Little Rock City Beautiful Commission
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The Little Rock City Beautiful Commission (CBC) began in April 1947 as the City Beautification Forum. The Forum was organized by Mrs. Raymond Gesell and consisted of eighteen original members. The City Beautiful Commission was founded on January 12, 1948, through City of Little Rock Ordinance No. 7494.
The City Beautiful Commission is now part of the Little Rock Planning and Development Department. The goal of the CBC is "to raise the level of community expectation for the quality of its environment." The commission reviews all landscape ordinance variance requests, promotes landscaping generally, makes environmental policy recommendations, and creates aesthetic improvement guidelines.
Chairs of the City Beautiful Commission
- Mrs. Raymond Gesell (1948-1956)
- Willie Oates (1957-1959)
- Wayne Cranford (1960)
- Steve Stephens (1961-1962)
- Catherine Hidy (1963)
- Milas H. Hale (1964-1965)
- Fred Schmutz (1966)
- William Terry (1967)
- John P. Gill (1968-1969)
- Paul Lawhon (1969-1970)
- Henry Nichols (1971-1974)
- Jim Mauney (1975)
- James Conner (1976)
- Bill Gaskin (1977-1983)
- Ted Hannah (1978)
- Don Arick (1979)
- A. J. Almand (1980)
- Janes Vines (1981-1982)
- Sharon Priest (1984-1986)
- Bob Callans (1987)
- James G. von Tungeln (1988-1989)
- Bert Parker (1990)
- Joe Franklin (1991)
- Merle Seamon (1992)
- ?? - 1993-1998
- Dottie Funk (1999-2001)
- Nash Abrams (2002-2003)
- Tim Heiple (2004-2005)
- Karol Zoeller (2006)
- Lynn Mittelstaedt Warren (2007)
