Join the City of Benton for the long-awaited Mountain Bike Park Grand Opening and First Ride. The Bike park features the only Dual Slalom course in Central Arkansas and is only one of two in the entire state. Read More Below This project has been several years in the planning and building process and […]
Benton Finance Committee to Meet Monday, March 11th
The Finance Committees is scheduled to meet Monday, March 11, 2024, in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex beginning at 5:00. Due to lack of agenda the Personnel, Health & Safety will not meet. See the agenda outlines below. City of Benton Finance Committee Monday, March 11, 2024 Council Chambers Beginning at 5:00 […]
Benton Finance Committee to Meet Monday, February 12th
The Finance Committees is scheduled to meet Monday, February 12, 2024, in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex beginning at 5:00. Due to lack of agenda the Personnel, Health & Safety will not meet. See the agenda outlines below. City of Benton Finance Committee Monday, February 12, 2024 Council Chambers Immediately following Personnel, Health […]
Benton to consider demolishing, annexing & town hall meetings July 11th
The City of Benton Community Services Committee will to meet Tuesday, July 11th, 2023, immediately following the Parks and Streets Committee meetings. Those begin at 5:00 p.m. Items for discussion include demolishing several properties, annexing land, and scheduling town hall meetings. The meetings are located in the Council Chambers in the Benton Municipal Complex. The address is 114 S. East Street. This is […]
Benton committees meet June 13th to consider trails, flooding downtown, overlaying streets
Two Benton committees will meet on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 to consider various items. The Parks Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m., to discuss a grant, the greenway and mountain bike park. The Streets and Stormwater Committee will meet immediately after Parks, to discuss right-of-way on Kenwood, Drainage on W. Cross Street and asphalt overlay […]
Benton’s Saline River Greenway trail gets $400K grant through Metroplan
The City of Benton Parks Department was recently awarded $400,000 for creating a trail to connect with others. The funding comes from the CARTS 2022 Surface Transportation Program Block Grant and will be applied to the Saline River Greenway project by the Metroplan Board. These funds may be used to reimburse the city for engineering of […]
Donate Bikes through January; Bike Giveaway & Safety Clinic Feb 12th
Junior Auxiliary of Saline County (JA) is in the middle of hosting a bike drive. Donate your new and used, good condition bikes to be given away to any child at the upcoming bike clinic. Come every Saturday in January from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Holy Roller Bike Shop at 108 N East St. in […]
Register for this clinic at Tyndall Park to learn how to become a better mountain biker
Come to a bike clinic in the park on Saturday to become a better mountain biker. Benton Parks & Recreation welcomes staff from Holy Roller Bike Shop to teach at Tyndall Park on Saturday, June 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Participants will learn by practicing a few bike handling […]
Bike Collection Days at Bryant Elementary March 11-15
Help Bryant Elementary School’s “Green Team” make their goal of collecting 200 bicycles. Bring bicycles or tricycles. Bring them used, unwanted, too small, old or even broken. The Green Team has teamed up with Recycle Bikes for Kids to be fix the donated bikes and give them back to kids in the community. Donate them from […]
Recycle Saline & Habitat for Humanity Host Drop-off Event Mar 2nd in Bryant
Recycle Saline is hosting a recycling drop-off event on Saturday, March 2nd, from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. at First Southern Baptist Church at 604 S. Reynolds Rd. in Bryant. This is free to Saline County residents. Recycle Saline will be accepting: Metal Electronic Waste Tires (4 per person, off rim) – no trailers allowed Bicycles Habitat for […]