Joanie is a founding member of Omni Center’s first steering committee. She’s still thinking and writing about peace and love after all these years. Come by for some deep discussion of this topic, that becomes ever more important as tensions and polarization increase in the world.
Anything goes, with a touch of Mothers Day hovering over us. Songs, poems, music and community joy.
From Justice of the Peace Beth Coger Our Quorum Court is becoming a local battle ground and the intersection of property rights, election integrity and having final say on what books are banned! The Quorum court makes decisions on zoning for families, the security of the ballot box and election commission operations and will make final decisions about books referred from local school boards! Who you vote for matters whether it is a JP seat or House seat! Our Democratic candidates that moved the needle last time, are continuing their races and running again. Our 2023-24 field plan has a firm foundation […]
From the Weekly Washington County Democrat SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ELECTION DAY IS MAY 9 — EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MAY 2 School board elections are just around the corner. With the passage of the LEARNS act, banning books and all the anti-trans legislation, these races are critically important to our public schools. Who can vote? If you live in the city limits of the Fayetteville School district, you can vote. School_Board_Zone_Map_2021.pdf (core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com) These are non-partisan races. If you don’t know who to vote for, call them or see who’s standing with them on social media! Springdale School district has two at large members running. These are […]
Fayetteville City Council Meeting Tuesday May 2 – 5:00 pm Rally 5:30 pm City Council Meeting Fayetteville City Admin Building 113 W. Mountain St. Fayetteville There are those who imagine that homeless people are really not quite human. They’re dirty, probably drug addicts and criminals. I don’t believe most Omni folks are in that camp. We’re the bleeding hearts who hand them change out the car window and wish them well. But nobody really know how to help them. That includes our city government. In it’s wish to take care of the earth and our city, our city codes are […]
Sunday May 7 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Final Open Mic for this season! Greetings Open Mic Folks, Don’t miss the last Open Mic for the season. Next one will be in September and that’s a long way away! If the weather’s nice we’ll hold it outdoors on the patio. It’s just beautiful with bird song as the background music. If you haven’t been to the Omni Center in a spell…come check out the beautiful NEW look and internal paint job…WOW, impressive. Remember, we take the summer break from Open Mic from June-Aug. and start back in September.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2023 Contact: Peter Nierengarten Environmental Director Sustainability and Resilience 479-575-8272 pnierengarten@fayetteville-ar.gov City of Fayetteville seeks input for new Climate Action Plan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville is embarking on a new, comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and it will host several in-person events this spring to gather input and feedback from Fayetteville residents. The Climate Action Plan aims to continue the commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions laid out in the City’s Energy Action Plan adopted in 2018, adding a new focus on nature-based solutions to help reduce the impacts of climate change. The […]
Saturday April 22 – 1:00-4:00 pm – Omni Center You’re invited to Omni’s climate potluck, 3274 N. Lee Ave for a lunch potluck and climate discussion. You don’t have to be vegan to attend, but please bring vegan just for the fun of it so everyone can share and partake. The Omni potluck will be organized by Chip Balew, dedicated vegan advocate. We’ll try posting some vegan suggestions on the Facebook event very soon. A link for the event page will come out asap. If you’re not vegan it could be a delicious new experience as well as a climate […]
