Good news from UALR this morning.

Thanks to private money, the university is undertaking a project to restore Coleman Creek where it crosses Asher Avenue to its natural state. Old buildings will be removed and grass and trees will prevail over asphalt and concrete pilings.

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The project also will include a commemoration of the spot as a point along one of the routes of forced Indian removal through Arkansas, known as the Trail of Tears. That’s a subject dear to UALR, repository of a premier collection of Native American history.

This is the first phase of a 47-acre project to create a greenway along Coleman Creek through the campus, just one of the many outward signs of UALR’s intent to vigorously integrate with and improve not only the campus but surrounding neighborhood.

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Here’s the UALR news release.

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