Hot Springs AR Real Estate Blog

Oaklawn Live Racing is wrapping it up.....with a bang ! The 103rd year of live racing has been very exciting this year with THE largest crowds ever. "Derby Day" , which is the annual celebration leading up to "The Arkansas Derby" reported a record crowd of 72,464 in attendance. This is a strong i...

March 31, 2007 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS COMPETITIONTime: Semi-Finals 5pm - Finals 7:30pmHot Springs Convention Center-Horner Hall    Details: The Garland County Championship will consist of 64 players playing the sport in a classic tournament ladder structure. Forty eight (48) of the spots in the brac...

The First Ever Fourth Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade The gold at the end of the rainbow is found in Hot Springs, Arkansas, along with a celebrity Grand Marshal Mario Lopez, green fireworks, Irish belly dancers, floats, Irish Order of Elvi (a group of Elvis look-alikes), marchers...

March 19-April 18, 2007TULIP EXTRAVAGANZA Garvan Woodland Gardens   Garvan Woodland Gardens will become a kaleidoscope of color during this 5th annual event. Over 93,000 graceful and delicate tulips will beautifully co-mingle with the wooded landscape and present an impressive floral display. Sh...

Thank Goodness for speedy service from the Emergency & Entergy personnel in Hot Springs.  Otherwise, we could have had a bunch of unhappy race track fans yesterday at Oaklawn Thoroughbred Racing Track. A tractor-trailer backed into a light pole near the track, causing it to fall onto power lines ...

March 14-18, 2007The Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival 2007Various Venues Historic Downtown Hot Springs       The Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival is heading into its 3rd year of producing original, forward thinking, innovative music. The Valley of the Vapors brings t...

Botanical beauty! The spring season begins at Garvan Woodland Gardens with the "Dance of the Daffodils." Come enjoy the beautiful color of over 150,000 daffodils from 327 varieties on a breath-taking 210 acre botanical garden on Lake Hamilton.Don't miss it!  The Gardens are so beautiful this tim...

Oaklawn Park resumes traditional five-day-per-week racing this week in Hot Springs, Arkansas -- which will be Wednesday through Sunday through the end of the racing season.  The only exception to the schedule is Easter Sunday, April 8, when the  track is closed.  First post time reamins at 1:30p....

The weather has been beautiful in Hot Springs with temperatures in the low 70s over the last couple weeks. . . perfect weather for the construction going on at Hot Springs' newest development by Legendary Properties.  The property has been covered with big machinery going full speed ahead!  It's ...

The oldest tourist attraction in the state of Arkansas, the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo in Hot Springs was the first of its kind in the country when it opened back in 1902. The Wild South?  Legendary outlaws Frank and Jesse James robbed a stagecoach five miles outside of Hot Springs i...