The University of Arkansas Community Design Center at Fayetteville
received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The
Community Design Center is an outreach program of the Fay Jones School
of Architecture. The funding comes from the American Recovery &
Reinvestment Act, also known as the federal "economic
stimulus" program. The Community Design Center will use the grant
funds to help pay the salaries of its four fulltime staff members. The
Community Design Center and the Arkansas Repertory Theatre Co. were the
only two organizations in Arkansas to be awarded the stimulus grants.