The Agenda: AI, roads, grants

🏡 Buying previously sold property on South First Street back from Rogers Housing Innovation for $50,000 at the business' request as it is unable to construct affordable housing on the land as planned.

Springdale will vote on:

🚧 A resolution expressing the willingness of the city to partner with the Arkansas Department of Transportation to improve the intersections of Highway 71B and Don Tyson Parkway; Highway 71B and Highway 412; and Highway 265 and Don Tyson Parkway.

• The department would contribute $25 million, and the city would contribute $2 million.

✈️ Applying for a grant worth about $11.5 million from the federal Economic Development Administration for the construction of a resilient hangar facility at the Springdale Municipal Airport to house the Arkansas National Guard's emergency response unit and to establish workforce training programs in aerospace, defense logistics and disaster response.

• The city would match about $2.9 million.

📍 If you go: 6pm at Springdale City Hall and 6:30pm at Rogers City Hall