New faces in downtown Siloam

I haven’t written about Siloam Springs, the humble little community I reside in presently, in a while now. I’ve been waiting for a few projects downtown to come to completion. Two of these projects in question are now finished, so I’m sharing some photos of what’s happening on Broadway.

The fountain was just rebuilt. There is a bronze sculpture of a bird on the top that isn’t really visible against the trees; if I weren’t so tired this week I might have looked twice and moved three steps to the right so the bird was against the blue of the sky. Oh well.

A partnership between a local family, two brothers, and Drake Renovations — formerly DRC — is revitalizing downtown architecture. The brothers are funding the effort to bring a number of buildings back to life. The first of these projects to be finished was the small bookstore in the middle of the following photograph. This building used to be home to Savage Art. Ron Drake is on the left in the blue shirt, owner of Drake Renovations. The other two standing with him are part of the funding family.

Following are a few links to past posts about Siloam Springs’ downtown:

Downtown Siloam’s new details
Spurs for Siloam Springs
Downtown Siloam and DRC