Preserve Arkansas

Parth Patel seeks to renovate Hot Springs' historic Medical Arts Building into a hotel, but a dispute over assessment fees with penthouse owner Melanie Chambers threatens the project. read more >

When Jill Judy and Mark Brown moved to Little Rock from Florida in 2006, they planned to retire with rental properties. But when the housing market crashed a few years later, they realized they needed a new strategy. read more >

While Arkansas architects and engineers say they expect continued growth in 2021, others across the country don’t share that outlook. read more >

The conservation tax approved by Arkansas voters in 1996 remains a dynamic funding source to help upgrade and maintain the 52 state parks in Arkansas. “Without the conservation tax, we couldn’t do what we’re doing,” said Grady Spann, director of Arkansas State Parks. read more >

Tax reform proposals wending their way through Congress threaten federal historic tax credits, financial incentives that Arkansas developers, government officials and historic preservationists say have been crucial to economic development efforts in the state. read more >

Preserve Arkansas announced that two historic buildings and an event in downtown Hot Springs – the Thompson Building/The Waters Hotel, the future home of SQZBX and the Historic Park Avenue Walking Tour – have earned Preservation Awards. read more >

Bobby Ampezzan and Vanessa McKuin are leading a new multimedia startup based at KUAR-FM in Little Rock, funded by a grant of $287,300 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. read more >