2021 File photo If you’re hoping to get a conditional use permit (CUP) for tourist lodging in a residential area, you’ll be waiting for a while. On Monday night, the Eureka Springs City Council approved a nine-month moratorium on CUP applications for R-2 and R-3 zones. The council first heard from residents who live in a subdivision where another resident has allegedly been operating illegal tourist lodging. Ferguson Stewart said the neighborhood was quiet when he moved in...

Thursday, July 29, 2021 Bill Ott Eureka Springs City Council member Bill Ott has been appointed to the Arkansas Municipal League’s Advisory Council for Economic Development for 2021-2022. The purpose of the advisory council is to allow municipalities to get together and discuss their mutual programs and advise the municipal league’s staff and executive committee as to the types of services and policies they would like to pursue. “I’m just very honored that I would be selected to be a repre...

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Council addressed the planning commission’s new vision plan on Monday night. The council heard from planning commission chairwoman Ann Tandy-Sallee, who said the commission spent the last year and a half reviewing and updating the vision plan. The vision plan includes possible actions the city can take to solve problems, Tandy-Sallee said, and covers why certain projects haven’t been completed. “We don’t have the money,” Tandy-Sallee said. “Eu...

Thursday, April 29, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council addressed the planning commission’s new vision plan on Monday night. The council heard from planning commission chairwoman Ann Tandy-Sallee, who said the commission spent the last year and a half reviewing and updating the vision plan. The vision plan includes possible actions the city can take to solve problems, Tandy-Sallee said, and covers why certain projects haven’t been completed. “We don’t have the money,” Tandy-Sal...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council heard from University of Arkansas representatives about alternative methods of policing on Monday, March 22. Kim Stauss, chair of the university’s school of social work, presented information on community policing with her colleague Mark Plassmeyer. Stauss said the school of social work has been working with the Fayetteville Police Department to gather quantitative and qualitative data on the types of police work that social wo...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Eureka Springs City Council member Bill Ott, left, commends the city employees who plowed the streets during the recent winter storm at a tour of the public works building on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Pictured from left to right are Ott, council member Autumn Slane, public works director Dwayne Allen and council member Laura Jo Smole. The Eureka Springs public works department has plans to upgrade its facilities. During a tour of the public works facilities on Wednesday, Feb. ...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 File photo The Eureka Springs City Council is showing support for a proposal to add sidewalks and bike paths to Pivot Rock Road and East Mountain Street. Council member LauraJo Smole presented the proposal at the council’s most recent meeting, on Monday, Feb. 22. Smole suggested appointing a committee including planning commission members to conduct a feasibility study. From there, Smole said, the committee would present its findings to the council. Smole also suggeste...

Thursday, February 25, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Council is showing support for a proposal to add sidewalks and bike paths to Pivot Rock Road and East Mountain Street. On Monday night, council member LauraJo Smole presented the proposal. Smole suggested appointing a committee including planning commission members to conduct a feasibility study. From there, Smole said, the committee would present its findings to the council. Smole also suggested including a representative from the Eureka Spr...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Council is on board with the new Pine Crest Subdivision. On Monday, Jan. 25, the council heard an application from Jay Gustin for the subdivision, located off Pivot Rock Road. Council member Terry McClung moved to prepare an ordinance to approve the subdivision and city clerk Ann Armstrong explained that the proposed ordinance is a draft because city attorney Tim Weaver hasn’t had a chance to look over it yet. McClung asked Gustin if he can w...

Thursday, January 28, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Council is on board with the new Pine Crest Subdivision. On Monday night, the council heard an application from Jay Gustin for the subdivision, located off Pivot Rock Road. Council member Terry McClung moved to prepare an ordinance to approve the subdivision and city clerk Ann Armstrong explained that the proposed ordinance is a draft because city attorney Tim Weaver hasnt had a chance to look over it yet. McClung asked Gustin if he can wait t...