Engage Arkansas honored the 2022 Volunteer Communities of the Year during a January 12 luncheon. The award recognizes cities and towns that exemplify the spirit of service through volunteerism. The 2022 recipients are Bentonville, Etowah, Fayetteville, Lonoke, Mulberry and West Memphis.
During the conference’s opening night banquet, the League honored several outgoing or retiring officials with honorary life memberships for their many years of service to their communities and to the League. New League members for life include James Sanders, former mayor of Blytheville; Catherine Cook, former city manager of Hope; Howard Cain, former Huntsville city attorney; Jackie Crabtree, former mayor of Pea Ridge; Sonny Hudson, former Prairie Grove mayor; Virginia Young, former mayor of Sherwood; Bobby Neal, former Smackover mayor; and Alan Loring, former mayor of Wrightsville.
For his 27 years of service to his city before stepping down at the end of 2022, the League presented outgoing Pea Ridge Mayor Jackie Crabtree (above) with the Don A. Zimmerman Dean’s Chair.
