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Local Mayor Grateful for FEMA Assistance
Beginning October 29, 2009, the State of Arkansas experienced severe storms and flooding which resulted in the December 3, 2009, presidential disaster declaration for 37 counties for Public Assistance (PA). Following the declaration, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff visited the City of Hardy, located in Sharp County, and found Mayor Nina Thornton and Public Works Superintendent Billy Gilbearth excited over their discovery that the city’s 406 Mitigation projects worked!
“In March 2008, we had three floods in six weeks. Our sewer systems were affected. There wasn’t a question of whether we would flood again. It was a question of when will it happen,” said Thornton. “And it did in October of 2009. But this time, thanks to FEMA, we were ready.”
Hardy A & P discuss events
The Hardy Advertising and Promotions Committee (A&P) met Oct. 21 at Hardy City Hall. Numerous upcoming activities for the group were the main topic of discussion.
The group voted to sponsor the Rebel Classic basketball event to be held at the new A.L. Hudson Memorial Center Nov. 9-14. The sponsorship will place the A&P’s logo on tee shirts for the event.
The group found that the music during the recent Main Street Hardy Arts and Crafts Festival and Octoberfest on the stage in Dr. Thompson Park was a huge success.
Music in Hardy
It was a fun time for all in Hardy during the annual Hardy Fall Arts & Crafts Show, The festival took take place along Main Street Hardy which has been restored to the quaint beauty of a past century, and in the Historic Hardy Gym. There was plenty of free parking one block off Main Street and within comfortable walking distance of the Festival. The festival and the approximately 35 specialty shops that comprise the National Register Historic District in Historic Hardy are all located within the five block downtown area made for a exciting time for all who attended.
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