Welcome to the NWA Transparency Project.
The NWA Transparency Project was created to collect, organize, preserve, and publish public records, timelines, correspondence, court filings, environmental documentation, development records, and other materials relating to matters of public interest throughout Northwest Arkansas.
The project began after our family’s experience living adjacent to major residential development activity associated with the Stokenbury Farms subdivision in Elkins, Arkansas.
Over a period of months, we documented construction activity, stormwater runoff concerns, drainage issues, detention pond questions, infrastructure matters, regulatory activity, public-record disputes, and related issues affecting our neighborhood and surrounding community.
What initially began as efforts to understand conditions affecting our property and neighborhood eventually expanded into public-record requests, environmental documentation, agency correspondence, litigation, chronology development, and the collection of a substantial body of records from multiple agencies and sources.
As records accumulated across multiple topics, agencies, and timelines, it became increasingly difficult to organize, preserve, and review the information in a meaningful way. This website was created to serve as a centralized repository where records can be preserved, timelines can be maintained, and source documents can be made accessible to the public.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE
The NWA Transparency Project currently focuses on:
• Development and infrastructure records
• Stormwater compliance documentation
• Environmental observations and timelines
• Public records requests and FOIA resources
• Government correspondence
• Court filings and litigation records
• Historical timelines and document archives
• Citizen education and transparency resources
WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN?
Most visitors should start with:
Elkins Development & Infrastructure Review
A review of records concerning development activity, infrastructure decisions, detention ponds, drainage systems, maintenance obligations, and related public records.
Our Lennar Experience
A chronology documenting our family’s experience living adjacent to active development, including observations, correspondence, photographs, public records, agency activity, and related documentation.
Stormwater Compliance Chronology
A chronological review of inspections, Notices of Non-Compliance, corrective-action submissions, permit activity, public-record requests, and ongoing observations.
FOIA Litigation Center
A collection of timelines, filings, records, and materials relating to ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation.
Arkansas FOIA Resource Center
Templates, guides, examples, lessons learned, and educational resources designed to help citizens access public records.
DID YOU KNOW?
Many government records belong to the public and may be requested under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
OUR APPROACH
The purpose of this project is not to tell readers what to think.
The purpose of this project is to preserve records, organize information, provide historical context, improve transparency, and make source documents more accessible.
Readers are encouraged to review the underlying records, timelines, photographs, correspondence, court filings, and public documents and draw their own conclusions.
Browse the records.
Follow the timeline.
Draw your own conclusions.