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My community is the people of Eureka Springs- we gather at the Carnegie Public library for educational programs and to check out books and DVDs, we stay healthy by attending fitness classes at the Eureka Springs Community Center, and we hike the trails in town and in the parks- Black Bass Lake and Lake Leatherwood. Swim in the Kings River and Beaver Dam in the summer.
My community is made up of artists and writers and creative thinkers. We are affected by the lack of affordable housing for year-round residents.
Tourism is my community’s biggest industry, but it is seasonal so there is seasonal unemployment. Many of the house are owned by people who only visit for a few weeks a year and otherwise rent out these homes as vacation rentals to tourists. There are many hotels here, so this many vacation rentals are not necessary, especially when the people who work at the restaurants have to live out of their cats because they can’t find an affordable apartment.
Our town has very different needs and has a different economy than the other surrounding communities in Carroll County. We don’t have adequate public transportation, or even safe sidewalks. We have high taxes that serve to fund advertising the town to tourist, but very little public services funded by those taxes. So many of the local services (no-kill pet shelter, affordable medication, women’s shelter) are run entirely by non profits that are funded by donations and grants. The closest metro area is a minimum of an hours drive away. There are no facilities for a woman to get prenatal care or even deliver a baby in Carroll County- that means women often go without that sort of care.
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