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Conway council honors local award winners, highlights holiday events and city tech pilots
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Council recognized local design and service award recipients (artist, CP Quattlebaum awards, employee of the month, longevity awards), and heard the city administrator outline holiday events and technology pilots such as a Towne Green parking sensor and a real‑time people counter.
Conway City Council used part of its Dec. 1 meeting to salute local award winners and preview holiday events while also taking a short planning and technology update from city staff.
The council recognized the 2025 Conway Christmas card artist, Fernando Laredo Martinez, and presented the Community Appearance Board's CP Quattlebaum Design Awards for 2024 to nominees including Mercy Baptist Church (restoration), homeowners Jaylon/Jaywant Shah and Phil McNellis and Julie Blaze (new construction), Brian Vaughn, SOS Healthcare for Oak Tree Farm, and a Diamond Shores LLC project. An awards presenter noted the program honors the legacy of Conway's first mayor, C.P. Quattlebaum.
The meeting also named Sandy Barton as public safety employee of the month for December and announced longevity awards for Charlie Matthews (5 years), David Crotz (10 years), Chris Weatherford (20 years) and Timmy Williams (25 years). The awards presentation described Barton's FEMA coordination duties and long service to the department.
City Administrator Emerick reported that the Technology Services Department will pilot a parking lot sensor at the Towne Green parking lot and test a real‑time people counter during the Christmas season to support public dashboards and event planning. "They're installing a parking lot sensor at the Towne Green parking lot to be able to monitor the amount of vehicles that are in and out of the parking lot," Emerick said, adding that the data could be public via a dashboard.
Emerick also summarized upcoming events including the tree lighting, Christmas carnival, movie nights, Toys for Tots drive and the Rivertown Regatta; he reminded attendees that Main Street and adjacent streets will have early closures for the tree lighting and urged the public to plan for parking and traffic.
During public input, Lizzie Marlowe used her three minutes to raise long‑running concerns about an ordinance and an alleged assault; she told council she will provide more details at the next meeting.
