Historic Preservation Listening Session in Texarkana JUNE 19

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, will conduct a listening session at Texarkana on June 19, to solicit comments on regional historic preservation issues.

According to a press release, the meeting, which is one of a series being held as the AHPP updates its historic preservation plan, will be held at 5:30PM on Monday, June 19, at the Texarkana City Hall at 216 Walnut Street, and is targeted for constituents from Miller, Lafayette, Little River, Hempstead, Nevada, Columbia, Sevier and Howard counties. The public is cordially invited to attend.

For more information, contact Catherine Barrier at 501- 324-9880 or catherine.barrier@arkansas.gov.

A final listening session will be held June 21 in Jonesboro. Comments can also be made through June 30 at arkansaspreservation.com/survey.

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is the agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage responsible for the identification, evaluation, registration and preservation of the state's cultural resources. Other agencies in the department are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Historic Arkansas Museum and the Arkansas State Archives.