SAVE THE DATE: HRA ANNUAL MEETING MONDAY, MAY 13, 2019 • 6:00 PM DETAILS ON PAGE 6!

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Message from the HRA President...... 2

HRA Board and Committees...... 2

Changes to State Rehabilitation Tax Credits...... 4

Annual Meeting...... 6

Nominees for Board...... 6

Proposed New Articles and By-Laws...... 7

Archives of the HRA...... 9

Report on HRA Board Retreat...... 10

Changes in Recycling...... 11

Hillcrest in the Past...... 12

2019 Members of the HRA...... 14

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The Quapaw Brass Quintet plays patriotic music at last year’s Ice Cream Social. The Quintet will be appearing again this year on the 4th of July at Crest Park.

First Thursday July 4th Ice Cream Social End your daytime celebration with your family and friends at the Hillcrest Ice Cream Social Plus, sponsored by the Hillcrest Merchants Association. Because First Thursday and the Fourth of July fall on the same day this year there will be double the fun. We will have music, treats, food, drinks, and, of course, ice cream! But there will be added surprises for all ages. Watch for reminders and details on Facebook at facebook.com/live.shop.dine.hillcrest (and please “like” the site while you’re there). The party starts at 6 p.m. and lasts until the ice cream melts. The hub of activity will be at Crest Park (in front of Kroger). And make sure you plan to attend First Thursdays in Hillcrest throughout the year. More excitement and changes in music and refreshments each month. Please check facebook.com/live.shop.dine.hillcrest for monthly details.

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 1 4/23/19 11:05 PM YOUR HRA BOARD Message from Eric McDaniel, President Palm Street Jim Hathaway, Vice President the HRA President Midland Street ello Neighbors, Karen Konarski-Hart, Secretary Please note the 2019 HRA Annual Meeting will be held N. Cedar St. Monday, May 13, 6:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Hall. We will elect new Beth Phelps, Treasurer Hmembers to the board and we have a great slate of candidates who are eager “B” Street to get to work! We will also be voting on proposed changes to our articles Marian Boyd of incorporation and bylaws. Huge thank you to Jim Hathaway for his N. Fillmore St. invaluable insight and countless hours spent in research and preparations to guide the board through these needed changes. You will find more on these Nathalie Coulter items in the following pages. Please review and discuss with your neighbors. Fairfax Street We hope you will be as excited about them as the board and request that you Antoinette Johnson mark your calendars now for this important meeting. Linwood Court We hope you’ve noticed an increase in neighborhood awareness due Laurel Major Lawrence to the efforts of the Communication Committee. Through a divide and Crystal Court conquer approach, we have targeted regular updates to the new and improved Barbara Miles website, increased the frequency and content of email, and expanded our N. Spruce St. reach into social media. If you’ve not seen the new website, here’s the link… HillcrestResidents.com. Yes, it’s changed from .org, but you should be HRA COMMITTEES re-directed if you enter the former. Many thanks to Karen Konarski-Hart Board Committees for getting the new site up and running and Barbara Miles for her tireless Communications Committee efforts in finding content that is both timely and relevant. Thanks also to Barbara Miles, Jessie Bates, Janet Flegal. She’s the one making sure those emails are updated and sent Jennifer Ashmore, out regularly. Please watch for opportunities for YOU to get involved by Pittman Ware, Janet Flegal providing news, photos, and more for us to share! Membership Committee The Design Overlay District (DOD) Committee is fully engaged as they Marian Boyd, Barbara Miles, Laurel Lawrence, Carol Vick consider what, if any, changes should be made to the current DOD. The Newsletter Committee committee includes John Burnett, Antoinette Johnson, Carolyn Newbern, Jim Hathaway, Barbara Miles, Chris Parker, Bill Rector, Scott Smith, and is chaired by Bruce McMath. You Arthur Paul Bowen will want to stay informed as updates from this committee are presented. We Parks Committee will make sure to spread the word, but we encourage all interested parties to TBD attend monthly HRA meetings on the second Monday of each month. Preservation/Planning Committee We appreciate the hard work of this committee and look forward to Antoinette Johnson, Bob Keltner, upcoming reports. Laurel Lawrence You will note Marian Boyd’s article, “HRA Board Retreat Results in Goal Safety Committee Setting” within this edition. This article not only provides a list of the board’s Barbara Miles, Chris White goals, but also shares how we came about deciding on them. The retreat was Schools Committee attended by every board member as well as Jamie Collins, Director of City Nathalie Coulter Planning. Many thanks to Marian for her leadership with the retreat. We Special Committees are excited to have clarity about our priorities and we welcome your input on By Laws Committee them as we move forward. If you have ideas to share, send me a note or just Jim Hathaway, Eric McDaniel, show up at the next meeting and let’s talk! [email protected]. Antoinette Johnson, Beth Phelps, Karen Konarski-Hart Finally, we hope you enjoy catching up with what’s going on in the Design Overlay District Committee neighborhood as you read this newsletter. Lots of interesting and useful Bruce McMath, Antoinette Johnson, information. Carolyn Newbern, Chris Parker, See you at the annual meeting! Eric Scott Smith, Bill Rector, John Burnett

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 2 4/23/19 11:05 PM Hillcrest MARKET STATS

Top 15 (of 25) Homes SOLD as reported in MLS for ALL companies first quarter 2019 2 Address List $ Sold $ Bed Bath SQFT Sold $/ft Closed Days 3804 Oakwood Rd $519,900 $460,000 4 3 3122 $147.34 1/28/19 243 301 Colonial Ct $465,000 $450,000 4 3.5 3200 $140.63 2/28/19 0 519 N Pine St $429,900 $424,500 3 2.5 2621 $161.96 1/31/19 7 4015 N Lookout Rd $344,000 $344,000 3 2 2080 $165.38 1/17/19 7 4414 Kenyon Dr $374,900 $329,900 3 2 2400 $137.46 2/8/19 172 3934 S Lookout Rd $380,000 $312,500 4 3 3091 $101.10 1/31/19 151 1109 N Spruce St $350,000 $307,000 2 2 1502 $204.39 1/31/19 50 1111 N Jackson St $284,900 $293,000 2 2 1351 $216.88 3/25/19 4 5001 N Lookout Rd $299,000 $285,000 3 2 1940 $146.91 3/26/19 42 4418 Kenyon Dr $254,500 $250,000 2 2 1675 $149.25 2/13/19 0 3404 I Street $279,900 $248,000 3 2 1455 $170.45 1/24/19 47 505 N Taylor St $264,900 $243,500 3 2.5 1649 $147.67 2/1/19 81 4101 C Street $268,900 $236,140 4 2.5 1836 $128.62 1/4/19 39 4615 N Lookout Rd $295,000 $225,000 3 2.5 1891 $118.98 1/25/19 212 4909 B Street $248,000 $223,000 3 2.5 1732 $128.75 1/10/19 184 Market Median $264,900 $236,140 $147.34 50 Market Avg (ALL 25) $276,232 $253,074 $147.41 79

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 3 4/23/19 11:05 PM Places or are listed as “contributing” Changes Benefit State Historic within a historic district on the National Register are eligible. Twenty-five percent Rehabilitation Tax Credit of the approved rehabilitation expenses on a historic building may be claimed as by Walter Wright, Jr. and Antoinette Johnson home). The intent a tax credit. The credit may be claimed of the legislation up to five years. See Ark. Code Ann. § is to enable a 26-51-221 et seq. greater number Contributing properties are those of Arkansas that have not been changed significantly homeowners to from street view from when they participate in were first built. They maintain efforts to restore important architectural features and historic properties. are “contributing” to the historical and In 2009 architectural integrity that make up the legislation was historic district. passed by the You can check this website to Arkansas General see if your building is listed as a Assembly allowing “contributing” structure and to see the Arkansans to boundaries of the Hillcrest Historic claim a portion of District. http://www.arcgis.com/home/ their investment webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e90406 in historic 29adab4162bd21b7dde5a5702d On March 14 of this year, properties as a credit on their state However, please keep in mind that Governor Hutchinson signed House income taxes. The program is this map was compiled by the Arkansas Bill 1493, which amends the Arkansas administered by the Arkansas Historic Historic Preservation Program when Historic Rehabilitation income tax Preservation Program and encourages Hillcrest was first included on the credit. The bill reduces the investment the rehabilitation of historic properties National Register in 1990. The district threshold necessary for homeowners and fosters revitalization efforts in has not been resurveyed since that time, to qualify for the Arkansas Historic Arkansas’s historic downtowns and therefore the information may not be Rehabilitation income tax credit neighborhoods. accurate if your home’s exterior has from $25,000 to $5,000 for non- Properties that are individually listed been remodeled since 1990. If you income properties (this means your on the National Register of Historic are unsure, you will want to call the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program to verify your home’s status. In order to use the tax credit, you MUST APPLY through the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program BEFORE ANY WORK IS BEGUN. They are NOT retroactive. You will not be able to claim the credit after work is completed. You can get the application from AHPP by calling 501-324-9150. Arkansas is one of the 33 states in the United States that offer credits against state taxes to provide incentives for the rehabilitation of historic buildings. The lead sponsors of Act 470 were Representative Joe Jett (Success) and Senator B. Sample (Hot Springs). A key proponent of Act 470 was the Association.

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 4 4/23/19 11:05 PM Love Your Block Grant Winners! Each year the City of Little Rock gives out four $1,000 grants to each of its seven wards for a total of 28 grants each year. The grants are typically given to the neighborhood associations to promote beautification and volunteerism in the neighborhoods. In 2018 Ward 3 won the top three prizes! First Place went to Capitol View Stifft Station Neighborhood Association for their beautiful bus bench. Second place went to Hillcrest Residents Association for the new landscaping at Middle School, and third place was awarded to the Area Neighborhood Association for their new sign and landscaping. It was a clean sweep for Ward 3! Congratulations to all the volunteers who participated in the Love Your Grant volunteer efforts.

History of Hillcrest Walking Tours All tours are 9:30-11:00 a.m., Saturdays in summer and fall, sponsored by Save Hillcrest! and led by architect and historian, Jim Pfieffer.

June 22 Westriver and Westrock, a Study in Contrasts A luxury mid-century hi-rise and a demolished low-income community. (This tour Co-Sponsored by University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute of Race and Ethnicity, represented by Dr. Brian K. Mitchell) Meet at Allsopp Park Playground.

September 7 Sex and the Single Hillcrest Girl The Hillcrest Cottage of Helen Gurley Brown and other storied bungalows. Meet in front of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. Save Hillcrest Wins October 5 Little Rock School Crisis QQA Award The homes and stories of those involved in the Little Rock School Crisis of 1957. Meet at Ozark Congratulations to Save Hillcrest for winning the Award of Point (far end of Ozark Street). Merit from the Quapaw Quarter Association for its “advocacy efforts on behalf of historic preservation in the Hillcrest National Register Historic District.”

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 5 4/23/19 11:05 PM Annual Meeting of the Hillcrest Residents Association The Annual Meeting of the Hillcrest Residents Association will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 13, at Hillcrest Hall at the intersection of Kavanaugh Blvd. and Lee St. All members of the HRA are encouraged to attend. This year, the board is proposing a slate of new directors, described on this page, and is also asking the membership to take action on amended and restated articles and by-laws, as described on the following page. The Board is excited about the slate of proposed directors, and we hope that you will be, too! Lisa Davis In 1999, she and her husband (12, attending PHMS) and Henry (16, moved to Little Rock and bought a attending Central High) have lived in Lisa grew up in Little Rock, house on Linwood Court in Hillcrest. Hillcrest for over 20 years. graduated from , and lived When her children entered elementary around the country before returning school at Pulaski Heights, Janet went to Nancy Leonhardt home. She recently bought and work for The Charlotte John Company Nancy owns two renovated a small cottage in Hillcrest, as a real estate agent. She has worked homes in Hillcrest: one and she is enjoying her cottage and her there for the last 12 years. on B Street purchased neighborhood very much. Janet’s volunteer experience in July 2015 for her Lisa is a retired lawyer with a includes working with the Pulaski daughter and her degree in history and a deep interest in Heights Elementary PTA in various residence on N. Monroe, community service and development. capacities, including twice as chair of purchased May 2017. Nancy moved to Her goal has always been to help Pulaski Heights Picassos. At PH Middls Arkansas in 1999, and lived in Roland improve the fabric of her community, School she has volunteered in several until her move to Hillcrest. She is a at all levels, local and beyond, through roles, including working on the weekly native of California with a three-year direct involvement as a volunteer, e-mail blast to parents, serving as chair stop in Wisconsin before landing in officer, board member, facilitator, and of Pantherfest, and working on new Arkansas. through pro-bono legal work. Over landscaping at the school. She has served Nancy has a degree in Urban the years, she has worked with parents on the PTSA board at Central High for and Regional Land Planning from suffering pregnancy loss, community the last two years as the corresponding California Polytechnic University, gardeners, economically disadvantaged secretary, with one of her duties being Pomona, and was employed as an women working toward degrees and to configure the weekly e-mail blast to Associate Planner in the early 1980s. economic integration, fundraising, band parents. She has served as Executive Director and theatre groups, the sick and home- of Adult Learning Alliance, Inc. bound, and led volunteer initiatives in Luke Kramer since 2013. Adult Learning Alliance her local college alumni clubs. And last is a leading adult learning advocacy Luke has worked for fall, for the first time, she served as field organization, which supports the over 25 years assisting organizer for a woman who ran for state efforts of 25 community based literacy individuals on their road office in Alabama, her last stop before council across the state working to mental health recovery. Little Rock. to improve quality of life through After 18 years in mental raising reading, math, digital, health, health treatment, Luke Janet Flegal financial, and English literacy. created The STARR Janet Weatherall Flegal Nancy has worked in nonprofits Coalition (Stakeholders in Treatment, was born into a military for over 25 years, primarily as Executive Advocacy, Research and Recovery) with family and spent the first Director. Her experience includes: his friend Carol Witham. The nonprofit part of her life living in • American Institute of Architects, organization brings together national various places around the Inland California Chapter (Exec thought leaders within clinical research country and in Germany Director, 5 years) sites, CRO’s, sponsors, treatment and before her family settled • Tree Streets, Inc (Exec Director, 2 advocacy with the mission to reduce the in Norman, Oklahoma. She attended years) stigma associated with mental illness and the University of Oklahoma, graduating • Arkansas Flower and Garden Show to promote research as an option for with a business degree in 1984. After (Exec Director, 5 years) recovery. college she worked in retail management • Arkansas Advocates for Children and at Sanger-Harris in Dallas, now known Luke, along with his wife Ellen as Macy’s. Korenblat, and their two children, Tess (Continued on page 7)

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 6 4/23/19 11:05 PM Proposed Amended & Restated Articles & By-Laws At the annual meeting of the HRA on May 13, 2019, the members will be asked to approve Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “New Articles and By-Laws”). The New Articles and By-Laws were drafted, reviewed, commented on, and approved by the By-Laws Committee of the HRA Board. Full copies of the New Articles and By-Laws can be found on the HRA website, hillcrestresidents.com. The primary impetus for drafting the New Articles and By-Laws was that the existing Articles (drafted in 1989) conflicted in some respects with the existing By-Laws (apparently adopted in 1997). Jim Hathaway (who has the unfortunate distinction of being the only lawyer currently on the Board) was finding that what should be simple questions, such as “what is the term of a Board member?” or “do we have staggered terms?” or “can we vote on matters between meetings?” were hard to answer because of conflicts in the existing documents. Many issues arise because of the age of the governing documents. The Articles are 30 years old, and the By-Laws at least 22 years old. The corporation itself is governed by the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1963, an old statute that was replaced in 1993 by a new governing statute. The New Articles and By-Laws elect that the HRA be governed by the 1993 statute. Some things will stay the same: the boundaries of the HRA, established under the 1997 By-Laws, will remain the same. Members will still vote for the Board of the HRA; members will still control amendment of the By-Laws. Other things will be made more flexible: the number of directors will be a range rather than a set number; terms of the directors will be staggered to provide for continuity; language has been added to make it easier to seek full tax-exempt status from the IRS; the long-time practice of having a Hillcrest Merchants Association designee on the HRA Board is formalized; the procedure for action without a meeting is clarified; a specific conflict of interest policy is adopted; and many other issues have been addressed. The HRA Board encourages you to read the proposed New Articles and By-Laws, and please attend the Annual Meeting on May 13.

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Families (Administrative Director, 7 years) Nancy recently completed a one-year term as District Governor for Rotary International, leading 39 Rotary clubs, and over 1,800 Rotary members. Prior to Governor, she served her club as President, Secretary, Service Projects Chair, Membership Chair. She currently serves her Rotary District as Membership Chair and Club Visioning Chair. Pittman Ware Pittman has been a resident of Hillcrest since moving to Little Rock in 2012 from Brooklyn, NY. He lives on Midland Street with his wife, Brooke-Augusta, his daughter, Evangeline and their dog Bloomberg. He has yet to miss a 4th of July Parade. Pittman grew up in Mountain Home, Arkansas, and attended Hendrix College where he received his B.A. in Theatre Arts before moving to New York City in 2005. Since 2015, he has worked for Team SI, a digital marketing and technology firm as a Senior Account Executive. In his free time, he enjoys following the Arkansas Razorback and the NY Giants, studying history, and cooking. (Continued on page 7)

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When he was having difficulty understanding the current state of the corporate documents governing the Hillcrest Residents Association, By-Laws Committee Chair Jim Hathaway turned to former HRA presidents Jim Metzger and Scott Smith. After some digging around in storage units, they found something they thought they had remembered seeing. At the end of the March HRA board meeting, Metzger and Smith approached Hathaway. “We found the stash,” Metzger said. “Where are you parked?” Hathaway looked a bit commercial development along he determined that the decision to confused. Smith said “We don’t want Markham and higher density residential incorporate was likely made to enable to carry it any farther then we have to. development within the neighborhood. the Association to file for recognition by Do you have a truck?” In addition, much time was spent on the IRS as a Sec. 501(c)(4) tax-exempt They gleefully came up to the re-development of what would organization. Such a filing was made Hathaway’s SUV carrying a huge Army become Knoop Park at the Ozark in 1990, but, according to Hathaway, ammunition box. It took both of them Water Treatment Plant. it appears that the requirements for to carry it. On the side and top was In the fall of 1986, an interim formal recognition were too onerous stenciled “HILLCREST RESIDENTS board was formed comprised of for the fledgling organization, and the ASSOCIATION ARCHIVE FILES.” Claudia McMillin, Jim McHaney, Jim formal application was withdrawn. “Honestly, I wasn’t expecting McKenzie, Mary Dillard, Don Evans, The current By-Laws of the HRA much,” Hathaway said. “All I knew Gary Tackett, and Richard McMinn. were apparently adopted in 1997, is I was going to need some young A By-Laws Committee was formed, but Hathaway noted “The box only folks at the office to help me get it out and a draft of the original By-Laws of goes up through 1996, so I am still of the car.” But inside the huge box the HRA was presented to the interim looking. Actually, I am hoping that were documents dating to the initial Board at a meeting on November 11, the members will adopt the proposed formation of the HRA. And those 1986, and was unanimously adopted. amended and restated articles and documents helped explain a few stray It wasn’t until the fall of 1989 that the by-laws at the annual meeting so we dates Hathaway had been unable to Association was formally incorporated can move forward with clean, modern decipher. as an Arkansas non-profit corporation. documents.” The Hillcrest Residents Association The articles and by-laws were approved Hathaway said that the archives was originally formed as an informal by order of Special Circuit Judge W.H. will be delivered to UALR for a history neighborhood response to the Dillahunty, entered October 11, 1989. project that should shed a lot more light development of condominiums at the The initial incorporators were Jane on the beginnings of the HRA. He north end of Martin Street. Walter McCallum, Jim McKenzie, and Jim noted that the first event planned by Riddick led the efforts through the early Moses. the HRA was a catfish dinner on Hill spring and summer of 1986 to form “The 1989 By-Laws were Road, hosted by Walter Riddick and an association that could respond to substantially identical to the 1986 Richard McMinn in July 1986. what was seen as significant commercial By-Laws and I was confused until “We Hillcrest folks have always encroachment on the neighborhood I got the Archives Box,” Hathaway liked a good picnic,” Hathaway said. from several directions, including said. From correspondence in the files,

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 9 4/23/19 11:05 PM HRA Board Retreat Results in Goal Setting

Goals for Hillcrest Residents Association • Work with the UALR Survey Research Center to conduct a survey and gather information about our neighborhood. (Membership Committee) • Increase membership, funding, neighborhood engagement and participation at meetings. (Membership Committee) • Establish strong media presence and better communication. (Social Media Committee) Board members discuss goals for the HRA at their retreat at Pulaski Heights Methodist Church. • Address historic streetscape, scale and walkability of neighborhood, The Board of Directors of the organized goals to coincide with our and develop recommendations. Hillcrest Residents Association met for mission statement in order to set (Preservation/Planning Committee) a retreat Saturday, February 16, 2019 priorities for this year and the next • Confirm a Design Overlay to discuss the Board’s vision for the few years. The mission of the Hillcrest Committee to consider changes and coming year and to set priorities for Residents Association is to encourage make recommendations to the board the organization. All board members a sense of community, preserve the on how we should proceed. were in attendance. The retreat historic character, promote safety, (D.O.D. Committee) was held at Pulaski Heights United protect the parks and support the Methodist Church and the board neighborhood schools and commercial • Bring in consultants to look appreciated their hospitality, as well as district in Hillcrest. Board members at neighborhood and provide a really nice spread of food provided voted on priorities and votes were recommendations for comprehensive by various board members. The weekly tallied to develop a priority list. improvements. (HRA Board) basketball games lent good energy to The board reviewed the scored • Work towards raising funds for the retreat. list of priorities and came to a a part-time executive director for The retreat was facilitated by consensus on priorities, then worked HRA. Strengthen partnerships with Marian Boyd, and began by sharing through details and assigned roles and other local organizations and consider visions for the Hillcrest neighborhood. responsibilities to committees for these possibilities for sharing responsibilities The conversation started with this new initiatives and current obligations. and expense of a executive director. question, “After your tenure on the Following is a list of the priorities (HRA Board) board what are you going to be most developed at the retreat. It is not proud to say that we accomplished?” a formal document or plan, but a • Organize a public art committee Based on the answers to this question, working guide for the coming year as to consider programs and art for the the board began to develop a list of the board assigns responsibilities and neighborhood. (HRA Board) possibilities. works with new board members to be The board took a look at those elected at the annual meeting in May. • Encourage thoughtful development visions and brainstormed goals, A full summary of the meeting will in the neighborhood. focused on the things the board can be available soon, on our website at (Preservation / Planning Committee) realistically do toward those visions. hillcrestresidents.com The board merged like ideas and (Continued on page 11)

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 10 4/23/19 11:05 PM (HRA Retreat continued from page 10) The Board also assigned a By-Laws Committee to Changes in Recycling work toward restructuring the by-laws and to present a proposal to the board and membership. The changes in what can be recycled in our green and The board left the retreat quite motivated and has yellow carts can be frustrating, but that is no reason to just begun working toward the goals listed above. chuck everything in the green garbage monster. The board hopes you have noticed that the HRA has According to Faith Mullins, the Sustainability Educator been increasing its communication through e-blasts and for the city of Little Rock, it is actually easier to recycle social media. The Membership Committee has had an these days, because fewer types of items are being accepted. initial meeting with the UALR Survey Research Center, We all have heard that glass in no longer accepted by in preparation for a Hillcrest survey. The By-Laws Waste Management, but there are several ways to continue Committee will have a proposal for our new corporate to recycle glass, and we should, because it is the easiest and documents ready to present at the annual meeting on most cost-effective material to be recycled. Ace Glass has May 13. The Safety Committee has been meeting with begun a home pick up service for a fee, and has containers the LRPD. Preservation and Planning is working on around the city for free drop-off. You can check out https:// outreach and education plans. www.aceglassrecycling.net/ for more information. Also, The Board is eager to get the Parks Committee Daniel Bryant, owner of the Fountain and several other formalized to partner with several dedicated groups of restaurants in Hillcrest, has offered his bin in the driveway people who have been working to clean up Knoop Park between Crest Park and Canon Grill. Please be respectful, and Allsopp Park. and only deposit clean glass, no lids and try to avoid One general theme kept recurring with all of the breakage. And please don’t leave anything outside of the retreat goals: strengthening partnerships. The board bin! hopes to work better with schools, churches, parks, So, what can go in the recycling carts? There are four merchants and its general constituency. The board categories: Paper, cardboard, metal and plastic. would like to engage more of you to serve on HRA committees -- whether it be long-term, or short term on PAPER: a particular project. Please let the board know if you are All newspaper, including slick inserts, magazines, junk interested in serving on any of the HRA committees by mail, envelopes with windows, post-it notes, staples are contacting Eric McDaniel at [email protected]. OK, but no fake plastic “credit cards”. Shredded paper in a Better yet, attend the board’s monthly meetings, the PAPER sack marked “Shred”. second Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Hall at Kavanaugh and Lee. CARDBOARD: Clean, flattened in cart, no food waste, packing tape OK, pressed paper egg cartons, toilet paper and paper towel center rolls.

METAL: HarvestFest is Clean food cans and pet food cans PLASTIC: Going Green Water and rinsed soda bottles, with lids, milk bottles, Our premier neighborhood event, HarvestFest, detergent and other cleaning products, no pump sprayer is working with the Little Rock Sustainability tops. Commission, Plastic Free Little Rock, and other concerned citizens to greatly reduce the amount to More information at https://www.littlerock.gov/ trash and garbage that is collected at HarvestFest. If city-administration/city-departments/public-works/ you are interested in helping to develop our green plan, recycling/ or ae willing to volunteering during the event, please contact Carol Young, [email protected]. Remember the Recycling Rule: WHEN IN DOUBT-LEAVE IT OUT!

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 11 4/23/19 11:05 PM Hillcrest in the Past: The Trolley Line To Forest Park by Ray Hanley

Little Rock’s street car company with service running up Prospect Avenue (what is now Kavanaugh Blvd.) ran past what was soon to be Pulaski Heights Baptist Church. The Streetcar in the distance would have passed the church on the left, a building that still stands next to the larger church built in later decades. Continuing on up the avenue the street cars would reach their turnaround at Forest Park, which had been established in 1903 by the street car company. Forest Park covered about 4 square blocks, bounded by what is today University Ave, Kavanaugh, and Taylor streets. Sundays at the park were so busy the street car company before WWI ran frequent cars between downtown and the park. Attractions included a circular bandstand a dance pavilion and a large white stucco theater. Famed French stage star Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) performed in the theater in 1906 to a packed house. Other attractions at the park included balloon ascensions and even hosting the Pulaski County Fair. The park’s popularity faded after WWI and the area was developed for residential and commercial purposes. Forest Park was at the end of the street car line, but the adventuresome might have gotten off around the Baptist Church and hiked down a trail into Allsopp Park for a walk over the ravine spanned by a cable supported bridge anchored to concrete pillars raising from the forest floor. The bridge has been gone for many decades but the concrete pillars still stand in the woods of Allsopp Park today. Postcards provided by Ray Hanley

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 12 4/23/19 11:05 PM Greetings from Hillcrest!

The map on this page was produced by the Hillcrest Residents Association in 1990 or 1991. It was intended as a guide to shopping and dining in Hillcrest. Other than the Oyster Bar, none of the restaurants listed are still with us, including La Scala, Andre’s, and The After Thought. At the time, Hillcrest had three full service florists, two bookstores, and a Family Video. Clothing stores included Run of the Mill, Plum Pretty, Connie Fails, and Take a Hike. The map is an indication of changes in a still thriving neighborhood, and a fun walk down memory lane for many of us!

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HRAnewsSpring2019.indd 13 4/23/19 11:05 PM HILLCREST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 2019 Our thanks to the members listed below who have joined the Hillcrest Residents Association for 2019! All paid members will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on May 13. It is not too late to add your name to the list of paid members. Join or renew today! General membership is $20. You will note that many of your neighbors have joined as Supporters ($50) or Boosters ($100). You can renew online at hillcrestresidents.com or by mail at P.O. Box 251121, Little Rock, AR 72225. Please state exactly how you would like your membership to be listed in the HRA database / newsletter. Questions regarding memberships can be sent to Membership@ HillcrestResidents.org.

Boosters ($100) Don & Audrey Evans Joanne Riddick Anita Abersold Charles and Christina Field Kathy & Bobby Roberts Christi & Dan Arthur Pat & Cathy Flanagin Eric McDaniel & Chad Rodgers Tami & Brian Bean Don & Janet Flegal Karen & Michael Shepherd Brent & Autumn Beaulieu Curtis Chatham & Shane Frazier Pam & J. T. Showalter Becke Corkern & Sylvia Blackwell Jeremy & Minza Glover David & Kelly Slade Melissa & Arthur Paul Bowen Anne Goodman Lu Smith Marian Boyd Hillcrest Merchants Association Kristin Carr Squyres & Aaron Squyres Virginia Boyd Mac & Kris Huffman Stephen & Meredith Tucker Ellen & Max Brantley Jeanie Joblin Kathy Webb Greg & Larkin Bryant Jenny & Owen Kelly Glenn Nishimura & Katherine West Sara & Daniel Bryant Lee Abel & Eleanor Kennedy Becky & Gary Wheeler Mary and Paul Cantrell Rob & Debbie King Mr. & Mrs. Brock Whisenhunt Lori & Jeff Carfagno Trudy & Peter Kumpe Frank Wilson Mark Beggs and Carly Cate Laurel Lawrence Gus Bower & Carol Young Mallory Van Dover and Brian Cato Nancy & Darrell Leonhardt Laura & John Coulter Cindi & Dr. Randy Maddox Supporters ($50) Nathalie & Nate Coulter Tippi McCullough & Barbara Mariani Kris & John Baker David Davies Justice David & Carolyn Newbern Barbara Miles & Hank Bates Joan Diehl Beth Phelps Gayle & Charles Batson Susan Elder Melody & Chris Piazza Marian & Craig Berry

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Colin and Emese Boone Marcella Taylor Cindy and Steve Hollowell Suzanne Boscarolo Mary & Randy Thurman Martha Hunt Larry Bowden Stephanie & Kevin Wilcox Richard Hutchinson Chris Call Heidi & James Williams Carol and Gary Isom Pat Yates & Steve Davison Walter Wright Ima and John Jewell Tish & Jim DePriest Antoinette & John Johnson Erika Petersen & Shane Estep Members ($20) Barbara & Joe Justus Catherine Grunden Vanessa & Bryan Adams Bonnie Kelley Jim Hathaway Christine Allen Karalyn & Kevin Kerby Jamie & Allison Hoffman Jennifer Ashmore Ellen Korenblat & Luke Kramer Margaret & Casey Hughes Darlene Baker Kimberly Labotte Christine & Tommy Jameson Christina Basham Stephanie Lopez Lee & Paula Johnson Malinda Bell Katherine & Gene Lu Drexel Jordan Cindy Bennett Susan Massey Kim Koch Lisa & David Black Carolyn & Wade McCune Nancy Straley Ledbetter Deborah Borman Bruce & Becky McMath Kelly and Nikki Lovell Anna & Ren Bressinck Amanda McWhirt Chuck & Gigi Magill Mary & Alexander Cameron Laura & Bert Miller Billy Mathis Rebecca Carey Darrell Odom Catherine Caldwell & Ed McColgan Frances Carner Tim and Marianna Pardue Clay & Heather Mercer Will & Audra Choate John Bell & Jerry Phillips Deborah Baldwin & Jim Metzger Club Fit Kimberly & Derek Porter Bruce Moore Holly Larkin and Tod Cochren Rhonda & Richard Prewitt Sandy Moore & Indigo Anderson- Lisa Davis Carolyn Prickett Moore Keith de Noble Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church Murry Newbern Jeanne Duncan Ann Rhoads Becky & Jim Newberry Mary Rogers & Daniel Eaton Kay Roy Mike & Susan Nichols Sara Smallwood & Carol Evans Cathy & Kraig Sanders Jerod & April Panian Mary Boaz & Bill Forbess Joseph Schafer Gwynneth and Richard Price Picard Jill & Stephen Fussell Dan & Samantha Scheiman Shirley Reid Tori & Dumas Garrett Steve Shults Debbie Milam and Pat Riley, Jr. Rainey Gibson Maggie Taylor Karen & Bo Ryall John David Guthrie Alex Vernon Gael Sammartino Kevin Haney Carol Vick Lynna Schonert Karen Konarski-Hart & Neill Hart Christopher White Margaret Schulz Kevin & Paula Hartman Mary Sue Whitelaw Tom & Elizabeth Small Sue and Shawn Harvey John Whiteside Garner Brian Smith James Haskins Linda & Clifton Wiggs Libby H and Gary T Smith Robert and Mary Helfich Charles & Katherine Wyrick Scott Smith The HRA Helps You Stay Connected The Hillcrest Residents Association is off to a great start in one of our primary goals of 2019 -- to keep our neighbors informed and involved in the news and happenings around Hillcrest. Neighborhood news and events, volunteer opportunities, city planning changes and updates, Save Hillcrest! information and meetings, park cleanups, city and neighborhood organization meetings, neighborhood schools events, crime statistics and more – it is important to us to keep you informed and engaged. There are various ways you can stay connected: • Sign up for our e-blast which will be delivered to your in-box once a week (send your email address to [email protected]) • Like our Facebook page • Attend our board meetings on the second Monday of the month, at 6pm, in Hillcrest Hall • In the next few months look for our rollout on Instagram, our upcoming blog series and our monthly “MY HILLCREST” photo contest with prizes. If you have Hillcrest events or information you would like to share please contact [email protected].

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