22-03-2025
Fayetteville Mayor Molly Rawn talks future developments at Washington County Veterans Town Hall
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — At this month's Washington County Veterans Town Hall on March 21, Fayetteville Mayor Molly Rawn spoke to veterans about future developments in the city.
Rawn discussed topics including developing more housing and infrastructure to keep up with population growth, efforts to develop better public transportation in the city, and potentially having a Veteran's Day Parade in Fayetteville. She also expressed interest in working closer with Fayetteville Public Schools and the University of Arkansas as the city continues to develop.
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'Razorback Transit, we have a great relationship. University communications, we have a great relationship. I think the relationship that we really need to work on is at that administrative chancellor's office level,' said Rawn, 'We don't have to stop having those discussions about the problems right now. We need to continue those. We also have to start talking about the problems that aren't here yet, and how we prevent them. So, what is the 10-year plan? What is the 20-year plan?'
Local veteran organizations said they're excited about the chance to speak to the mayor about the questions they get from the veterans they work with daily.
'Anytime you can get in front of someone from the city council, the mayor's office, the governor, a senator, those are important conversations. Especially for us in the veteran community,' said John Parker, Director of Communications for Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, 'We want to share with them what we hear from veterans all over the country, and we want to voice the concerns that we hear from the veterans and first responders that we deal with every single day.'These organizations also said the town hall has made them more hopeful for the future of the veteran community in Northwest Arkansas.
'A lot of people call here weekly, daily. You know, just asking, kind of like fishing for information of what makes this area so good,' said Ben Dykes, the Director of Washington County Veterans Services, 'And it's easy to see whenever you have our county judge here and the city mayor all on the same page. I mean, that's a real big vote of confidence.'
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