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Mayor Sprouse delivers 2025 State of the City; planning director Patsy Christie to depart March 31
Summary
Mayor Sprouse delivered a State of the City address Feb. 25 highlighting a record sales-tax month, bond projects and downtown growth. He also announced Planning Director Patsy Christie submitted her resignation effective March 31 and said Sharon (staff) is his immediate pick to succeed her.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Mayor Sprouse delivered the 2025 State of the City address at the Feb. 25 Springdale City Council meeting, opening with a report of a record sales-tax month and summarizing progress on bonds, parks, downtown projects and capital improvements.
“We just got the numbers — we had our largest sales-tax month in history,” Mayor Sprouse told the council, citing a roughly 9.6% increase in the December comparison to 2023. He highlighted ongoing bond-funded…
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