Demolition has begun on the James Brothers Furniture store on East Broadway across from downtown police substation and just west of Alltell Arena.  The lot will remain vacant for a while and will be used as surface parking until a suitable development is identified by the owner. .

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Claytime Pottery at 417 Main Street in downtown North Little Rock will be offering a children's pottery class on Saturday's.  The class will be starting in the next few weeks.  Call 374-3515 for class details, schedule and cost.

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Monday evening a car was stolen from the parking lot of the Wyndham Hotel.  The car stolen was an 84 Olds Cutlass silver in color.  Keep your car doors locked and watch out for suspicious activity.

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Make sure you click here to read the story from Fox16 on how the Argenta businesses downtown met the Hog fans attending the game and went out of their way to make them feel welcome. This coordination was result of the hard work of the Argenta Downtown Council. Watch the video for shots of your local Argenta spots and business owners.

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It was a Razorback party in Argenta Satirday afternoon with the Razorback win at Alltel Arena.  Before the game it was standing room only at Cregeens, Cornerstone, Renos and Starving Artists Cafe.  There were Razorback flags up and down Main Street along with red and white balloons everywhere.  Fans strolled along Main Street window shopping.  A regular street party

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Friday night Scooby, one of Argenta's two beloved Ambassadors was given a surprise birthday party by his family and friends Friday night.  Scooby was on duty when he recieved a call to come to Cregeens for a disturbance.  At Cregeens there were over two dozen people that surprised Scooby for his 30th birthday.  Scooby wa given the rest of the night off and celebrated with cake, wings, chips and possibly even an adult beverage or two. 

Happy Birthday Scooby. 

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The Arkansas Razorback Basketball Team ranked nationally, will play the North Texas Eagles at Alltel Arena this Saturday, January 3rd at 2:05 p.m.  Word on the street is that tickets are going fast and Alltel will have a sell out crowd of around 17,000.  That’s 17,000 hungry, thirsty fans…and when they win (and they will), they will probably be in a PARTY mood.

Look for Saturday evening partying on Main in Argenta
 

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Tha Argenta Branch Library on Main Street will have a story time and craft time at 11:00 am on Friday January 2nd.  The library staff is really good with these events and you really should walk down and take the kids sometime.

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The drawing above is from the new project plan for the combined downtown Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District.  This shows an 11-story hotel with the parking deck in the center of the site with the conference center and meeting room space above the deck.  The parking deck is surrounded by retail, which may also include restaurants.  The TIF money will be used along with hotel parking space rental income to float bonds and pay for the construction of the parking deck.  The developer will pay for the hotel and conference center construction.

You can click on the above photo, save it to your computer and print it out up to 8 1/2x11 inches in size.

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All three Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District ordinances passed City Council New Years Eve in a special City Council meeting.  This means that building plans can proceed along with planning of the bond issues necessary.  Accrding to one of the developer partners Joihn Gaudin, construction is expected to start on the hotel and parking deck within 6-9 months, assuming the bond issues proceed and financing develops as planned

For a more detailed analysis of the meeting click here to go to an article on NLRDailyNews.com

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