Privilege licenses due for businesses
Tuesday is the deadline for businesses in North Little Rock to renew city business privilege licenses to avoid paying a penalty.
All businesses within the city, including nonprofits, are required to have a license, according to the city clerk's office. The city sent invoices to all registered businesses twice this year as reminders to renew, according to the city clerk's office.
Any business remaining on the unpaid list after Tuesday will be turned over to the city's code enforcement office. Code officers will then issue citations for businesses operating without a license.
Business privilege licenses are due Jan. 1 annually. Tuesday is the last day to renew without paying a 25 percent penalty on the total due.
For more information or to verify whether a license is up to date, contact the city clerk and treasurer's office at 975-8617.
Street plan changes must wait till April
The North Little Rock City Council postponed until April 13 any action on a change in the city's Master Street Plan and a related rezoning off of Crystal Hill Road to accommodate a planned apartment complex.
The proposed road would provide a second access point between Crystal Hill Road and NorthShore Business Park near the Interstate 430 interchange with Maumelle Boulevard (Highway 100). The change would amend the road's alignment that is included in the Master Street Plan approved by the City Council in January 2014.
Gene Pfeifer, developer of the NorthShore Business Park, opposed the change as being detrimental to the business park. The related rezoning proposal would allow about 5 acres to be added to 18.85 acres already planned for the 414-unit apartment complex by Lindsey Management Co.
Contest winners to grab awards May 3
Latavian Johnson won first place in a Slam Poetry Scholarship Competition, and Lindsey Higgs of Hazen High School won first place in a Fashion Design Scholarship Competition sponsored this month by the nonprofit Thea Foundation in North Little Rock.
Both students received a $4,000 college scholarship.
The Slam Poetry competition, in its third year, required high school students to perform three original poems in front of an audience. Corey Philpot of Hot Springs High School won a $2,500 scholarship for second place and Kaitlynn Williams of El Dorado High School was awarded an honorable mention.
The Fashion Design competition, in its second year, required competitors to use 75 percent recycled materials in their creation. Higgs' winning design was a dress made of corn husks. Ashayla Burnett of eStem Public Charter School in Little Rock won a $2,500 scholarship for second place for her dress made of garbage bags and accompanying shoes.
The Thea Foundation's scholarship competition began in 2002 with only a visual arts category, but since it has expanded to include six categories. The winners of the six competitions are to be recognized at an awards ceremony May 3 at the Thea Foundation, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock.
Woman's Club sets 25th Carousel Ball
The 25th annual Carousel Ball, sponsored by the North Little Rock Woman's Club, will be April 18 at the Patrick Hays Senior Citizens Center, 401 W. Pershing Blvd., North Little Rock.
The event will include live and silent auctions, dancing and live music. The event is black-tie optional.
Tickets are $50 each. Proceeds will benefit various community projects by the Woman's Club.
For tickets or more information, contact club President Helen Greenfield at (501) 835-5019.
Metro on 03/29/2015