Today’s Communiqué – 9.23.21

1. Little Rock Announces Process to Fill Ward 1 Board Vacancy

2. 7th Annual Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Festival

3. Urban League of Arkansas Young Professionals Host HBCU Vote Rally

4. Music Mogul & Film Producer Percy “Master P” Miller & Son Romeo Miller Partner with Arkansas Native and Film Director LazRael Lison for New Psychological Suspense Thriller #UNKNOWN

5. Arkansas Faith Network Hosts ‘Building Resilience to Cope: How Faith Communities Can Support Emotional Wellness During Covid-19’ Lunch and Learn

6. Arkansas Times Comedian of the Year, Nate Williams To Host Fundraiser for The Alex Foundation


1. Little Rock Announces Process to Fill Ward 1 Board Vacancy

PRESS RELEASE

Sept. 22, 2021

Contact: Spencer Watson | (m) 501 804 4822 | [email protected]

Little Rock Announces Process to Fill Ward 1 Board Vacancy

LITTLE ROCK – The City of Little Rock will begin accepting applications to fill the vacant Ward 1 Board of Directors position on Thursday, Sept. 23. The position was left vacant by the Sept. 8 passing of City Director Erma Hendrix; the term continues through December 2022.

Applicants, who must be residents of Ward 1, are invited to apply through the City of Little Rock website, littlerock.gov, between Sept. 23 and Sept. 30.

On Oct. 1, all applications will be submitted to members of the Board of Directors for review. At the Board meeting on Oct. 5, Board members will review those applications and rank the top seven finalists.

Those finalists will be invited to a Special Called Board meeting on Oct. 12, at which they will each have 10 minutes allotted to both make a presentation and answer questions. The Board will then go into executive session to discuss applications and will return to public session to vote on a selection.

The selected applicant will serve the remainder of the current term, which expires Dec. 31, 2022, and will be eligible for re-election to the position. The position will be on the ballot in the November 2022 General Election. Anyone who wishes to file to run for the position will need to file with the City Clerk’s office at the appropriate time.

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2. 7th Annual Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Festival


3. Urban League of Arkansas Young Professionals Host HBCU Vote Rally


4. Music Mogul & Film Producer Percy “Master P” Miller & Son Romeo Miller Partner with Arkansas Native and Film Director LazRael Lison for New Psychological Suspense Thriller #UNKNOWN

Click Here for Tickets to the September 30th Ron Robinson Theatre Premiere


5. Arkansas Faith Network Hosts ‘Building Resilience to Cope: How Faith Communities Can Support Emotional Wellness During Covid-19’ Lunch and Learn


6. Arkansas Times Comedian of the Year, Nate Williams To Host Fundraiser for The Alex Foundation (Hot Springs)

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Arkansas Times Comedian of the Year Nate Williams To Host Fundraiser

Alex Foundation’s second Annual Dessert Before Dinner With Bubbles and Bons fundraiser will be hosted by Arkansas Times of the Year Comedian Nate Williams.  The event will be held October 3, 2021 at Garvan Woodland Gardens Pavilion, 550 Arkridge Rd., Hot Springs, Ark., 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. 

This year’s guests will be treated to an Architecture Bake-off.   Architecture and engineering firms competing in the bake-off include Little Rock firms, Cromwell Architects Engineers and Woods Group Architects; and Hot Springs firm, Nature Angle.  

The Architecture Bake-off is an edible design challenge, where award winning architects and designers will transfer their design talents from buildings to cakes by baking, designing, and constructing an iconic building.  Judging the bake-off will be bakery connoisseurs and owners, including Ann Potter Baking, Cocoa Bell Chocolates, Community Bakery and Sweet Love Bakes

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