The Garland County Historical Society recently announced its 2024 board of directors.
The 2024 officers are Bitty Martin, president; Ron Fuller, vice president; Elaine Johnston, secretary; and Ray Rosset, treasurer. New board members are Lauren Adkins, Kent Dover and Cindy Rogers.
The new board was introduced at the monthly membership meeting held recently at the Garland County Library.
In a news release, the Historical Society said Adkins was born and raised in Hot Springs and now serves as the long-range/historic preservation planner for the city of Hot Springs, where she manages two locally-ordinanced historic districts and works to implement the HS2040: Forward Hot Springs plan. She was previously employed by the District of Columbia government as the neighborhood revitalization manager and earlier with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street Center.
Dover, an executive broker with Coldwell Banker-RPM Group-Hot Springs, relocated to Hot Spring in 2003. He has served as president of the Hot Springs Board of Realtors and was chosen Realtor-of-the-Year in 2011 by the Arkansas Realtors Association. He has been appointed to the National Association of Realtors Resort and Second Home Committee, the release said.
Rogers moved to Hot Springs in 1987 and earned a Master's Degree in Special Education at the University of Arkansas Little Rock that was followed by a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. She is a certified legal mediator, serves on the Hot Springs School District Board of Education and the Hot Springs Historic Commission, and chairs the Park Avenue Community Association, or PACA, board of directors, it said.
The Garland County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization established in 1960 to collect and preserve materials relating to Garland County, to bring together people interested in the history of Garland County, and to educate the public about the rich heritage of Garland County, the release said. The society is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays at 328 Quapaw. For more information, call 501-321-2159 or visit:
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Outgoing board member Toma Noble Whitlock, left, receives a recognition certificate for completing six years of service as a member of the board of directors for the Garland County Historical Society from President Bitty Martin. (Submitted photo courtesy of Garland County Historical Society)