Historic Preservation

The Lake Wedington National Recreation Area has been closed since 2019 due to staffing shortages and the need for facility upgrades. Earlier in May, boots were on the ground in the temporarily shuttered area. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the work site and offers this report.

On today's show, Fayetteville adopts its first Heritage and Historic Perseveration Plan. Plus, the effort to place a ballot measure to repeal the LEARNS Act did not gather enough signatures, the CDC warns of a possible rise of COVID-19 cases and more.

Fayetteville City Council for the first time adopted a Heritage and Historic Preservation Plan. Fayetteville’s Historic District Commission worked with Fayetteville’s Black Heritage Preservation Commission to draft and obtain approval for the comprehensive plan.

Fayetteville planning officials, who are drafting the city's first heritage and historic preservation master plan, are inviting the public to respond to an online survey.

On today's show, Fayetteville officials develop a historic preservation plan, the Razorback Greenway's updates and the drought's continued impact on crops. Plus, septic system management in Bella Vista, Rachell Sanchez-Smith tells her uncle's story, and an audio postcard from Barcelona. Also, a Community Spotlight on PEARL, Positive Energy Affecting Lives.

Newly published historic district design guidelines to preserve Eureka Springs’ residential and commercial dwellings are more lenient – and explicit.

Rabbit Foot Lodge built circa 1908 on a large forested spring-fed parcel along Silent Grove Road and purchased by the city of Springdale over a century…

A controversial ballot initiative petition to abolish the 40-year old Eureka Springs Historic District Commission, which had been invalidated, has…

Gypsy Camp, constructed on the banks of the Illinois River south of Siloam Springs in rural Benton County almost a century ago, is being preserved. The…

After residents of Fayetteville's Washington-Willow Historic District expressed interest in an ordinance that would regulate what can be done to the homes…