This project is important for a great number of reasons, but mostly for the economic growth and educational opportunities it will bring to this small town. Young people without the means to go elsewhere for outlets of artistic drives often end up finding drugs as their avenue of release.
This is a problem in many small towns such as ours. The restoration of the Grand View Hotel and opening of Ozarts Center for the Arts will bring real hope and a path for anyone with the desire to create. It will also bring jobs and tourism revenue to a town with few options and save a very important historical landmark. You can learn more about our project at Ozarts.org, including links to Youtube interviews with civic leaders.

We ask that anyone who is, or knows of someone who is, capable of doing a news story on us to please help us get the word out about our mission. We have tried all conventional means to find the funding to make this dream a reality, but because we are a small town and the building was left out of service so long, we have not been able to get funding.

If you believe in the restoration of our historic landmarks and open availability of artistic education. Please sign this petition to ask Governor Beebe to help us.

For videos on the history of the Grand View, the mission of Ozarts, and interviews with civic leaders on the importance of this project, visit our Youtube site.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GAVirden?feature=mhum