Current Events

Sometimes you gotta see it in action.

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And you CAN… right in Omni’s back yard! he prototype cottage is REALLY taking shape! Remember the green insulation in last week’s photo? Now the siding is all up and spiffy looking! Thank you to Josh Hart and his team of awesome builders things are coming together beautifully. Just look at that front door!Next the interior will start taking shape. Pretty, built-in furniture that will be long-lasting and attractive for its tenant.Thank you to all you good folks who’ve already donated to the cottage prototype. Please go to the GoFundMe to help make this dream a real exhibit A for […]

Thank you so very much, Fayetteville

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Final thoughts on New Beginnings ‘Pilgrimage for Home’ From Board mem\ber Rob Ryerse Robb Ryerse from New Beginnings You helped make Walk With Us: A Pilgrimage for Homes a resounding success. Not only did more than a dozen pilgrims walk from Bentonville to Fayetteville to raise awareness about chronic homelessness, they were also joined by many more for the Last Mile and a Community Meal at New Beginnings. It was truly a special celebration. Even though the walk is now complete, the work continues. We are getting ever closer to hitting our fundraising goal of $50,000. This money goes to support […]

Ziva Branstetter & Kathleen DuVal Pulitzer Prize Winners

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Ziva Branstetter, daughter of local celebrity and Omni member Art Hobson, is a journalist for ProPublica and did a great report on the impacts of the death of Roe v. Wade, that won her a Pulitzer Prize recently. Along with history author Kathleen DuVal, who did an amazing book on native Americans over a thousand years. They’ll be home visiting soon and Their departments are throwing them a well-deserved party. Come say ‘hi’!

Still Saving Fayetteville trees

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Leslie OelsnerHello friends, I hope you don’t mind sharing this. Please sign and share, if you’re willing. The website explains why this plan for a new school in this location is such a bad idea, including that it involves destroying approximately 4,000 trees in the middle of Fayetteville. And people DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE, OR EVEN ARKANSAS, TO SIGN, at this stage of the process. Thank you! Save Our Trees!

Gateway Feeds Folks Helps Out

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Saturday Oct 25 Community Meal Feeds Folks will be helping to serve the Pilgrimage Community Meal and would like your help, Omni friends. We’ll be providing side dishes to go along with chili and cornbread served by a couple of other groups who feed homeless folks. Do you have a favorite picnic dish that would go along with chili? Drop Gladys a text at 479-283-2167 if you can bring something. It’s going to be just a lovely event.

Walk With Us: A Pilgrimage to Call Home

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Oct 23-25 – New Beginnings Northwest Arkansas Community inspiration and fundraiser for a leader in the movement to end homelessness in Northwest Arkansas. Neighbors will lace up their shoes and walk the Northwest Arkansas Razorback Greenway from Bentonville to Fayetteville. Over three days, participants will walk more than 30 miles, sleep along the way, and learn about homelessness in our community—all to raise awareness and funds for The Future of New Beginnings campaign and our next supportive housing neighborhood, Spruce Street Gardens. Join Us for The Last Mile On Saturday, October 25, the community is invited to walk the final […]