Contact Information:

Meg Matthews

Public Relations Manager

(501) 371-4421 – office

(501) 804-4822 – cell

mmatthews@littlerock.gov

Media Advisory

When: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 –11:00 a.m.

What: LR CENT Meeting

Where: Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center

              3805 W. 12^th St.

Members of the Little Rock Citizen’s Evaluation of New Tax Committee (LR CENT) will meet on Wednesday, September 18th at 11:00 a.m. in the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center on 12^th Street. This evaluation committee monitors the spending of the additional revenue that is a result of the recently enacted one cent sales tax increase. The LR CENT Committee members serve four year terms.

The Committee members are:

• Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton         Co-Chair
• Gary Smith                               Co-Chair
• Chrystal Gray                           Ward 1
• Dr. Anika Whitfield                   Ward 2
• Steve Strickland                        Ward 3
• Kyle Demilt                               Ward 4
• Peter McKinney O’Conor         Ward 5
• Masheerah Tharpe                    Ward 6
• Don Shellabarger                      Ward 7
• Charles Blake                            At-Large
• Khayyam Eddings                     At-Large
• Troy Laha                                At-Large

At their meetings, LR CENT committee members receive presentations from the City’s Department Directors who will describe upcoming projects pertaining to the areas they oversee.