City of Harrison

Did you know the City of Harrison is having a big birthday this year? Stay tuned for some fun activities to celebrate our heritage and history!

ATTENTION VETERANS! 📢
Need to stock the fridge? Our next Pop-Up Pantry is happening soon:
📅 Monday, Jan 12 ⏰ 10 AM – 12 PM 📍 Camp Jack, 411 S. Pine St., Harrison AR
Reminder: This service is available to veterans registered with Camp Jack. See you there!
To learn more about the Camp Jack food pantry, please visit https://www.campjack.org/

How does the sales tax benefit the Police Department and our community? The March 3 election is to maintain the sales tax at its current level; this is not an increase. Eliminating the sunset provision provides departments with stability, as they know the revenue is available for planning and preparing for the future.

Here's a copy of the March 3 ballot. There are two city ordinances that citizens need to be aware of.

City Offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 19, to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Rob McCorkindale made a phone call to a current Main Street Harrison board member and told him there was still money in the former Main Street account from years ago. Are you interested? Of course, the board member said. Several of the Main Street Board members gathered at the Town House Cafe and accepted a generous check of $11,888. Thank you to the former Main Street organization for paving the way for the current one. With the community's assistance, this effort will continue the legacy of the original Main Street and help downtown and the community thrive.

Thank you, Harrison Daily Times, for covering the Public Hearing last week.

Harrison’s Mayor Jerry Jackson (left) and Boone County Judge Robert Hathaway, along with their assistants, Christeen Waters and Ivy Day, met with Alex Smith from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership. The city and the county have partnered for an individualized joint training session for city and county officials on strategies to abate the Arkansas opioid epidemic.

Mayor Jerry Jackson has asked the public to submit their ideas for the "Hole in the Square" to info@harrisonar.gov as soon as possible.

Mayor Jerry Jackson and Chief of Police Chris Graddy were invited to speak to the Harrison District Board of Realtors on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Western Sizzlin’ about the sunset provision on the two ordinances that govern the general fund quarter-percent sales tax and the half-percent sales tax for infrastructure. Voters have continued to renew these taxes every eight years. To continue planning for growth and to provide services to the community, the City Council voted unanimously to ask voters to remove the provision that requires a vote every eight years. Jackson and Graddy stressed, “This is not a tax increase.”

Early voting begins Feb. 17 and election day is March 3.

Here are more facts about the March 3 election from our elected City Clerk James White.

Good news we can share!!! Dollar General has completed negotiations with the building owners and will soon return to Downtown Harrison. Thank you to all involved in making this possible!

Save the date!

Here's a draft of the March 3 election ballot.

Thank you, Harrison Daily Times, for covering the City Council meeting last week. A video is available on the city's website for viewing at:

https://www.harrisonar.gov/documents/city-council-proceedings-and-archives/city-council-proceedings-2026/22846423

Thank you, Harrison Daily Times, for covering the City Council meeting last week.

The location for today's Historic District Commission meeting has been moved from the Admin Conference Room to the Council Chambers. The meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. today.

The public hearing held on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 5:30 p.m. went without any negative comments or discussion. Business owner Connie Cash had questions about the District expanding to cover more contributing structures. Downtown business owner and chairman of Main Street Harrison said he was excited for this commission and how it would help preserve the downtown historic district. Business owner Beverly DeWitt said she was very excited about the local control the Historic District Commission would have and to have answers for questions like "what kind of windows do I need." COO Wade Phillips explained that the Commission will be responsible for overseeing the process once everything has been approved.