Read in English: https://chikinmelele.com/groundwork-begins-construction-on-big-emma-in-downtown-springdale/

Summer eo eṃootḷọk, Groundwork ekkar kōjeḷā kōn Big Emma project. Jerbal in ej kein kajuon ilo Northwest Arkansas. Big Emma enaaj jerbal jān Community Development NWA eo ej juon local, not-for-profit developer. Jān jipañ im jāān in orḷọk jān Shiloh Capital, LLC im the Walton Family Foundation, Groundwork enaaj lale partnership in ikōtaan kōnaan ko an public im private ñan kōṃṃan eṃ ñan rijerbal ro me eṃṃan wōnāān ilo Downtown Springdale. The Big Emma apartments enaaj pād ioon Emma Ave im Park Street ilo Downtown Springdale iturin Community Clinic im maan in the Little Emma apartments. Jerbal in enaaj kwaḷọk 77- unit ñan baaṃle ko rej kōṃṃan jabdewōt income, 30 ñan baaṃle ko rej kōṃṃan dikḷọk jan $90,000 ilo juon iio. Jerbal in kaḷapḷọk apartment e enaaj bar waḷọk jikin wia kope im ṃōn ṃōñā ko. Jikin pād in eṃṃan ñan armej ro ñan etetal ñan ṃōn wia ko epaak, health clinics, pharmacies, im jikin ikkure āinwōt The Jones Center, Luther George Park, im the Razorback Greenway.

Kōttōpar eo ñan Community Development NWA, ekkar ñan Casey Kleinhenze, ej ñan bōktok private im public program im funding ko ippān doon. Ekōnono ñan the Walton Family Foundation, Meredith Bergstrom ekar ba foundation e “ekijoror ñan jipañ project e, kōnke ej juon waanjoñak eṃṃan ñan public-private partnerships eo waḷọk bwijin kumi rej itok ippān doon bwe en tōprak jerbal e. Groundwork kakobaak developers (group ro rej kokal eṃ kilep ko) ñan city im private properties ñan kajutak eṃ ko ñan rijerbal ro. Bwijin armej ro rijerbal epen aer kappok eṃ me eṃṃan wōnāān im epaak ñan aer jab aikuij aetok aer kattōr ñan jikin jerbal. Groundwork ej kile Big Emma āinwōt “kakōḷḷe eo jinoin tata in tōprak” ilo jerbal eo aer. 

Project in The Big Emma ekkar jinoin waḷọk jān pepe an Shiloh Captial, juon investment fund an jukjuk in Springdale Ken Hall, Don Harris im Tom Lundstrom. Rekar ba rekijooror ñan kaḷapḷọk kalok eo an Little Emma ilo aer kōjerbal mālim ñan kajutak Makoko ikōtaan Business 71 im Springdale Downtown im jerbal ippān Northwest Arkansas Council Workforce Housing Center Community Development. Patsy Christie, eo ej jerbal ñan City of Springdale, ekar kōmeḷeḷe ke eḷap ikdeelel ñan multi-family housing ilo city eo im Downtown. Shiloh Capital ej kōjatdikdik ñan kajutak project ko an ilju im jakḷaj ekar ñan tōprak eo an project e. Tom Lundstrom ekar ba bwe rekar tōmak Big Emma enaaj juon eṃṃakūt me enaaj jerbal ñan business im baaṃle ko im bwe relukkun ṃōṇōṇō bwe enaaj waḷọk bwijin eṃ ñan rijerbal ro. 

Judd Semingson, kōnono ñan Community Clinic, ekar kōnono kon joñan an eṃṃan bwe Big Emma project ilo Springdale epaak jikin clinic eo aer ilo Springdale. Ewōr aer 18 clinics ikōtaan Northwest Arkansas, akō clinic eo eḷaptata epād ilo Downtown Springdale campus. The Big Emma construction enaaj jipañ kōn eṃ ñan nurse im case manager ro aer bwe ren maroñ jokwe ilowaan jikin ko rej jerbal ie. Ekar ba bwe eban wōt juon jikin eṃṃan ñan jokwe ak barāinwōt kadikḷọk wōnāān “ñan baaṃle ko rej ruwoj kōn ḷap wōnāān in market ilo Downtown Springdale.”