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Posted on 7/4/12 at 10:22 am to DCRebel
Posted on 7/4/12 at 10:22 am to DCRebel
Yeah I don't know what I think about Arkansas getting so big. It was a much smaller school when I attended.
Thankfully our campus is compact. Most of the growth is coming in the form of filling in existing parking lots or completing and adding wings to existing buildings, like this one. The addition will match and actually improve on this 1930s architecture on this one: LINK
The definite positive is that I had feared Fayetteville was growing away from being as much of a "college town" as it had been in the past with all of the regional population boom. The last wave of growth has definitely made Fayetteville even more of a college town. The student growth has led to more bars and more development in the downtown and adjacent areas.
In the 1980s, Fayetteville was basically Oxford in the hills. Now its growing beyond that, but the city has good infill guidelines and density zoning, great trails, and good overall development standards. Fayetteville is great, but in the next couple of years, the core of town is going to get even better. Well, if you like drunken college students stumbling everywhere...
Thankfully our campus is compact. Most of the growth is coming in the form of filling in existing parking lots or completing and adding wings to existing buildings, like this one. The addition will match and actually improve on this 1930s architecture on this one: LINK
The definite positive is that I had feared Fayetteville was growing away from being as much of a "college town" as it had been in the past with all of the regional population boom. The last wave of growth has definitely made Fayetteville even more of a college town. The student growth has led to more bars and more development in the downtown and adjacent areas.
In the 1980s, Fayetteville was basically Oxford in the hills. Now its growing beyond that, but the city has good infill guidelines and density zoning, great trails, and good overall development standards. Fayetteville is great, but in the next couple of years, the core of town is going to get even better. Well, if you like drunken college students stumbling everywhere...
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Posted on 7/4/12 at 10:29 am to Numberwang
The strangest change in NWA has been the polar shift. Fayetteville used to be the undeniable CENTER of everything in NWA, and the rest of the area felt like the burbs in a sense.
Now, Fayetteville kind of feels like the defiant, hippie, rebel child, while all the fancier stuff is 20 miles away. As far as national brand shopping, dining, etc, Rogers beats the hell out of Fayetteville. Benton County has more people and more jobs than Washington County now.
Fayetteville has Benton County beat by far in local businesses, soul, and entertainment. Benton County has the art museum, and will soon be getting a larger performing arts center than Fayetteville. It will be interesting to see what happens when Benton County goes wet in a year or so.
Now, Fayetteville kind of feels like the defiant, hippie, rebel child, while all the fancier stuff is 20 miles away. As far as national brand shopping, dining, etc, Rogers beats the hell out of Fayetteville. Benton County has more people and more jobs than Washington County now.
Fayetteville has Benton County beat by far in local businesses, soul, and entertainment. Benton County has the art museum, and will soon be getting a larger performing arts center than Fayetteville. It will be interesting to see what happens when Benton County goes wet in a year or so.
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