I noticed there is some new construction in the Bauxite area. According to the City of Bauxite’s social media, a builder named Rob Thompson is clearing land to construct a new neighborhood named The Waters. It is to be located off the Bauxite Highway (Arkansas 183) on Timber Lake. This lake is known as a […]
Want to Know When The Shoppes at Benton Will Open?
There’s news from The Shoppes at Benton, according to the Benton Proud blog, written by Jerry Coston for the City of Benton. We’ve been talking about this new shopping center since September 2015 and now it’s just a few months away from opening. Coston says the construction will go through the Spring and stores will begin opening […]
Bryant Committee Meets Feb 13 to Discuss Zoning on Longmeadow Property
The City of Bryant Board of Zoning and Adjustment Meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 13, 2017, at 6 p.m. at Boswell Municipal Complex-City Hall Courtroom AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Chairman to call the meeting to order. NEW BUSINESS 3209 Long Meadow Drive – Meadowlake Subdivsion Requesting for an area variance. The property is zoned R-2 but has […]
Multiple Saline County Cities in Top 10 for Healthiest Housing Markets in Ark; Bryant at #1
Bryant ranks at the very top of healthiest housing markets in Arkansas, and in the 81st percentile among United States cities, according to a recent ranking from financial technology company SmartAsset. The study measures market health by the average number of years residents spend in homes, home values, ease of sale, and the costs associated with […]
Forbes Magazine Touts Saline County as One of the Best Real Estate Investments in the Heartland
Sometimes you’ll see an article online that says your town is the best at something or has hit a top ten list, and that’s great, but a lot of those websites put together statistics in a certain way so that they can include one city in this version and another city in another version… just because […]
Benton Council Monday: Budget Changes, Surplus, Rezoning, Palace Asbestos, UALR, Concessions, Fitness, Farmers Market, Coke, Church Property
The City Council will meet on Monday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mayor’s Conference Room for an agenda meeting followed by the regular meeting of the council at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. REGULAR SESSION September 12, 2016 7:00 PM AGENDA Call to Order – Mayor Mattingly Invocation III. Pledge […]
Bryant Homestead from 1906 Demolished, Leaving Questions
This is one of those stories that may take a while to get all the facts, but I’m posting it as a mystery that perhaps MySaline’s readers can help solve. The house at 2028 Evans Loop in Bryant has been demolished. I realized this after David Holiman emailed MySaline from his Texas residence, saying he […]
New Business Deal in the Works Across from Collegeville Elementary
You know the property on Highway 5 North in Bryant where we used to see the funny messages on the marquee sign out front? It has been zoned commercial and up for sale for a short period of time and now there’s an offer. Some backstory: Mr. Paul Timothy Zoellner was responsible for those […]
Bank is Building at Springhill & Highway 5 North in Bryant
It’s been a while since the land was sold and cleared at the southwest corner of Springhill Road and Highway 5 North. That’s the intersection with US Pizza, Big Red Valero & Baxley Penfield Moudy on the other three corners. We’ve waited long enough to find out what’s going in on that southwest corner. Some […]
Big Development Planned for Corner of Alcoa and Boone
You know where the convenience store is on the northwest corner of Alcoa and Boone Roads. You know the northeast corner where there’s a white house with a purple door (daycare). On the southeast corner, there are 18 acres of land that in February 2016, a local family agreed to sell to Midtowne Church. The church members came up with the down […]