May 12, 2026 - News

The Agenda: Infrastructure spending

Your local city governments have purchases to consider at tonight's city council meetings.

Bentonville will vote on:

🔌 Spending about $6 million on two transformers for the new substation that will serve the Bentonville health care campus.

🛣️ A contract worth about $7.5 million with APAC Central for Rainbow Curve improvements.

🏓 Paying Crafton Tull $300,000 to design a pickleball complex at Memorial Park.

Springdale will vote on:

🚧 Buying property at 304 W. Sunset Ave. for $235,835 and at 318 W. Sunset Ave. for $177,279 for the Sunset Avenue extension and Powell Street improvement project.

📍 If you go: 6pm at Bentonville and Springdale city halls

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