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Article: Jones counting on Har-Ber meadows. (Har-Ber Meadows subdivision)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- May 19, 1997
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Har-Ber Meadows was supposed to be more than another subdivision.
It's a new-urbanism development in Springdale meant to create a neighborhood community, and a profit-seeking venture expected to help provide money to operate the Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families in that city.
Dr. Joel Carver, former chief executive officer of the center, a director of the Jones charities and a fried of Bernice Jones, says the 425-acre tract is where Mrs. Jones lived as a youngster. More recently, the property was owned by the Jones Investment Co., which deeded it over to the Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust 2 and then sold it to Har-Ber Meadows.
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