An initial estimate of $1 million put the project out of reach, but stretching out the timeline and shopping around for ideas, input and innovation cut the price tag to about one-tenth of that.
Capi Peck
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Little Rock Board sets allocations for millage extension vote, talks slimming parks acreage
The Little Rock Board of Directors approved on Tuesday a resolution that sets out the allocation of money that would be generated if voters approve the renewal of a capital improvement millage.
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Hospitality inherited: A Q&A with Trio’s owner Capi Peck
In February, Trio’s owners Capi Peck and Brent Peterson won the 2022 Proprietor of the Year award from the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Peck and Peterson opened Trio’s in Pavilion in the Park in 1986. Peck is also serving her second term as a city director for Little Rock’s Ward 4. We caught up with Peck after a very busy Valentine’s Day at Trio’s.
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Arkansas Food Hall of Fame winners announced in ceremony at Ron Robinson Theater
Arkansas Heritage’s 6th annual Arkansas Food Hall of Fame ceremony was held virtually and in person at Rob Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock last night.
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Little Rock mayor proposes dramatic changes to ward boundaries
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. has shared with members of the city board of directors two proposals for redrawing the city’s seven wards as required by redistricting. The one recommended by the mayor dramatically reshapes wards downtown, midtown and in the central part of the city.
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Little Rock Board approves plan to spend $11.6 million in federal money, asks lawmakers to amend mask ban, sends library millage increase to voters
The Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a resolution outlining $11.6 million in spending of federal relief dollars.
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Historic Arkansas Museum celebrates the tomato in second History is Served dinner
Tickets are sold out for the second dinner in the 2021 “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series,” which features a tomato-centric menu by Scott Rains of Table 28. But more meals are planned.
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Deal reached on Little Rock sales tax plan?
The Little Rock Board of Directors may soon consider whether to ask voters to approve a sales tax increase. In May, Ward 3 Director Kathy Webb made a successful motion to table consideration of Mayor Frank Scott Jr.’s plan to add 1% to the city’s sales tax rate, which would generate an estimated $53 million per year. Webb’s motion was to table consideration for 60 days, until July 13, but at tonight’s city board agenda meeting, Webb asked for the ordinance and resolution that would trigger the election to be added to the board’s June 15 meeting. Scott said a special meeting might be necessary.
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Little Rock Board tables consideration of sales tax increase until July
The Little Rock Board of Directors has voted to table consideration of a proposal to refer a permanent 1% sales tax to voters. Ward 3 Director Kathy Webb made the motion to delay consideration of the plan; all of her board colleagues voted in with her save Ward 1 Director Erma Hendrix and At-large Director Antwan Phillips.
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Little Rock board offers critiques of sales tax plan
After offering little feedback on Mayor Frank Scott Jr’s plan to ask voters to approve a permanent 1% sales tax increase at recent meetings, the Little Rock Board of Directors spent more than three hours discussing the proposal at its regular Tuesday agenda meeting. Much of the discussion was a continuation of an ongoing conversation on public safety that the board has been grappling with for months.