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Mayor Of Hardy Post New Official Email
It has been months since the announcement, however we are pleased to announce to those who are interested that the Mayor Of Hardy has announced the new “Official” email address for contacting her. We actually wished that CITY OF HARDY would have some official email address too. Hopefully in the near future.
Contact the Mayor- Nina A. Thornton Mayor of Hardy P.O. Box 5, Hardy AR 72542
Phone Hardy City Hall @ 870-856-3811
Office located at 124 Woodland Hills Road
Email: mayorofhardy@centurytel.net
City Hall hours are 7:30 am til 4:00 pm weekdays. Closed for lunch 11:30-12:30.
Mayor Of Hardy – Report Card Website Update
We are excited to announce our new purpose of the local area report card website designed to ensure information about Hardy, AR is available to the community online. The new site is called www.mayorofhardy.com and is the designated report card website for the officials of the City of Hardy.
The new Mayor Of Hardy Arkansas Report Card website was established by Friends Of Hardy Arkansas to ensure that information about what the Mayor and the Alderman of Hardy do, for and about Hardy are reported and openly discussed about. This site is dedicated to both the vigilant scrutinizing of our local government for and the ongoing education of our fellow citizens about instances of corruption, waste, nepotism, ethics violations, etc.
Mayoral Answers To Questions Finally!
Well, the old saying – better late than never, is pretty much true here. Awhile back we posted a article titled (What questions you would like to ask the Mayoral Candidates). We took those questions asked by you, and submitted them to the local newspaper. We are happy to see that they did indeed send them to the Mayoral Candidates. We waited per our agreement until they appeared in the local newspaper. NOTE: We did as a courtesy request and had hoped to have the responses from both of the candidates, but unfortunately one did not have the answers in time for our post.
ACCRTA Comes To Hardy
First, for those who don’t know, ACCRTA stands for Arkansas City Clerks, Recorders and Treasurers Association. The ACCRTA meeting according to the Mayor was a great success. The group had its conference in the area. Highland Assembly allowed the use of there church vans to be able to take the ACCRTA group on a tour of the 4 cities.
“They enjoyed entertainment from Chester Drawers during breakfast and a southern ladies tea at the Sharp county Library”, says the Mayor. Later the group enjoyed some bar-b-que in the Hardy Gym. For the evening a wonderful fish fry and live entertainment was given over at Loberg Park.
A Train Runs Through It (Hardy Arkansas)
As we all know, Hardy is a Railroad Town. This year the BNSF is taking its train of 15 restored
passenger cars on a 6,000-mile tour through 13 cities in six states. The train is available for BNSF employees and special guests only. I was an invited guest for a 3 hour ride. The conductor actually came to the loading area and yelled “all aboard” which was a truly nostalgic moment. I chose to ride in the tallest car called Bay View. The windows are all bay curved and the view is fantastic. I sat in the “First Class” section although the whole car was truly first class.
Hardy Applies For Grant Toward Library Expansion
Mayor Nina Thornton spoke to the Sharp County Library Board about a possible expansion to the city’s library to accommodate a children’s library and requested the board’s permission to write the grant and apply for funding in the form of a grant. Thornton also provided the group with drawings from local architect Larry Bronson.
Main Street gets new landscaping…
In late 2009, the city voted to close South Johnson Street in order to test out the new city amphitheater. To the delight of visitors and guests, the pavilian was used a few times to provide music on Main Street.
This year, the amphitheater will be used even more. And today the grounds surrounding received a landscaping facelift. The Mayor and her team were out with the ‘big boy toys’ to make ready for the planting of decorative grasses and new trees.
The Mayor and team spruce up the Amphitheater on Johnson Street
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.”
Recovery Act Summer Program
Young persons Zack Chapman, left, Zack DeCuttler, right, and Zack Hall (holding child), who work on the Recovery Act Summer Employment Program, volunteer their day to provide community service at the city of Hardy’s Water Fun Day in the Park. 
According to Mayor Nina Thornton, the boys work during the week, under the supervision of the Public Works Superintendent, painting, mowing, planting trees, reading meters and learning how to deal with the public. Not only do we want to teach the boys the importance of work and furthering their education, we also want to teach them the importance of giving back to their community,said Thornton. At the Water Fun Day, they set up the dunking booth and worked it all day before breaking it down at the end of the event. It was the largest crowd we ever had and the boys service helped make it a success.
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