Land development

Opinions vary when it comes to the new boutique hotel being built on Markham Hill in Fayetteville.

On today's show, a housing voucher section is added to Fayetteville's landlord registry and advocates said the measure can further tenant rights. Also, the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas releases its first album, New Canons. Plus, construction on a community designed for neurodiverse adults begins, a big fish story and more.

Construction of a community designed for neurodiverse adults begins in Fayetteville. Also, the National Weather service issues heat advisories for the region, the organization Bike For People ranks Fayetteville as the best city in Arkansas for cyclists and more.

Michael Tilley, executive editor of Talk Business and Politics, provides updates on a new mixed development on Old Greenwood Road in Fort Smith. He also has progress reports on a new Sebastian County Library building and a change in the local coffee shop landscape.

Housing in Northwest Arkansas is becoming inaccessible to workers, seniors and families, according to the Walmart Family Foundation. Cobblestone Farm Community is a development south of Cobblestone Farm in Fayetteville, with the goal of providing affordable housing to about 100 families.

At their meeting this week, the Bentonville Planning Commission denied reinstating Planned Unit Development zoning on 27 acres of land near the Legacy…