Holiday Hours 2011-2012
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Open limited hours on December 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30
- (Staff will be on-site for tours at 10 am until 12 pm);
Closed December 22-26 and December 30-January 2;
Resume regular hours on January 3.
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Lakeport’s 3rd Annual Holiday Open House
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come join us for Lakeport’s 3rd Annual Holiday Open House on December 3 from 11 am to 2 pm. Celebrate the start of the Season with tradition, history & classic holiday arts & crafts for the kids.
Schedule:
- 11 am — Guided Tour of the Lakeport Home
- 12 pm — Story time
- 1 pm — Santa arrives (bring your own camera for pictures)
- 1:45 pm — Reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas
There will also be ornament making in the house and historic games throughout the day.
Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Call us at 870-265-6031 for questions and volunteer opportunities.
Lakeport Plantation is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site.
Thanks to everyone who came out!
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours 2011
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2011 Thanksgiving Holiday
Limited Hours on November 23 (Day before Thanksgiving). Staff will be onsite for tours at 10 a.m. until Noon.Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday – November 24 and 25; Resume regular hours on November 28th.
Preservation & Tourism News for Lake Village & Chicot County
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, in a press release, announced Lake Village’s downtown has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. On Saturday, April 9th at 11 a.m., AHPP will hold its Walks through History program in downtown Lake Village. Lakeport will also be open following the Walks through History program.
DOWNTOWN LAKE VILLAGE LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
LITTLE ROCK—The Lake Village Commercial Historic District at Lake Village in Chicot County has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of historically significant properties, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain announced today.
The Lake Village Commercial Historic District – which is bounded by Lakeshore Drive, Jackson Street, Chicot Street and Church Street – features buildings dating to around 1906.
“The district reflects the growth of Lake Village as a nucleus of commerce and trade in southeast Arkansas,” the National Register nomination says. “As the county seat, Lake Village is a center for local government and the Chicot County Courthouse is a cornerstone of the downtown commercial district. The Lake Village Commercial Historic District contains 38 buildings and one monument.”
The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
On Friday, February 18th, the Delta Byways held their 11th Annual Delta Awards in Forrest City. Lake Villagers were dominated for two awards; Brianne Connelly of Lake Village was nominated for the Tourism Support Award and Lake Village Mayor JoAnne Bush was nominated and won Tourism Person of the Year.
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| Tourism Person of the Year Winner JoAnne Bush with family and supporters from Lake Village |
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| Brianne Connelly, Tourism Support Nominee, with James Bacon |
11th Annual Delta Awards for Tourism Achievement
The 11th annual Delta Awards recognizing tourism achievements in Eastern Arkansas were presented during festivities Friday evening, February 18, at the Forrest City Civic Center in Forrest City, Arkansas. The event was sponsored by Arkansas Delta Byways, with support from the St. Francis County Museum and the Forrest City A & P Commission.
Finalists for the awards were as follows, with the winner designated by an asterisk:
1. Media Support Award
Cross County Historical Society Newsletter, Wynne
*Delta Crossroads Magazine, Piggott, Rector, Manila and Trumann
Rob Johnson, Forrest City Broadcasting
2. Hospitality Award
Edwardian Inn, Helena
*Lake Poinsett State Park, Harrisburg
Paragould Community Center, Paragould
3. Entrepreneur Award
ASU Farmers’ Market, Jonesboro
E. J. Miller, Colton’s Steak House, Marion
*Periwinkle Place, McGehee
4. Tourism Support Award
Brianne Connelly, Lake Village
*Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, Little Rock
Scott Lane, Dermott
5. Festival/Event of the Year
Blues on Broadway, West Memphis
Loose Caboose XXI, Paragould
*Tour duh Sunken Lands Harvest Ride, Dyess, Lepanto, Marked Tree and Tyronza
6. Boot Strap Award
Dyess Days, Dyess
*Main Street Paragould’s Holiday Traditions, Paragould
McGehee Historic Depot, McGehee
7. Promotional Award
Arkansas DeltaMade Artists – Betsy Brackin, Norwood Creech, Suzanne Churchill,
Edward Wade and Nancy LaFarra Wilson, All Counties
*City Branding Programs, Blytheville, Helena, Paragould and West Memphis
Bike Crowley’s Ridge, Mississippi River Trail
8. Outstanding Member Award
Linda Hinton, Tyronza
*Sheilla Lampkin, Monticello
Vicki Trimble, Lake Frierson State Park, Jonesboro
9. Cultural Heritage Award
*Exploring the Arkansas Frontier, ASU Museum, Jonesboro
Civil War Helena, Phillips Helena
Parker Pioneer Homestead, Harrisburg
10. Tourism Person of the Year Award
*JoAnne Bush, Lake Village
Rosalind O’Neal, Marion
Munnie Jordan, Helena
Full time Rvers Blog about visiting Lakeport
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Journeyin’…living & traveling in a RV: Last antebellum plantation in Arkansas: “I had to get my dictionary out to look up the definition of antebellum : “. . .relating to the period before the Civil War.” On our list …”
Bridge Opened Last Week…and other things
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The new Hwy 82 Bridge opened last Wednesday, August 4 around 5:30 pm. Greenville’s WXVT has the video.
Lakeport was featured in Kat Robinson’s blog, Tie Dye Travels, and will be on Little Rock’s KARK at noon today. When the video shows up on their website, I’ll add a link (Update: video link added 8/13/10) Kat has blogged about good eats in south Arkansas, visited the site of the Japanese interment camp at Rohwer, and reviewed the Cow Pen (our neighbor) for the Arkansas Times.
Also, Lakeport will be open Saturdays in August and the first Saturday in September (4th) from 10 am to 2 pm (last tour at 2).
5K Run/Walk on New Bridge
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Some scenes from this morning’s 5K Run/Walk across the new bridge:
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| Looking down the River: Arkansas on the Right, Mississippi on the Left |
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| I just love expansion joints |
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| Old Bridge |
Bridge Opening…more details
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| New — Invitation |
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| Old — Postcard Commemorating the Old New Bridge |
New details about the Bridge opening from the Lake Village Chamber:
A ribbon cutting for the new Hwy 82 Mississippi River Bridge will take place this coming Monday, July 26th at 10am on the center of the bridge. Everyone and anyone is invited to attend! (Don’t worry about parking, there will be hwy department folks there to guide you. Some of the parking may be on the bridge, but in my opinion, you should still wear your walking shoes because it’s not certain how many people with attend the event, so some walking is inevitable.) A stage will be set up at the center of the bridge where the ribbon cutting will take place.
The city of Greenville, MS is hosting a 5K run/walk to commensurate the grand opening on Monday, July 26th at 6am. Come one, come all, it’s FREE! The run/walk will start on the Greenville side of the bridge.
Brianne Connelly
Director
Lake Village Chamber of Commerce
New Signs At Lakeport
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The Arkansas Highway Department installed two news tourist oriented directional signs yesterday: one at the entrance to Lakeport and the other for eastbound traffic on Hwy 82. The Highway Department will install a westbound traffic sign when the contractor has completed the removal of the povement for the old alignment of Hwy 82
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| New sign at Lakeport’s entrance |
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| New eastbound sign on Hwy 82 (at foot of new bridge) for Hwy 142 turnoff |
Bridge Opening Dedication set for July 26
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Bridge Dedication — July 26 — 10 am
By Associated Press
4:23 AM CDT, July 13, 2010
The dedication ceremony is July 26. The first contract was awarded in 2001 and construction began in 2002.
Washington County Board of Supervisors president Paul Watson says transportation officials in
The four-lane, cable-stayed bridge has been many years in the making. It was authorized when the existing bridge, built in 1940, was determined to be a navigational hazard and obsolete.
The old two-lane bridge crosses the
