Roadshow Finale in Springdale Marks Turning Point for Growth Strategy
- Growing Home NWA Project Team
- Oct 1
- 1 min read
Residents, officials and industry leaders explore policy tools to guide Northwest Arkansas’ future.
The Growing Home roadshow concluded Wednesday, Sept. 17 with a public presentation at The Medium in Springdale. The event capped a week of focus groups, community meetings and pop-ups across Northwest Arkansas, where residents and leaders shared concerns about growth and ideas for the future.
The evening featured displays highlighting both earlier findings and new proposals shaped by roadshow input. Project lead Matt Lambert of DPZ CoDesign delivered a 45-minute presentation outlining the region’s challenges and presenting policy strategies and tools aimed at managing growth more effectively. Some examples drew from local efforts already underway, showing how communities can expand housing choices, align infrastructure and preserve valued open space.
Areas of focus included housing cost, transportation and congestion, infrastructure and utilities, community character and impact, and collaboration and regional tools.
Following the presentation, attendees reviewed displays and spoke with the project team about strategies that could help balance rapid growth with affordability, sustainability and community character.
With the roadshow now complete, the project team will begin assembling the comprehensive Regional Strategy. That work will synthesize the data, ideas and feedback gathered over the past week into a framework for future growth, expected to be released in early 2026.
The complete presentation slides and a closing interview with Matt Lambert are available below.
