Symposium to Focus on “Thoughtful Watershed Development” in Northwest Arkansas
The Beaver Watershed Alliance will host their annual symposium on Thursday, September 26, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This year the symposium will be located at the Elkins Community Center, 162 Doolin Dr., Elkins, AR. The focus of this day-long event will be over “Thoughtful Watershed Development: Retaining the Character of Small Communities”.
Small communities and unincorporated areas in the Beaver Lake watershed face unique challenges as developmental pressures increase, the scope of urban growth expands, and both the sense of control and actual control over development at the small community level declines. The economic growth that is driving population increases in NWA at the same time seems to overrun small towns. The Alliance’s Annual Symposium for 2019 will focus on development opportunities in small communities.
Attend the Alliance Annual Symposium to learn more about:
- Challenges the watershed and these communities share
- Sustainable economic development – growth that won’t come back to haunt small communities with unintended consequences of cost, congestion, and conflict
- Planning framework –strong development codes for small communities
- Financial framework – drinking water and wastewater financing issues for small systems, and how possible threats and/or failures impact the actual cost of providing services for small towns
- Local examples –keeping the rural character and nature of communities
Please RSVP to attend the 2019 Annual Symposium by calling 479-750-8007 or emailing the Alliance at info@beaverwatershedalliance.org.
