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Jonesboro council approves $855,000 contract for comprehensive growth and master street plan

5602464 · August 19, 2025
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Jonesboro City Council on Aug. 19 approved a resolution to contract with DPZ CoDesign to prepare a new comprehensive growth plan and a master street plan for the city, using American Rescue Plan Act restricted revenue replacement funds.

Jonesboro City Council on Aug. 19 approved a resolution to contract with DPZ CoDesign to prepare a new comprehensive growth plan and a master street plan for the city, using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) restricted revenue replacement funds. The purchase price cited in the council resolution was $855,000, and the resolution authorizes the mayor and city clerk, April Leggett, to execute necessary documents.

City staff and council members said the city’s last comprehensive growth plan dated to 1998 and that related documents — a land-use plan and street/tree plans — were updated more recently (2017 for land use, 2018 for a master tree plan). “So it’s definitely time to to update this,” said Daryl, a planning department staff member, during council discussion.

The resolution’s sponsor explained the…

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