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Hillcrest Residents Association welcomes you!

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In the Know



Sign the DOD petition

 Please sign our petition to show support for these amendments and protecting our historic architecture and community.


Hillcrest was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and is the largest historic district in Arkansas. The Hillcrest Design Overlay District Ordinance was created in 2007 to help protect our neighborhood’s historic district designation by ensuring that properties avoid teardown and overbuilding. Thirteen years later, it’s time to review the DOD ordinance and make a series of recommended updates to the City of Little Rock for consideration. The all-volunteer DOD committee, which has taken on this task, represents the professions of land rights attorney, civil rights attorney, real estate professional and developer, architect, historic preservationist and design consultant, and all are Hillcrest enthusiasts, of course. The goal of the committee is to provide a series of measurable recommendations to strengthen the DOD for continued historic district designation preservation, as well as preservation and continuity of Hillcrest’s architectural heritage and walkability. Recommended updates to the DOD include new side yard setback parameters, floor-to-area ratio modifications for existing structures and floor-to-area ratio parameters for new construction, new sidewalk width minimums and locations, and new zoned non-residential building parameters, including street-facing entrances. Once the DOD recommendations meetings have concluded, the DOD committee will meet to review public feedback and determine next steps.


To learn more information about the recommended amendments view the document below, "The Hillcrest Neighborhood Risks Losing Its Status on the National Register of Historic Places!"

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Hillcrest Homeowners Presentation 6-8-20 (pdf)Download
Amended and Restated By-Laws (2019) (pdf)Download
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (2019) (pdf)Download
Short Term Rental Panel Discussion 2020 (pdf)Download
LRSD Request to Delay CAB Vote (pdf)Download

Stay up to date with the HRA!

Visit the HRA Facebook page and sign up for the weekly e-blast to receive up to date news, information, events, meeting dates, and volunteer opportunities. To join the e-blast, send your email address to membership@hillcrestresidents.org.

Newsletter

May 2019 (pdf)Download

Next Meeting's Agenda

July 2019 agenda (pdf)Download
Sept 2019 agenda (pdf)Download
Nov 2019 agenda (pdf)Download
Dec 2019 agenda (pdf)Download
Jan 2020 agenda (pdf)Download
March 2020 agenda (pdf)Download
April 2020 agenda (pdf)Download
May 2020 agenda (docx)Download
July 2020 agenda (pdf)Download

Minutes

HRA minutes Oct 8, 2018 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Nov 12, 2018 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Dec 10, 2018 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Jan 14, 2019 - DOD meeting (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Feb 11, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA retreat report Feb 16, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes March 11, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes April 29, 2019 - special board meeting (pdf)Download
HRA minutes May 13, 2019 - annual board meeting (pdf)Download
HRA minutes June 10, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes July 8, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Aug 12, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Oct 14, 2019 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Nov 11, 2019 (pdf)Download
Short Term RentalPanel Discussion 2020 (pdf)Download
HRA minutes Feb 10, 2020 (pdf)Download

Committee Reports

Communications Committee Report

The Communication Committee is in charge of the Hillcrest Residents Association newsletter. Other board members are currently working hard to get a website and Facebook presence up and running. 

Crime Committee Report

The HRA is working with the Hillcrest Neighborhood Watch (HNW), Hillcrest Merchants Association and the developers of hillcrestburglars.com to develop strategies to increase awareness to Hillcrest neighbors about crime, strengthen our Neighborhood Watch group and coordinate with the City of Little Rock and the LRPD. If you are interested in helping with this effort, please contact Barbara Miles at barbamiles@yahoo.com and look at the blogpost on our website for more ideas that we would like to implement! Also, attend the LRPD's quarterly meetings at 3917 W 12th St. (the next scheduled meeting is April 18 at 6pm), and like the HNW facebook page and the HRA facebook page for updates on issues related to safety and crime, and meeting updates.

Planning and Preservation Committee Report

Over the past few months the Preservation and Planning Committee has been focused on the following issues/projects:

  1. Hillcrest Design Guide - Hillcrest Design Guide successfully distributed to the neighborhood and available at HarvestFest. Generally feedback is positive so far.
  2. UAMS Development - Planning Notes from last HRA meeting on UAMS projects have been sent to Christina Clark.  She has agreed to keep the HRA in the loop on their progress.  
  3. Short Term Rentals - On January 13 the Preservation and Planning Committee hosted a panel discussion on Short Term Rentals including Jamie Collins from LR Planning, Nikki Parnell from LRCVB and Boyd Mayer from Capital Zoning.  The committee will summarize feedback from the neighborhood to formulate recommendations to the City on a possible ordinance.

In addition, the Preservation and Planning committee regularly reviews re-zoning requests from the City to determine if neighborhood action is recommended. The upcoming agenda for the committee includes a follow up on the UAMS Projects, and a discussion of Transportation and Parking in Hillcrest.


Membership Committee Report

The membership committee has recently completed an annual membership campaign and recruited new members. We currently have approximately 200 households in the neighborhood. The committee meets on June 19 to develop a plan of action for the coming year with a goal of increasing membership and engagement in the neighborhood. A summary of that meeting will be on line as it is available. If you would like to join the membership committee, please contact marianboyd@sbcglobal.net. Any current member is eligible to participate and we welcome new ideas!

Bylaws Committee

The Bylaws Committee’s work culminated with the approval by the membership at the annual meeting on May 13 of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws.  These new documents modernize provisions relating to governance of the Association and can be found above, in the "In the Know" section.

Treasurer Report

Annual 2018 (pdf)Download
February 2019 (pdf)Download
March 2019 (pdf)Download
October 2019 (pdf)Download
November 2019 (pdf)Download

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