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Residents and board raise College Hill grocery access and pawn-shop reporting questions

Board of Directors, City of Texarkana, Arkansas · September 3, 2025
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Summary

Residents and Assistant Mayor Harris discussed a petition aimed at attracting a grocery store to College Hill, potential transit-route changes to improve access, and concerns about pawn-shop listings and police access to those records.

Assistant Mayor Harris and residents used the board’s public-comment and discussion periods to press two community issues: the possible loss of grocery access on College Hill and public access to pawn-shop listings used by police to trace stolen goods.

Harris said residents and some local businesses and churches have circulated a petition to show grocery retailers there is customer demand in the College Hill neighborhood after a Save A Lot store closed or is at risk. "It's a desperate need in that area…

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