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Central Business Improvement District of Fort Smith

Jayne Hughes — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:31:48 -0600

The Central Business Improvement District was established in the late 70's. Due to the mass exiting of commercial businesses to urban sprawl to mall locations, so many properties within the urban core of Downtown Fort Smith, like so many other Downtown's accross the country were left to deteriorate. BID's or CBID's were introduced to be a driving force to encourage the redevelopment of Downtown's. At one time vacant properties were the majority in Downtown Fort Smith. Due to a steady growth pattern which has been in place since the tornado in the late 90's much progress has been made within the boundaries of the CBID. There is a tremendous amount of work still to be accomplished, however a consistant amount of private and public improvements are made each year.

Fort Smith Noon Lions Club

enaculich — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:35:34 -0500

Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 202 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.

Known for working to end preventable blindness, Lions participate in a vast variety of projects important to their communities. These projects range from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters.

Beginning in 1917, the association of Lions clubs has provided millions of people with the opportunity to give something back to their communities. View LQ (Lions Quarterly Video Magazine) on the Lions News Network to see how Lions continue to make a difference everyday and everywhere.

Young Emerging Leaders (YEL)

travis stephens — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:24:08 -0600

YEL seeks to provide an outlet for professional and personal networking and development among the up and coming professional demographic in the Fort Smith area. YEL conducts monthly leadership luncheons featuring successful business and community leaders designed for business networking as well as a monthly social networking event to serve as an outlet for young professionals to connect on a much more casual environment. In addition to these monthly events we also host a series of professional developments seminars throughout the year and several unique events such as the young professionals semi-formal ball, "Bella Notte" held in February.

Goals

Provide Social and Business Networking Opportunities
Promote Professional Development
Encourage Community Involvement
Contribute to Quality-of-Place Opportunities