Good news! The deadline for the Dog Park fundraiser has been extended to October 31, 2018.

The panel created by Mayor Harold Perrin to consider possible amendments to a proposed landscape and tree preservation ordinance will meet again from 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the first-floor conference room of the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church. St. The group of property developers and interested residents is a non-binding panel designed to broaden consideration of the impact this ordinance could have on our community.

The City of Jonesboro presented four Community Development Block grants to nonprofits with a track record of success in the community on Tuesday. They were presented to: El Centro Hispano, represented by director Gina Gomez, Habitat for Humanity, represented by director Micheal Sullivan, Mid-South Health Services, represented by CEO Ruth Allison Dover and COO Roland Irwin, and West End Neighborhood Association (not represented but received a grant for $11,981).

Congratulations to Assistant Parks Director Brad Pietz, winner of the Betty T. Sloan Promotion Award at the Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner. He is pictured alongside John Sloan, Betty’s son.

The final banner has been hung for Race for the Cure in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Pictured along with Mayor Harold Perrin is Chair Amanda Herget, survivor Amy Miller, and city employee Steve Horton.