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		<title>Stimulus Watch &#8211; Fort Smith</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/stimulus-watch-fort-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.stimuluswatch.org is a portal for citizens to vote on which projects submitted by local governments might be funded through the recently-passed stimulus package.
It is unknown whether this is a plecebo or if granting federal agencies will truly consider the results of the popular vote.
In the list of projects submitted by the City of Fort Smith, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=857&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economy is top of mind awareness &#8211; at the top in Arkansas</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/economy-is-top-of-mind-awareness-at-the-top-in-arkansas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe addressed state lawmakers &#8211; and the public &#8211; during a joint session in Little Rock today.
“Finding success in prosperity is admirable,” Beebe told a joint session of the House and Senate during his State of the State address on Tuesday. “If we can capture success and continue moving Arkansas forward during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=771&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the plan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/heres-the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe&#8217;s 5 year economic development plan consists of 5 principles including increasing incomes of Arkansans, encouraging entrepreneurship, competing globally for jobs, better training/education, and taking advantage of our state&#8217;s strengths.
That&#8217;s a Sgt. BB summary. If you&#8217;d like the full report click here. If a business reporter&#8217;s summary suits you, click here.
Posted in Business, Education, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=759&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Smith hires new city boss</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/fort-smith-hires-new-city-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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The Board of Directors selected a new city administrator, Dennis Kelly.  Mr. Kelly brings 33 years of city management experience to Fort Smith.

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		<title>Momentum for I-49</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/momentum-for-i-49/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Obama has scheduled a major speech later this week &#8211; about the economy.
Ben Boulden, in the Times Record, outlines what may very well be a viable infrastructure investment in the nation&#8217;s economic recovery program.
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		<title>Revenues double-digits to the good&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/revenues-double-digits-to-the-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, we&#8217;re getting used to seeing double-digit declines on some critical economic data, but The City Wire reports this week that Fort Smith sales tax revenues are actually up 11.18 percent from the same period a year ago.
Read the full details right here.
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		<title>A public discussion about public projects&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/a-public-discussion-about-public-projects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political pundit Mark Halperin says President Obama will take his stimulus spending plan to the people shortly after the inauguration.
Quoting the LA Times, Halperin relays Obama spokesman Axelrod:
Top aide Axelrod: &#8220;We&#8217;ll fan out, and this will be a public process.&#8221; Obama &#8220;wants the American people involved in this discussion.&#8221;
Be thinking about what you&#8217;d like to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=733&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City prepares pitch for fed stimulus plan</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/city-prepares-pitch-for-fed-stimulus-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Fort Smith officials compiled the list of infrastructure projects that would be ready to begin construction in 120 days. Most are water projects, Gosack said, because the city has no funding source for improvements other than revenue from water and sewer rates. Local road projects, he said, are funded with sales tax revenue.
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		<title>Fort Smith transit riders to soon have sheltered transfer facilities</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/fort-smith-transit-riders-to-soon-have-sheltered-transfer-facilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dave Hughes in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
Fort Smith: Buses getting new spot for stops
Transit Director Ken Savage said plans are in the works to build a bus transfer station at the south end of downtown Fort Smith. The 1, 200-squarefoot building at Wheeler Avenue and South B Street is expected to open in January [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=644&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self-service at Chaffee</title>
		<link>http://fortsmith411.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/self-service-at-chaffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asbestos has been one of the most frustrating albatros&#8217; around the necks of those charged with redeveloping the land that once was part of Fort Chaffee.
The board of directors yesterday accepted the recommendations of Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority staffers to get in the business of asbestos remediation.
Read all about it in the Times Record or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fortsmith411.wordpress.com&blog=4223332&post=589&subd=fortsmith411&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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