1 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:07,360 Come join us, explore the impact of small business here in rural Arkansas. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:13,030 What challenges would you face? Who can help you meet those challenges? How do you get in touch with others like you? 3 00:00:13,030 --> 00:00:18,100 This is great. Bridges, Arkansas. And we invite you to come cross these bridges with us. 4 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:25,590 We're back with another episode of the Great Bridges podcast series, Arkansas Small Business, Big Rural Impact. 5 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:29,740 I mean, we Casta Media director Lauren Hinton. And we appreciate your listening. 6 00:00:29,740 --> 00:00:35,530 Today, we're sitting down with Muriel, buoyantly program coordinator for the three CS region and more Dale, 7 00:00:35,530 --> 00:00:42,550 director of the National Parks and Recreation Department. Today's episode is a focus on tourism attractions in a small town, 8 00:00:42,550 --> 00:00:48,600 and we're chatting about how facility supply a source of entertainment and activity for communities. 9 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:53,080 Mark, would you go ahead and give us some background about the facilities at the National Parks and 10 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:58,440 Recreation has to offer and just talk to us about the planning process of getting the parks funded. 11 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:09,560 OK, so that goes back a long ways. If the National City Park was initially formed the way city ordinance in 1948, 12 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:16,760 that prior to that a group of individuals that had along a tenant a parcel of land and formed, 13 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:21,940 I can't put in 40, I see 30 minutes that I will we will. 14 00:01:21,940 --> 00:01:30,760 We will we will approve an ordinance to fund the city park in and bring it in is so that the city funds. 15 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,450 And so that ordinance is actually never knocking. 16 00:01:34,450 --> 00:01:42,020 48, the parks yearly budget. One thousand not. And so that's how much they talk our. 17 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:46,000 We couldn't even get started. We could run the locks on that. 18 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,520 So what do you fast-Forward from 1948 to not doing. 19 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:57,040 Seventy seven. Seven six. Seventy six. Seventy seven. The Park Commission really beat us all in the city nationally. 20 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:04,100 Huge, huge state. And what they did was they failed the land that is currently the C. 21 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:12,130 R. And they said we want to buy this land and we want to buy with the intention of making it national park. 22 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:17,150 So we moved them from where they initially were in 1948 to where we are today. 23 00:02:17,150 --> 00:02:23,130 And that was, in my opinion, the wisest move that any park commission has made since. 24 00:02:23,130 --> 00:02:28,710 OK, guess gardens to our location, our current location at that time. 25 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:33,420 In 77, they started construction essentially of oneself. 26 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:39,310 I'm to self. That's one thing. Two. That's off all fields in the next year. 27 00:02:39,310 --> 00:02:47,800 They built the set of backgrounds within a tax concessions. So we really started well around the early 80s. 28 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:56,170 And that's as far back as I can remember. I moved to Nashville that night. We had built a baseball diamond and a tee ball. 29 00:02:56,170 --> 00:03:01,870 Well, you move to the man's dollar. He was the records. 30 00:03:01,870 --> 00:03:05,800 Dolly was really good at searching out funding for the park. 31 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,480 What value was she grew apart exponentially. She bought more property. 32 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,040 She built a large stage in the officer that we have now. 33 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:20,050 They built several pavilions. Things were just really going good. 34 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:26,050 We were blessed throughout the life and to have seen the GOP from strongness. 35 00:03:26,050 --> 00:03:30,460 Senator Hill was the number one senator always up the Hill. 36 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:35,620 I'll see any spirits of funding for some time through the gift program. 37 00:03:35,620 --> 00:03:40,500 G.I. money that the governors used to send out to senators, to states. 38 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:44,830 We write about the land where we have what's known as the Jim Hill, Socrata. 39 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:53,440 And so that the light Lightman's completes the property that we have now, with the exception of one other thing. 40 00:03:53,440 --> 00:04:00,970 There was a family donated some land and we created what's known as the wrong thing with walking trails and improved surface, 41 00:04:00,970 --> 00:04:10,780 one half mile walking trail nature that was built through the donation of the land and the one eight cents sales tax, the Arkansas game. 42 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:17,500 So that's completely debarked to where we are now as far as facilities at Current Park. 43 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:24,310 We also have a solid satellite park. A lot of people don't realize that we are actually talking to you. 44 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:31,780 A lot of people, it's the total income. It's down south from the town is you're going out toward Moon Springs or twenty seven. 45 00:04:31,780 --> 00:04:39,490 On the hand side is known as town is actually twenty eight twenty acre complex with a half mile walk through and apathy. 46 00:04:39,490 --> 00:04:47,680 So that's the that is top park property and it's maintained by the Grant Park, although we're a hundred and twenty. 47 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:55,050 That's a lot to maintain that seat. Half office. You guys have lots of fields for baseball cards, tee ball. 48 00:04:55,050 --> 00:05:01,980 You've mentioned replay grounds, two soccer fields, escape park, the walking trails. 49 00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:08,810 Volleyball court for capabilities in areas. You have a meeting in social rooms at camp sites. 50 00:05:08,810 --> 00:05:14,030 The outdoor canvas dates. The nature area. In fact, Zakayev out there. 51 00:05:14,030 --> 00:05:19,170 James Tipton is part of this. We'll get it on. Hopefully more junior sports to come. 52 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:26,130 I'll tell you all about it as well. So I want to know what role that each of these facilities we just mentioned. 53 00:05:26,130 --> 00:05:32,760 What role does it play in the national community and to the residents when they come through the park system there at the facilities? 54 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:39,090 Well, yeah, so we are. So one of the things that I tried to do and I'll tell you, 55 00:05:39,090 --> 00:05:44,730 I will never be fully successful and I know this, but I try to serve everybody in our community. 56 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:50,980 We have so be it from the little kids that come to play tee ball or come to play soccer. 57 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:58,170 Be it somebody that just wants to say, hey, look, all I want to do is be at nature or Sumate says hi. 58 00:05:58,170 --> 00:06:02,610 I'd just like to come and wall. But, you know, I like to photograph. 59 00:06:02,610 --> 00:06:08,510 We try to buy all of these fires or things for anybody. 60 00:06:08,510 --> 00:06:13,590 I mean, I people come to me with ideas. I never say that's a horrible idea. 61 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:17,580 Get him off. You hear me say what else I use. Let's explore it. 62 00:06:17,580 --> 00:06:22,950 Let's see if there's any other answers. Let's see how we get our funding. Let's go from there. 63 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:32,160 And a lot of things that blossom throughout the years from just basic conversations of somebody saying, you know, I need a place to do this or that. 64 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:37,140 And it's worked out. So we tried it. We tried to we try to cater to everybody. 65 00:06:37,140 --> 00:06:47,790 We have the DVDs. You got it. I can't tell you the number of birthday parties that have been held at a convention at the Pavilion's weddings. 66 00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:52,860 We've actually I know with two females this year that because of Calvin, 67 00:06:52,860 --> 00:07:01,060 we actually had to allow the people to have bureaus at the pavilion, you know, say, look, this is a space, it's open. 68 00:07:01,060 --> 00:07:05,740 And so, you know, so that they serve the convenience of serve. 69 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:12,720 Absolutely. Especially this year, just in a place, you know, people just need a place, you know, 70 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:17,260 and maybe not necessarily indoors or what have you, but they'll need someone again. 71 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:21,660 Some of pavilions were really great. You've got the playground equipment. 72 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:25,590 I mean, you know everything from toddlers on the sidewalk. 73 00:07:25,590 --> 00:07:30,790 And so you just want to swing there. So jungle gym or whatever. We've got all of that anyway. 74 00:07:30,790 --> 00:07:34,810 And we're trying to serve, you know, kids there where she got the sports in. 75 00:07:34,810 --> 00:07:40,170 And I don't mean to put sports on the back end, but sports always handles itself so well. 76 00:07:40,170 --> 00:07:46,540 You've got an established softball community in Nashville that just really thrives. 77 00:07:46,540 --> 00:07:51,990 And we'll have anywhere from six to eight tournaments. We can win the summer. 78 00:07:51,990 --> 00:07:59,910 And when we do those, we've tried to grow that to a point that it really there's there's there's a do go there. 79 00:07:59,910 --> 00:08:06,090 Number one, we want to provide a place to have a good a good tournament that teams want to come to. 80 00:08:06,090 --> 00:08:17,760 But we also want silly people want. And I mean, we've seen tournaments that literally the world double the population of the city on a Saturday. 81 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,480 Well, my goal is yes, let's have a good time with my girls. 82 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:27,060 So let's get these people in town because we're like in the penalty box and they buy ice, a bomb. 83 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:30,750 They go to Wal-Mart. They go there. They're here and they're going to speak. 84 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:38,970 And so it's good for me. And one of my jobs is not only at the city park, but it's starting with the community of Nashed Martin. 85 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:45,360 So he needs to serve our people that have got businesses. We want people coming here and eating in our restaurants. 86 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:52,350 We want people coming here and using our health care providers and just, you know, using our in our community and our facilities. 87 00:08:52,350 --> 00:08:57,150 And if we had to entice them to do that, I say High National City Park welcomes you. 88 00:08:57,150 --> 00:09:01,050 We want to have all these things for you, the natural world. 89 00:09:01,050 --> 00:09:04,530 And so that's amazing. Let me really took the next question. 90 00:09:04,530 --> 00:09:08,520 I have them on that show. No decision point. 91 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,640 And it really shows the way that there is an economic impact that helps, man. 92 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,700 Oh, by all means. And that's a goal. 93 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:26,910 I mean, in terms of we look for things like if we sell it, this is a weekend that we don't have a softball tournament. 94 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:31,230 So that's what I call a dead weight. And there's no need to have a big week. 95 00:09:31,230 --> 00:09:37,290 So what we came up with and what we say about this kind of goes back to how you serve people in your community. 96 00:09:37,290 --> 00:09:41,430 Well, not everybody softball, not everybody's baseball. So there's other things. 97 00:09:41,430 --> 00:09:45,040 So we came up with a couple years ago, we said, let's try a yard sale in the park. 98 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:50,040 But this there are some people like me that live where we could find the grounds of my yard. 99 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,430 Nobody is live in the middle of nowhere. So we set up a deal. 100 00:09:53,430 --> 00:09:57,630 We said, hey, you know, we'll give you both space. She comes, see your wares in the park. 101 00:09:57,630 --> 00:10:02,130 We said that we were wildly successful when we had those. And in a. 102 00:10:02,130 --> 00:10:06,370 Now, granted, it may not bring in the crowd that soft on turn. 103 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:11,560 But, you know, you've brought in 300 people. Well, again, those three people are going to go eat lunch. 104 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:18,850 You know, they've been exposed to your community. And that's what you're half you know, you you might bring somebody human goes. 105 00:10:18,850 --> 00:10:25,470 We've never we've never been to this town. Turns out to be a little town, you know, going back up to something else. 106 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:30,220 Just kind of mind that we've really done a lot of this year. A lot. I mean, 107 00:10:30,220 --> 00:10:34,540 I want to say we following seven or eight of them because of the situation we finished 108 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:40,030 with the Cove advice and the blessing that we have was with several different outlets, 109 00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:47,800 most especially when I mentioned Tyson Foods. Tyson is getting just one point and said, hey, we want to do a food distribution. 110 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:56,340 Can we use the park? And we did. And we essentially shut this entire town that they gave away 30 tons of cheap into our community. 111 00:10:56,340 --> 00:11:02,290 Susan, I was amazed that this is all, you know, backed up traffic nearly a lot. 112 00:11:02,290 --> 00:11:11,470 I mean, you know, it was it was starving times of gick. I mean, you know, so that's what the city heart means to people in this ME outbreak. 113 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:19,090 One thing I'm always sure to tell people is this about the national city parks, because I got a lot of people that listen when the park is great. 114 00:11:19,090 --> 00:11:23,710 And as I say, I fully agree. We are blessed. 115 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:29,020 But it's not because of me. It's. It was here when I got here. I just happened to be carrying the torch. 116 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:33,640 Now, Ethan or Dale. It's associated with. I'm going to mindfully. 117 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,240 Fully. I'm not buying at all. And I'm volume to the park. 118 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:44,500 I mean, I love the National City Park because I think it does have the capability to serve everybody. 119 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:50,870 I think it is the crown jewel of our community. I think it is the heart of our country. 120 00:11:50,870 --> 00:11:59,910 At some point, if you live in that, you're gonna have a a situation that's going to bring you to the park. 121 00:11:59,910 --> 00:12:07,060 Maybe if the sports car shows that you have made a few dresses that have taken place yet. 122 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:12,290 You know, the things I already mentioned, the chamber comes out every year and does stand up for America. 123 00:12:12,290 --> 00:12:16,210 It's highly successful where you are. Right. 124 00:12:16,210 --> 00:12:22,060 You know, the Peach Blossom Fest. We've really tried to grow it out there and hopefully we'll grow it even more. 125 00:12:22,060 --> 00:12:25,810 That's another thing I get really excited about. Golden Gate. 126 00:12:25,810 --> 00:12:29,800 My favorite movie. That is my favorite event of the entire park. 127 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,280 I hate that we missed. Was that the one for the scene? Yes, sir. 128 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,270 Fifty five of those fifty followed. Lawrence, help me with that. 129 00:12:37,270 --> 00:12:44,610 I mean, you know, we can't see it for me. It is probably without without a doubt, the fun is staying apart from me, isn't it? 130 00:12:44,610 --> 00:12:49,460 Yes. I love that view. Shadows. Oh, yes. I love that. 131 00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:55,540 Of the past couple of years, we've brought in an Elvis impersonator who's right. 132 00:12:55,540 --> 00:12:59,550 We've got a group called Shake, Rattle and Roll that has done it. I mean, they're at their estate. 133 00:12:59,550 --> 00:13:03,460 You know, we don't ingathering and they do own these music. 134 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:08,470 And it's Tuesday on day group. You don't get any blinds you get. 135 00:13:08,470 --> 00:13:12,070 It's just it's just fun. And I've missed it. So. So there you go. 136 00:13:12,070 --> 00:13:21,670 I mean, you know, you've got everything from your four year old doggerel now to how road your we're going to have at some point something to start, 137 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:26,510 you know, NASSI you guys, do you have something for everybody in your writing assignees. 138 00:13:26,510 --> 00:13:32,070 Right. But you also have to partner with some maybe your Chamber of Commerce and the 139 00:13:32,070 --> 00:13:36,970 City of National gets involved more wisely because the partners do so much. 140 00:13:36,970 --> 00:13:42,120 What about small businesses and all the chamber? All are really to make this. 141 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:49,150 And that's how anybody and everybody. I'll take it from the smallest little thing. 142 00:13:49,150 --> 00:13:59,770 If you drop some Depak, you'll notice I have got folks that those are silent, those businesses, Barbadians, and it's got their business going. 143 00:13:59,770 --> 00:14:05,130 So that would be the simplest form. It's a business that I want to be involved. 144 00:14:05,130 --> 00:14:07,750 I think you've got all your sports things. 145 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:14,350 I mean, I'm continually going to our businesses and I try to be very appreciative and thankful when they do. 146 00:14:14,350 --> 00:14:25,540 But, you know, I'll tell you how supportive nationally is of our part and of area use or just really any of that, I mean. 147 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:33,190 Well, yeah. You sports boxes. But there are businesses that I'll walk you and I'll say I'll tell you what 148 00:14:33,190 --> 00:14:38,400 I'll make and I'll use an example once I know mine is marked down in stores, 149 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:43,000 specially risk here in time when I go insane. And Mark, I need to talk to you. 150 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:49,040 He goes wherever sporting events mean. He doesn't. He doesn't do that. 151 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:55,650 I'm in the know that could be repeated. I can't tell you how many times we are. 152 00:14:55,650 --> 00:15:02,090 We are so blessed with with business. Even now that we're talking. 153 00:15:02,090 --> 00:15:09,140 They had to shut down because of the cold. Even now they're saying we don't let me. 154 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:13,830 I mean, it's a tall order and when you get a man like that deep inside it. 155 00:15:13,830 --> 00:15:19,890 So, yeah. Yeah. Like to ask you about that, actually. How much of it has impacted the National Park? 156 00:15:19,890 --> 00:15:25,200 Very much so. Very much so. Essentially wiped out all springs. 157 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:32,970 We had what I consider to be probably the best baseball program, nearly 400 inside. 158 00:15:32,970 --> 00:15:38,330 We have a wildly successful baseball program, you know, and it was really six here. 159 00:15:38,330 --> 00:15:42,510 And it's going to. I mean, it was going to be great. We were going to be like every other week in cities. 160 00:15:42,510 --> 00:15:48,340 I mean, we'd see we're talking largely until dark. We had a system and intelligence. 161 00:15:48,340 --> 00:15:56,490 And what was in it was that soft. It wiped out any idea of having a fall soccer league. 162 00:15:56,490 --> 00:16:02,170 So we we were hit as hard as most all municipal parks are. 163 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:07,590 But how do you rebound? Well, you brace for you know, there's there's not a lot you can do. 164 00:16:07,590 --> 00:16:11,610 So you you know, you can't. We have tried things. 165 00:16:11,610 --> 00:16:18,540 We've tried to have like this, like our Christmas break that we're doing with the Chamber of Commerce. 166 00:16:18,540 --> 00:16:24,390 Normally we have a traditional Christmas break with people gather lunch complete this year. 167 00:16:24,390 --> 00:16:29,670 We'll do a reversal and we'll do it at the Park Slope. Nice stationary and the legal stuff. 168 00:16:29,670 --> 00:16:35,100 So you just have to look at what you do normally and say, how can I fix this, you know? 169 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:41,220 And it unfortunately is just going to be a loss, you know, and we're ready for spring. 170 00:16:41,220 --> 00:16:45,300 I've spoke with the people who are economists, our softball tournaments. 171 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:51,320 And we've we've set nights and we've we're gearing up for a vacation, and that's all it. 172 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:59,160 Look, look ahead. No, that's great advice. And that that leads me to one of the last questions I want to ask you before we wrap things up. 173 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,870 We talked about this a little bit before, but as far as other small towns, 174 00:17:03,870 --> 00:17:10,650 you guys said probably aren't without a doubt the best park in southwest Arkansas, arguably other state Rep. 175 00:17:10,650 --> 00:17:16,800 How do other small towns. Take a look at what National has done and then emulate that success. 176 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,420 It's it's you know, part of me would say it's a but it's not easy. 177 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:28,080 But you you would come up with a formula mapping, say, where are we at today? 178 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:34,340 Where do we hope to be five years from now? Where do we hope to be 10 years down? 179 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:40,740 And you don't try to get ten years down the road overnight. You say, oh, this year we will type. 180 00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:45,290 That's assuming we have let's say you park as heads off. 181 00:17:45,290 --> 00:17:51,000 OK. That's all we're doing. Well. Well, you say off this year. 182 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,040 What do we absolutely need to get through this year? That will be that will benefit. 183 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:03,450 Is that right? Think we might see about replacing some fencing, revising somewhat. 184 00:18:03,450 --> 00:18:11,260 That way we leave progress. You know, we would score, although you were alluding to how much space do we have to expand? 185 00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:17,490 You know, is there a property that don't exist that we can grow? You know, so you need to come up with your point. 186 00:18:17,490 --> 00:18:24,550 I would say find those in your communities. Don't if you're not already Knispel. 187 00:18:24,550 --> 00:18:30,640 Organization are part of that municipality, but come on, speak with your local city government, 188 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:36,730 governments say, hey, we were Latin form of parks department. If you are down that's small, you're going to head up. 189 00:18:36,730 --> 00:18:44,920 So you'd thought you get your point in place and you'd you would just work your plan to grow a little bit every year. 190 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:53,290 You know what an invaluable racial Kneisel City Park is, the Arkansas Parks and Tourism. 191 00:18:53,290 --> 00:19:02,560 One thing that I'll make it known, because it's widely known, is you can apply for 50 50 matching grants through the Arkansas state parks and tourism. 192 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,670 And I believe the camp is two hundred thousand dollars for a city. 193 00:19:06,670 --> 00:19:09,790 This next Tellman Grant cycle in twenty twenty one, 194 00:19:09,790 --> 00:19:16,930 National City Park intends to apply for a 50 50 matching grant with lots of state parks and tourism. 195 00:19:16,930 --> 00:19:22,120 We're going to join you agree with that. With this school system here, national. 196 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:30,640 Use are our facilities. And so they'll pay if we can build a set of. 197 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:37,550 Tennis court junod thousand dollars. The state would pay 100 thousand, we would pay 50 thousand. 198 00:19:37,550 --> 00:19:41,560 The school would pay 50 thousand. And so you look at your here. 199 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:47,520 Well, I'll tell you this number. When you look at your inviting bill, you know you're letting go of that grant money. 200 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,670 That that's that's that's wonderful. And, you know, they've been small, very astute. 201 00:19:52,670 --> 00:20:02,030 I know the city of McCaskill over here. It's a very small village community going to embrace it for national dialog, for what's known as a fun park. 202 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:07,850 And they have fun park. So now give you enough money to build maybe a small playground or something. 203 00:20:07,850 --> 00:20:17,600 So if you are a real small park and you need that that type of funding, that's a mile into Arkansas parks, tourism is a wonderful meal. 204 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:25,220 But it doesn't have to be a two hundred thousand dollar to school project that we've done every lot in the city park. 205 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:30,260 It's been done through this great song. We've changed them all to Metro a lot. 206 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:34,210 So what I'm saying is, if you are a smaller part, you want to grow. 207 00:20:34,210 --> 00:20:41,070 A number one thing is to get a long term. The second part of it is the how you started. 208 00:20:41,070 --> 00:20:46,800 You'd be like, what happened? Yeah. You know, if all you can do is say this year, 209 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:54,420 we can what we can get two pallets of dirt or whatever it takes to get our Enfield's work, if that's all we got. 210 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:58,840 But you move forward, always be moving forward, always be progressing. 211 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,990 And you know it does. You know, don't be afraid to ask for funding. 212 00:21:03,990 --> 00:21:11,550 I mean, you know, your corporate partners, Tyson Foods is invaluable to the National City Park, host of Orange been invaluable value. 213 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:17,750 Some of your your local businesses are bright future morein your Asun of these prices. 214 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:21,720 The city park. Yeah, we're finding municipally very. 215 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:28,290 You see, Madison, but your donations from your private industry is just a it's a godsend. 216 00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:38,790 I mean, I had one private industry high for a small on one of our shop offerings this year that just it wouldn't have happened if we wanted to. 217 00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:42,670 I mean, you know, so don't be afraid to go talk to people in community. 218 00:21:42,670 --> 00:21:46,960 It isn't some skin in the game, isn't some involvement. I love it now. 219 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:53,720 Now you will feel this one as if they don't have a you know, if they say, hey, they'll find some way to build some others, 220 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:59,810 then by all means nine complex after momma, you know, but your local communities are great. 221 00:21:59,810 --> 00:22:06,810 But that's the ghetto plan. Just work. Yeah. Since you guys are such a phenomenal tourist destination in the city of Nashville, 222 00:22:06,810 --> 00:22:12,810 what plans you have for the future to maintain your status and keep growth? 223 00:22:12,810 --> 00:22:19,710 So, you know, we would like to see maybe more camp areas. And when I'm in my tent, cities are places where people can parks are our boots. 224 00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:25,800 We've got some now, but we'd like to get more, you know, in that, you know, we we always want to be there. 225 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:31,230 And our hope there would be that they would come and stay with us if the national city park any money, 226 00:22:31,230 --> 00:22:37,500 they take a day and we go to the diamond mine in Murfreesboro or they go to all Washington historic State Park or Grand Prairie. 227 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:42,630 Just just right outside of national here. Just great location concrete models. 228 00:22:42,630 --> 00:22:47,370 Do we see you're going like, you know, like race? 229 00:22:47,370 --> 00:22:56,580 I mean, we've got all kinds of this nation's here in southwest Arkansas, and we'd love to have you stay with us in City Park. 230 00:22:56,580 --> 00:23:02,960 So that would be a long term news to maybe get in more and more camping out. 231 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:08,940 You know, something that's kind of what motivated and I don't know that we'll ever see it, but I would like to see a ransom. 232 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:14,190 I don't see the city of Nashville have a race either at the park or somewhere 233 00:23:14,190 --> 00:23:18,750 within the city might be maintained by the part that can offer things such as, 234 00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:27,030 you know, volleyball for ticket it. They can offer, you know, often during inclement weather, maybe some after school functions. 235 00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:33,010 Maybe these people like if we get like, say, exercising what would work out and stuff. 236 00:23:33,010 --> 00:23:37,950 So if somebody comes with their RV and they say they want to buy a house and stay off the air. 237 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:47,280 We've got to take right now, in my mind, if you need something like that, you have a split stands or in essence, up until Mantar at two o'clock. 238 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:55,080 So that's something that I'd like to see long term as far as growing the city park. 239 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:01,340 You know, you. There's so many little things I mean, I'd like to see. 240 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:09,400 We've got an area that is consider how wetland I mean, the garden theCIA one day it's not really going to be designated wetlands. 241 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:15,110 But this is muddy. Build the dam, only make it a negative. 242 00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:18,310 A waterfall for poor people with no fees and that sort of thing. 243 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:27,510 So, you know, we've we've got millions maybe staying in for a couple more ballfields in the future. 244 00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:31,430 Again, you support grows. It has grown so much. 245 00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:38,310 It's such a big part of the power. There are days you find yourself even as big in a park as you find yourself. 246 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:47,700 Marshman saying, though, you know, we just again, we're always looking we're always open to suggestion. 247 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:52,020 You know, again, if somebody comes to us and I say, hey, what about this? 248 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:58,320 We don't. We don't have a ranch. And that's not going to work the way we want to see if we can expand on that. 249 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:03,220 So that's how we look at the city. Like I said, one step at a time. 250 00:25:03,220 --> 00:25:06,800 That's right. With a projector. Yes, that's exactly right. 251 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,640 And for anyone that is really listening and want to know, hey, let's check out the National Park. 252 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:16,650 Yeah. Our minds there. How can we get into. You should always get in touch with Sadaa Hartnell. 253 00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:21,960 Is there any code eight seven zero eight four five seven four zero five. 254 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:27,330 Biggest source now. There is a magical Arkansas Web page. 255 00:25:27,330 --> 00:25:33,390 I only administer it. I do know we're a tailbone layer and they can link over to us. 256 00:25:33,390 --> 00:25:42,400 I would say, are this platform on the Internet? Is our Facebook, social media, national parks and Recreation. 257 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,190 It's it's where I hope all the inspiration for upcoming events is. 258 00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:53,370 You know, it's got several thousand followers and it's it's kind of our main source starts here. 259 00:25:53,370 --> 00:25:57,920 We are facing. Ed, thanks so much for your time. 260 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:04,640 I really appreciate the spotlight that you have put on the importance of that market and its words and jobs. 261 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,510 That's really Jubran for this year. Yes, we will. We welcome those that are passing through. 262 00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:13,170 We will long we can see the sushi bar. Anything else you like. 263 00:26:13,170 --> 00:26:17,570 This is now. It's a great place to be. 264 00:26:17,570 --> 00:26:24,020 I can tell you this. If you come in this a double city bar, you don't have a good experience, huh? 265 00:26:24,020 --> 00:26:29,870 Let me know. Let me know what went wrong. Because I mean, it's just a peaceful place to me. 266 00:26:29,870 --> 00:26:35,120 I don't say this because I work here. I say this because I actually believe it. 267 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:45,890 It's just a wonderful bar. The people that I'm telling you about that back in the early 40s and in the 70s, that progresses to where we're at. 268 00:26:45,890 --> 00:26:50,340 And so the 90s, those are the guys really got us to where we're in now on. 269 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:56,780 I'm just they're maintaining currently and I'm as big a fan of our city parties as anybody. 270 00:26:56,780 --> 00:27:01,930 I love. And that's why it's it's always working. It's hard to complain. 271 00:27:01,930 --> 00:27:05,770 Work in a park. So a great place to be. 272 00:27:05,770 --> 00:27:10,400 And I will add. Welcome you to come and join us. Thank you again. 273 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:15,890 Such a tough place. Thank you all for listing the three richest podcasts you reached. 274 00:27:15,890 --> 00:27:26,180 Arkansas small business, big rural Internet. That's a wrap on today's show, Parks and Recreation in a small town, Merial, Bodley and Mark Day. 275 00:27:26,180 --> 00:27:30,620 I'm Lauren Hunter. And we appreciate you joining us. 276 00:27:30,620 --> 00:27:37,390 For more information about this or any great Bridges podcast or more about Great Bridges, Arkansas visit you. 277 00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:46,190 Dot E.T. you slash create bridges. The Great Bridges Arkansas podcast is made possible by Wal-Mart Grant to the University of Arkansas System, 278 00:27:46,190 --> 00:27:51,170 Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, Community, Professional and Economic Development Unit. 279 00:27:51,170 --> 00:28:04,715 And with the cooperation of Spring River Innovation Hub and White River Now productions.