www.fayettevillenatural.org/whats-happening.php
Green-infrastructure report from Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association project
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Pickens to lecture at UA at 10:45 this morning
T. Boone Pickens, oil man, billionaire, philanthropist, financier and outspoken advocate for energy independence, will hold a "town hall" meeting in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development Auditorium of the University of Arkansas, from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Monday, April 6. Pickens, who has become widely known for his "white board" presentations on the national energy crisis, will answer questions from the audience during the session. Denise Bode, president of the American Wind Energy Association and a partner in Pickens' energy campaign, will also attend the presentation.
The event is sponsored by the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. in conjunction with the Supply Chain Management Research Center and the Applied Sustainability Center at Walton College.
This town hall meeting is free and open to the public. Overflow seating will be available in rooms 103 and 111 of the Reynolds Center and the First Security Auditorium of Willard Walker Hall. A rebroadcast of the event will also be available on the Web. No login will be required
In July 2008, Pickens launched an ambitious, self-funded grass-roots campaign aimed at reducing the United States' dependence on imported oil. He has promoted this campaign in television ads, on his PickensPlan.com Web site, and in personal appearances. Pickens says dependence on foreign oil is an addiction that threatens the U.S. economy, environment and national security, and he offers a plan to achieve energy independence.
Pickens latest business interests reflect his new concerns: Mesa Power is planning the world's largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle; Clean Energy, which went public in 2007, is advancing the use of natural gas as an alternative to gasoline and diesel; and Mesa Water, the largest private holder of permitted groundwater rights in the United States.
Pickens earned a degree in geology from what is now Oklahoma State University. In 1956 he founded the company that has evolved into Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent exploration and production companies in the United States.
Pickens is also founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, one of the nation's most successful energy-oriented investment funds.
The event is sponsored by the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. in conjunction with the Supply Chain Management Research Center and the Applied Sustainability Center at Walton College.
This town hall meeting is free and open to the public. Overflow seating will be available in rooms 103 and 111 of the Reynolds Center and the First Security Auditorium of Willard Walker Hall. A rebroadcast of the event will also be available on the Web. No login will be required
In July 2008, Pickens launched an ambitious, self-funded grass-roots campaign aimed at reducing the United States' dependence on imported oil. He has promoted this campaign in television ads, on his PickensPlan.com Web site, and in personal appearances. Pickens says dependence on foreign oil is an addiction that threatens the U.S. economy, environment and national security, and he offers a plan to achieve energy independence.
Pickens latest business interests reflect his new concerns: Mesa Power is planning the world's largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle; Clean Energy, which went public in 2007, is advancing the use of natural gas as an alternative to gasoline and diesel; and Mesa Water, the largest private holder of permitted groundwater rights in the United States.
Pickens earned a degree in geology from what is now Oklahoma State University. In 1956 he founded the company that has evolved into Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent exploration and production companies in the United States.
Pickens is also founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, one of the nation's most successful energy-oriented investment funds.
Visitors plentiful at the HOME EXPO at the Tyson Indoor Track at the University of Arkansas on April 5, 2009
Please click on images to ENLARGE view of booths at the Home EXPO at the indoor track facility at the University of Arkansas on April 5, 2009.
Democrat-Gazette reports that today's home show features more for people wanting to improve existing houses than for those wanting to build new
Remodeling bigger than new building for home-show visitors
While this evidence of a poor economy may be discouraging, it is important to those concerned about building a truly sustainable economy, environment and future.
Practical, forward thinking people do not destroy repairable structures or push out functioning businesses in the hope of increasing population.
Improving life for residents already committed to the community must come before profiteering. Paying for remodeling is much wiser than going into debt for a new structure.
Our corner of the state has a shockingly large supply of newly built structures that are not selling; and our newspapers have shockingly long lists of foreclosures and bankruptcies.
While this evidence of a poor economy may be discouraging, it is important to those concerned about building a truly sustainable economy, environment and future.
Practical, forward thinking people do not destroy repairable structures or push out functioning businesses in the hope of increasing population.
Improving life for residents already committed to the community must come before profiteering. Paying for remodeling is much wiser than going into debt for a new structure.
Our corner of the state has a shockingly large supply of newly built structures that are not selling; and our newspapers have shockingly long lists of foreclosures and bankruptcies.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Mayor Lioneld Jordan invites Friday night crowd to all-day Saturday Fayetteville Forward Summit
Please click on Images to ENLARGE photos from Friday night gathering of Fayetteville Forward participants:
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Telecom Board member Fred Cusanelli talking informally with CAT board member during the Fayetteville Forward Summit gathering Friday night.
Bruce and Cathy Shackleford meet Jim Bemis during the Fayetteville Forward meeting on Friday night.
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Telecom Board member Fred Cusanelli talking informally with CAT board member during the Fayetteville Forward Summit gathering Friday night.
Bruce and Cathy Shackleford meet Jim Bemis during the Fayetteville Forward meeting on Friday night.
Couples and father-daughter portraits during Friday night's gathering of Fayetteville Forward enthusiasts
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Mayor Lioneld Jordan hugging a constituent while Keaton and Adella smile approvingly.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Shackleford of Benton pause from visiting with others interested in the future of
Fayettenam. Bruce is the environmental contractor who has kept Fayetteville's Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant in compliance with environmental rules for the Illinois River watershed and who has developed the wetland mitigation area for the city and has proposed creating a wetland-mitigation bank by adding an adjacent savanna/Oak Barrens upland mitigation bank to support the Woolsey Wet Prairie. Some are trying to talk Mrs. Shackleford into moving to Fayetteville and allowing Bruce to continue helping to protect Fayetteville's urban green infrastructure.
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Jeremy and Keaton talking while the true interest of the photo is in the background, where John Coleman's daughter checks out Dad's whiskers!
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Shackleford of Benton pause from visiting with others interested in the future of
Fayettenam. Bruce is the environmental contractor who has kept Fayetteville's Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant in compliance with environmental rules for the Illinois River watershed and who has developed the wetland mitigation area for the city and has proposed creating a wetland-mitigation bank by adding an adjacent savanna/Oak Barrens upland mitigation bank to support the Woolsey Wet Prairie. Some are trying to talk Mrs. Shackleford into moving to Fayetteville and allowing Bruce to continue helping to protect Fayetteville's urban green infrastructure.
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Jeremy and Keaton talking while the true interest of the photo is in the background, where John Coleman's daughter checks out Dad's whiskers!
More couples at Friday night's gathering of people interested in the Fayetteville Forward Summit
Please click on image to ENLARGE top photo of Aubrey Pate and Jeremy Pate at the gathering of participants in the Fayetteville Forward Summit on April 3, 2009, at the Fayetteville, Arkansas, Public Library. Jeremy is the director of Fayetteville's planning department.
Please click on image to ENLARGE middle photo of Connie Edmonston, Director of Fayetteville's Department of Parks and Recreation visiting with Adella Gray and Gary Gray. Adella is a Ward One alderman on the Fayetteville City Council. She not only will be likely to participate in Saturday's final day of the summit but also will be involved in Monday night's Ward One meeting with Alderman Brenda Thiel, the Town Branch Neighborhood and other residents of Fayetteville to learn about a developer's proposal to ask for the Washington County Sale Barn to be rezoned for student apartments.
Please click on bottom image to ENLARGE view of Michael Buonaiuto and Shelley Buonaiuto. They are among the people of Fayetteville most concerned to see that the city's growth creates an even more livable environment. In the background are Mrs. and Mr. Tracy Hoskins. Tracy is among the most interesting of the city's young developers. Sorry about the weak flash, friends.
Please click on image to ENLARGE middle photo of Connie Edmonston, Director of Fayetteville's Department of Parks and Recreation visiting with Adella Gray and Gary Gray. Adella is a Ward One alderman on the Fayetteville City Council. She not only will be likely to participate in Saturday's final day of the summit but also will be involved in Monday night's Ward One meeting with Alderman Brenda Thiel, the Town Branch Neighborhood and other residents of Fayetteville to learn about a developer's proposal to ask for the Washington County Sale Barn to be rezoned for student apartments.
Please click on bottom image to ENLARGE view of Michael Buonaiuto and Shelley Buonaiuto. They are among the people of Fayetteville most concerned to see that the city's growth creates an even more livable environment. In the background are Mrs. and Mr. Tracy Hoskins. Tracy is among the most interesting of the city's young developers. Sorry about the weak flash, friends.
Ward One council members, residents of south Fayetteville to meet to discuss proposal to build student apartments on Washington County Sale Barn land
Town Branch Neighborhood Association meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday April 6, 2009
Ward One City Council members, members of the Town Branch neighborhood association and the public will hear a presentation from a developer seeking to rezone the Washington County Sale Barn property to allow construction of student apartments. Everyone is welcome to the meeting in the church at 1136 S Ellis Avenue south of the intersection of S. Hill Avenue and Eleventh Street at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 6.
For details, please call 479-444-6072 or visit http://townbranchneighborhood.blogspot.com
Earth Day at World Peace Wetland Prairie from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday April 19, 2009
Members of the Town Branch neighborhood association and the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology present the fifth-annual Earth Day celebration with activities for kids and adults. Wildflowers will be planted in the butterfly garden and peace-circle garden on the east portion of the city-owned nature park by children and adult volunteers. Ice-storm damaged limbs will be removed by those who wish to help. Volunteers may dig out fescue grass or remove Japanese honeysuckle that is suppressing native plants in parts of the western 2 acres.
Musicians and poets will be invited to play, sing or read in a pleasant outdoor setting.
Still on the Hill and Emily Kaitz are the headliners.
Several activities for youngsters will be provided by volunteers.
Parking is free from 1 to 5 p.m. at the the Hill Avenue Church of Christ south of the intersection of S. Hill Avenue and Eleventh Street, and street parking is legal in much of the neighborhood.
Everyone is welcome. For details, call 444-6072
or visit http://worldpeacewetlandprairie.blogspot.com
World Peace Wetland Prairie is at 1121 South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Ward One City Council members, members of the Town Branch neighborhood association and the public will hear a presentation from a developer seeking to rezone the Washington County Sale Barn property to allow construction of student apartments. Everyone is welcome to the meeting in the church at 1136 S Ellis Avenue south of the intersection of S. Hill Avenue and Eleventh Street at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 6.
For details, please call 479-444-6072 or visit http://townbranchneighborhood.blogspot.com
Earth Day at World Peace Wetland Prairie from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday April 19, 2009
Members of the Town Branch neighborhood association and the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology present the fifth-annual Earth Day celebration with activities for kids and adults. Wildflowers will be planted in the butterfly garden and peace-circle garden on the east portion of the city-owned nature park by children and adult volunteers. Ice-storm damaged limbs will be removed by those who wish to help. Volunteers may dig out fescue grass or remove Japanese honeysuckle that is suppressing native plants in parts of the western 2 acres.
Musicians and poets will be invited to play, sing or read in a pleasant outdoor setting.
Still on the Hill and Emily Kaitz are the headliners.
Several activities for youngsters will be provided by volunteers.
Parking is free from 1 to 5 p.m. at the the Hill Avenue Church of Christ south of the intersection of S. Hill Avenue and Eleventh Street, and street parking is legal in much of the neighborhood.
Everyone is welcome. For details, call 444-6072
or visit http://worldpeacewetlandprairie.blogspot.com
World Peace Wetland Prairie is at 1121 South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Reagan family farm north of Arkansas 16 exemplifies the kind of land that must be protected in the cities of Northwest Arkansas to save Beaver Lake
Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Bill Reagan pointing to the line of trees along the fence on the south edge of his family farm along the north edge of East Fifteenth Street.
The Reagan family has owned the land for many years and Bill said that he has bought it from his mother and will keep it in the family. The farm is prairie that has been used for cattle grazing and other agriculture over the decades. It is an example of a heritage farm of the sort identified in the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association's Green Infrastructure plan. Its rich soil captures water where falls and does not cause flooding downstream with its limited stormwater runoff entering the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River without causing siltation or pollution. See Google map with view of Fifteenth Street area in a preceding post on this subject.
Democrat-Gazette on widening of Arkansas 16
View Larger Map
Please use controls and cursor to move the image, zoom in or out and trace the whole route discussed at the meeting yesterday. The Reagan property is near the middle left part of the image above.
If you use your cursor to travel north of the open Reagan property between Washington Avenue and Wood Avenue from 11th Street up to near 9th Street you can see the 7 wooded wetland acres that the Partners for Better housing board is trying to buy to dredge and fill for a low-income housing development. Water drains from north of Jefferson School, all the way from north of MLK Boulevard (former 6th St.) down to 15th St. and into the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River and is slowed and purified by the moist-soil area where the tiny branch overflows.
This portion of the Beaver Lake watershed is under extreme threat. Thanks to the Reagan family and others for keeping a bit of green infrastructure intact and allowing a small part of the rainwater to stay it falls.
The Reagan family has owned the land for many years and Bill said that he has bought it from his mother and will keep it in the family. The farm is prairie that has been used for cattle grazing and other agriculture over the decades. It is an example of a heritage farm of the sort identified in the Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association's Green Infrastructure plan. Its rich soil captures water where falls and does not cause flooding downstream with its limited stormwater runoff entering the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River without causing siltation or pollution. See Google map with view of Fifteenth Street area in a preceding post on this subject.
Democrat-Gazette on widening of Arkansas 16
View Larger Map
Please use controls and cursor to move the image, zoom in or out and trace the whole route discussed at the meeting yesterday. The Reagan property is near the middle left part of the image above.
If you use your cursor to travel north of the open Reagan property between Washington Avenue and Wood Avenue from 11th Street up to near 9th Street you can see the 7 wooded wetland acres that the Partners for Better housing board is trying to buy to dredge and fill for a low-income housing development. Water drains from north of Jefferson School, all the way from north of MLK Boulevard (former 6th St.) down to 15th St. and into the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River and is slowed and purified by the moist-soil area where the tiny branch overflows.
This portion of the Beaver Lake watershed is under extreme threat. Thanks to the Reagan family and others for keeping a bit of green infrastructure intact and allowing a small part of the rainwater to stay it falls.
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