ARKANSAS DOWNTOWN NETWORK

The Arkansas Downtown Network (ADN) is a new program that works beyond the Main Street Arkansas network to serve a broader base of Arkansas communities that are focused on revitalizing their historic commercial core. We created the program to offer resources and education to communities who are not able to commit to the level of certified Main Street towns in an effort to both revitalize their built environment and build the capacity to become a certified Main Street community.

The mission of Main Street Arkansas is to be the leading resource for communities seeking to revitalize their historic downtown commercial districts and to provide technical assistance and expertise to designated Main Street Arkansas communities through the implementation of the National Trust’s Main Street Center’s comprehensive Four-Point Approach™.   Main Street Arkansas is a preservation-based economic development program housed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

Main Street Arkansas is accepting applications for membership in its Arkansas Downtown Network (ADN).  The Arkansas Downtown Network is a program for downtown revitalization based upon the four points of Main Street – Design, Organization, Promotion and Economic Restructuring.  The ADN is particularly appropriate for smaller towns that for whatever reason may not yet have the resources to hire a fulltime downtown revitalization staff person. 

The application process is competitive and the applicant communities will be asked to make a short (10 minutes or less) presentation on why they want to enter the Network.  New ADN communities are expected to document a minimum 100 hours a year of volunteer effort to revitalizing their downtown.  We encourage you to contact a member of the Main Street Arkansas staff about your potential application.   

Click here to download the Arkansas Downtown Network application.

Arkansas Downtown Network Members are:

CRAWFORDSVILLE
Joe Marotti
1050 Highway 64B
Crawfordsville, AR 72327
870-514-0416
joemarotti@aol.com
JoAnn Manning
HOME: 901-647-3290

DEWITT
Jarad Simpson
611 W. Second St.
DeWitt, AR  72042

EUREKA SPRINGS
Glenna Booth
City Hall
44 South Main Street
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Phone: 479-253-9703
Fax: 479-253-6967
ACE@cityofeurekasprings.org

FORT SMITH
Jayne S. Hughes
Downtown Development
Central Business Improvement District
623 Garrison Avenue
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901
479-784-1001
FAX: 479-784-1002
www.GoDowntownFS.com
jhughes@fsark.com

HEBER SPRINGS
Mary Margaret Couch
(501) 258-6632 cell
Fax 1-866-722-3604
Heber Springs Downtown Network
501 W. Main PMB 265
Heber Springs, AR  72543

JONESBORO
Downtown Jonesboro Association
407 Union
PO Box 1676
Jonesboro, AR 72401-1676
870-336-1454
downtownjbr@ritternet.com

MORRILTON
Brandi Bradley
Main Street Morrilton
120 N. Division Street
Morrilton, AR 72110
brandibradley@suddenlinkmail.com
501-354-2393

PINE BLUFF
Joy Blankenship
Pine Bluff Downtown Development
110 North Pine
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 536-8742
pbdowntown@sbcglobal.net

RECTOR
Jacinda Welch
Rector Area Chamber of Commerce
Rector City Hall
409 South Stewart
Rector, Arkansas, 72632
870-595-3035
jacinda.welch@gmail.com

SHERIDAN
Down Home Sheridan, Inc.
Lisa E. Grove
102 North Oak
Sheridan, AR 72150
870-942-0775 (office)
lisaegrovecpa@alltel.net

SILOAM SPRINGS
Shelley Simmons
Main Street Siloam Springs
115 E. University, Suite 4
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
(479) 524-4556
simmons.mainstreetsiloam@gmail.com

WALNUT RIDGE
Downtown Walnut Ridge
PO Box 87
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
Lorra Whitmire
870-886-5959
PO Box 509
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
LORRAW@FNBLAWCO.COM
Cathy Harthorn
870-886-2752
PO Box 3654
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
CATHYHARTHORN@YAHOO.COM