Mayor

tom.JPG  Mayor 

    Honorable Tom Farmer   

    P.O. Box 607    

    Benton, AR.  72018    

    Ph:  501-315-6008   

  tom.farmer@bentonar.org

 



Good Day Citizens of Benton,

As we enjoy this beautiful spring time, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for being a community that cares.  In saying this, we continue to strive to provide not only safety for our citizens but also opportunities for every age to enjoy some quality of life.  We do realize that not everyone enjoys the same activities.  We are fortunate in the fact that we have 13 City owned parks that have continually been updated with the latest being Lyle Park (2 Rivercrest Circle, Benton, AR 72019).

We want to keep everyone informed on planes moving toward the 2040 plan.  The focus group, which was made up of two residents from each of the five wards, met for months to determine how we move forward with the 2040 plan. They concluded that after checking with their neighbors in their wards. They determined that Benton needed an RV Park and a Soccer Complex.  The next step in accomplishing this task was to locate some land.  The land was found available and the Advertising and Promotions Commission purchased the land for both complexes. While the Advertising and Promotions Commission is working through the details of building the RV Park on the front 100 plus acres that was purchased, the Parks Department is working on the soccer complex.

Now over the next 10 years the A&P commission will be purchasing the remainder of the Thomas Property which will allow for even greater expansion of the quality of life we can offer for the citizens of Benton. But we need your help. I have asked our parks director, Stephanie to begin forming focus groups for the many varied activities that citizens have voiced they would like to see in Benton.  This is where you come in, because even though we have a great staff with great vision, we would like to get input from the citizens. So, if you are interested in a particular activity such as Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Disc Golf, trails (walking or biking), Pickle ball, etc. etc. please drop the parks department an email saying you would like to be on that particular focus group.  This way we can begin planning on what, where, and when.  


Another thing that will be coming up in August will be town hall meetings in each of our wards. The location and times have not been established at this time, but we would love for you to attend. The purpose of these meetings will be to hear from our Community Development Director, John Parton, in hopes to gather information from each ward to allow direction to be given for future rezoning. We would love to hear from each of you on this topic. 


Thank you for your help and TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE!
Mayor Tom


FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR MY ASSISTANT. TOM.FARMER@BENTONAR.ORG, TOBY.HIRSCHEIDER@BENTONAR.ORG

EMAIL FOR PARKS DIRECTOR, STEPHANIE JONES:  PARKS@BENTONAR.ORG

EMAIL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JOHN PARTON: JOHN.PARTON@BENTONAR.ORG

EMAIL FOR CITY PLANNER, CHELSEA MATTHEWS: CHELSEA.MATTHEWS@BENTONAR.ORG


POSTED APRIL/2023