We are pleased to report that A. Jones Custom Developments has broken ground on a 200-acre LEED certified project called “Midtown.” This community will be unlike any neighborhood in central Arkansas. It will have wide sidewalks, neighborhood parks, playgrounds, pools, commercial amenities and a farmers’ market, all within walking distance from your home. The development was planned by the world-renowned Duany Plater Zkyberk Company, “DPZ Group,” the leading authority on traditional neighborhood developments, and the planner for the famed Seaside, Florida community.
In 2006, the AlcoaExchangeShopping Center was completed. Target, Kohl’s Old Navy, Kirkland’s, Lane Bryant, Rue 21, Shoe Carnival, The Mattress King, along with many other shops and restaurants, opened to make it the first major shopping center of its kind in SalineCounty.
Lowe’s Home Improvement Store, Twin City Bank, and Chick-fil-A have finished construction and are now open in Bryant on Reynolds Road. We recently completed the approval process for the eighth new hotel in the city, with two more in the works.
Bryant is also home to the new SalineCountyAirport. The airport, completed in the spring of 2007, has a 5,000-foot runway, with the capability of servicing both planes and jets. In addition, the Airport Commission is developing a new industrial park with an approximate 800-acre site.
Midland Park Soccer Complex completed in the fall of 2007, boasts four soccer fields, a concession building and parking on a twenty-acre site on Midland Road near highway 5.
Bryant recently broke ground on the 106-acre Charles and NormaBishopPark, and dirt work is currently being done. This $16 million park will consist of a community center that includes meeting rooms with service kitchens, three indoor basketball courts, a walking track, activity area and an aerobics area.
The Park’s plans also include hosting a new Bryant Boys and Girls Club facility, with approximately 18,000 square feet, and a new SeniorAdultCenter. These plans include a new competition-size swimming pool with a sliding roof, along with a heated therapeutic pool. Adjacent to the indoor pool will be an aquatic park and pool. The park will also have nine baseball fields, two soccer fields, six softball fields, and a walking trail.
Many people move to Bryant because of its School District’s reputation of providing quality education. This year, more than 300 new students enrolled in classes. Bryant has built 2 LEED-certified (“green”) schools. The new BethelMiddle School, built in 2006 and located on North Lake Road, and a new elementary school on Alcoa Road, were completed and opened in the fall of 2007. LEED schools have proven healthier for students, comfortable for teachers, and cost-effective.
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