Group sets annual litter pickup event
The annual Great North Little Rock Cleanup will be May 16 in conjunction with the Great Arkansas Cleanup, according to a Keep North Little Rock Beautiful news release.
Community-based groups, civic organizations, churches and individuals are invited to participate in the event, which will start at 8:30 a.m. with neighborhood cleanups and conclude with an 11 a.m. “thank you” for participants at the Lakewood Village Pavilion in the Lakewood Village Shopping Center.
Keep North Little Rock Beautiful, a local affiliate of Keep Arkansas Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful, will provide all cleanup-related tools, including gloves, trash bags, litter-grabbers and safety vests.
To register or to get more information, visit the Keep North Little Rock Beautiful Facebook page or email KNLRB@aol.com.
Mayor vetoes sign waiver over notice
North Little Rock Mayor Joe Smith issued his first veto of City Council legislation last week since taking office Jan. 1, 2013.
The veto came because notices to the public misstated when the legislation would be heard by the City Council.
The veto of Ordinance 15-13, which was passed on a 7-0 vote on Feb. 9, granted waivers to allow a 22-foot, 8-inch tall, 100-square-foot, free-standing, pole LED sign at The Boulevard retail center, 10840 Maumelle Blvd., for the planned Nashville Rockin Grill restaurant. Alderman Beth White was absent.
The legislation waived the prohibition for requiring a ground-mounted, monument-style sign, the 10-foot maximum height limitation and the 64-square-foot maximum size for a sign.
Fit 2 Live offices take up new digs
The city’s Fit 2 Live office will be in a new space starting this week.
The office moved out of City Hall, 300 Main St., and into the City Services Building, 120 Main St. on Thursday and Friday.
The Fit 2 Live Initiative began in 2009 as a program to address obesity and to encourage city residents to live healthier lives by being active and providing information about how to choose and prepare healthier food options. Late last year, the office began coordinating a new results-based, wellness incentive program for city employees.
Entries welcome for NLR pageant
Registration remains open for the Miss North Little Rock Pageant, scheduled for March 7 at the Argenta Community Theater in North Little Rock and sponsored by the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.
The pageant serves as official preliminaries to the Miss Arkansas and Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen pageants. Scholarship sponsorships are available. The competition is open to residents of Pulaski and Saline Counties.
For information, email dfusco312@gmail.com or jessica.eggan@gmail.com.