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The City Attorney's client is the City of Fayetteville. The City Attorney's responsibility is to provide objective legal advice based on the law and the best interests of the city.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Blake Pennington blake@blakeforfayetteville.com FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (August 11, 2026) — As communities across Arkansas and the nation consider how to regulate data centers, the Fayettevi lle City Council is preparing to review changes to the city’s ordinance addressing the facilities. The current provision restricting data centers to general industrial zones and requiring conditional use permits, 1,000-foot residential buffers, and detailed utility reports,...

Municipal law is a specialized area of legal practice. Like healthcare, business, or criminal law, it requires experience with a unique set of laws, procedures, and responsibilities. Every day, a City Attorney helps other elected officials and city staff make decisions that affect roads, parks, public safety, economic development, housing, public records, contracts, zoning, and taxpayer resources. Those decisions must comply with Arkansas law while protecting the city's long-term interests....