COVID-19 Recovery & Resiliency SWOT
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2021 WAPDD Annual Report
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City of Bonanza Notice for Early Public Review to Support Activity in the 100-Year-Floodplain
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The City of Bonanza is proposing rehabilitation of the existing wastewater collection and treatment system including the force main from the wastewater lagoons to lift station #2, all of which is located within the floodplain. The purpose of this notice … Read More
2020 Annual Report
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Franklin & Scott Counties Mitigation Planning
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National Preparedness Month (NPM) is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster planning. WAPDD is proud to be of assistance in helping to develop Hazard Mitigation Plans to area communities. As part of this process, Franklin and Scott … Read More
Welcome to our new website!
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Besides some appearance changes, our content has been rearranged a little so you may find a few things in a different location. Services are listed prominently at top center of each page Board Members and Meeting Schedules can be found … Read More
Funds available to WAPDD to determine “brownfield” status
Abandoned factories, gas stations and asbestos-laden homes are target areas for environmental assessments with a $400,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to the Western Arkansas Planning and Development District. Economic development and environmental hazards may not often be thought of as going hand … Read More
GIS project maps Fort Smith area storm shelters
Storm shelters have come a long way in the past 20 years, and so has the technology to help first responders find them. In the event of a tornado, like the one that struck Fort Smith and Van Buren in … Read More
State Economic Development Website In Works
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By John Lovett Times Record – jlovett@swtimes.com Arkansas will become one of the first states in the country to have a web-based comprehensive economic development strategy. At the Western Arkansas Planning and Development District board of directors meeting Thursday, Jim Youngquist told local … Read More