We Want To:

Improve Traffic Flow:

 Some Ideas:

• Annex area west of City to include rec center. This will square up the city; entice industries and more residential areas.
• Extend 10th Street to Hwy 67 Routes truck traffic around downtown creates more commercial development area
• Finish and extend 16^th street
• Exit ramp off I-30 at country club road
• Change parking downtown with a deck or garage
• Turn lanes at McDonalds and Wal-Mart
• Extend a road running parallel to I-30 for industry/commercial in the north part of town
• Add truck stop and commercial stuff to that area. (I-30 parallel road)
• Add industrial park to wpm alone in west section of town
• Add a  Truck Bypass at Highway 53 Junction
• New Bridge at Hwy 53
• Extend Malone
• Add additional I-30 exits at Country Club
• Annex Caddo Valley
• Extend 26th Street
• Finish, extend and improve Pine Street
• Airport Expansion
• Annex for Residential Development (Developed Community of houses 1600 to 2500 sq ft) in the South West section.
• Annex Caddo Valley
• Add roads running NW/SE from Red Hill to US 67 and Pine and U.S. 67
• Add roads near river
• Add 4-lane
• Exit ramps at Military
• Bicycle lanes

  

Encourage Commerce and Economic Development:

 Some Ideas:

Increase opportunities for Recreation:

 Some Ideas:

• Recreation: fishing, wharf on river access to the bluff
• Movie theater
• Joint educational consortium brought speakers, organizations, etc, free, cultural.
• Bird Watching places
•  Are there rapids up the river? develop them for tourism, (see what Malvern is doing)
• Outdoor theatre
• Restrooms at Park near AR 51
• Develop lowland area between Rose hill for park spread around city
• Expand Ouachita Park Area
• River improvement on both sides
• Trials expand and improve
• Link student activities to city

  Improve Urban Development:

 Some Ideas:

• Utility Expansions
• Land Use
• Improve Gateways
• Amenities to attract executive class
• Upscale Hotel/Motel
• Streets
• Public Safety

Make our City Beautiful:  

Some Ideas:

• More advertising of our assets to build spirit, Feaster trail
• Clean up the town, repair streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks
• Resolve Propane Co. issues
• Improve all city entrances at gateways to city
• Upscale look improved highway facilities make it look welcoming signs
• Fish rest on river possibly on anchored barge
• Visitors center with info and place for chamber office on PineStreet
•  Extend biking/jogging trails (tie in river and ball fields)
• Make town more aesthetically pleasing
• (Bike bridge extend across river to east)
• Turn Country Club Road into an attractive, tree-lined parkway
• Turn 7/67 North into a Parkway into town and connect to Pine street.
• Make Pine street a 4-lane
• Curbs and Gutters
• More Parks and Family activities
• Expand History emphasis
• Preserve downtown
• Take greater advantage’ of history

Increase Available Housing: 

Some Ideas: