The Renaissance Front Street Restoration in Dardanelle, Arkansas and River Walk
My hometown of Dardanelle, Arkansas has a wonderful downtown. Filled with historic buildings, a WPA post Office and mural, and a riverfront view, Front Street has immense potential to become an increasingly lively-center for local business and culture.
In recent years the downtown has seen the arrival of a few new businesses, such as Savannah’s Resteraunt which boasts a beautiful view of the river and the increasingly popular Tarascos, arguably the best Mexican food in the state. And of course, there’s the Rivertown Bank, Liberty Bank, and Millyn’s, all of which have been around for decades now.
I am especially excited about the Renaissance Front Street Restoration Project that’s underway to help strengthen and sustain our beautiful, historic downtown. Coming up this June 24th Renaissance Front Street Restoration will host their second River Walk from 5:00-8:00 P.M. Featuring live music, local artists, and more this is a great opportunity to come out and see what’s going on in downtown Dardanelle and see how you can support these efforts and your local community.
And if you are a musician, artist, or craftsperson your skills are needed! Call the phone number above to see how you can be a part of this event! Support local and pass along the word!
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I love the thought of restoring front street. With a little one and home and one on the way i would love to see the park equipment upgraded and maybe some fencing so the little ones are less likely to get to close to the river.
I agree!! It would be really nice to have a park there again.
Genuinely impressed with this project! Would love to see the downtown become alive once again! Thanks for putting your heart and energy into this restoration. Since I’m an artist and musician, I’ll sign up for a future event.
Thanks for your response! I’m not the one behind the restoration—just supporting it and hoping to do partnership work with those that are. There are more Art Walks coming up in September and December and I know they would love to have you involved!
To contact the people who are organizing these events you can email them at:
the_renaissance@ymail.com
Or call Angie Sims or Jessica Stevens
Daytime – 479-229-3567
Evening – 479-747-5938
Have a great day!
[...] Back in June we posted about the downtown Art Walk led by Renaissance Front Street Restoration. These Art Walks have become so successful that they’re now occurring on a regular basis. This Art Walk, which is being called the River Walk will take place from 1:00—4:00 PM during the middle of the Chicken Fry festivities. If you’d like to see Front Street once again become an active, thriving location for the community, then be sure and check out the work of the Front Street Restoration folks. They’ve been organizing numerous events which are bringing people back down town. In addition to the regular downtown events, there is locally-owned Tarascos, the best Mexican food you can find anywhere (seriously), Savannah’s with views of the river, and the historic post office with WPA-era mural. Thanks to the Front Street folks and so many others who are working hard to bring business back to the downtown. There are still places for artists to come be involved this weekend. If you’re a regional artist or craftsperson and you’d like to get involved with the Art Walk call call (479) 229-03567, (479) 747-5938 or (479) 886-0817. [...]