They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, the following post is worth – we don’t know – several thousand words.
We listed the 25 most popular stories of 2012 earlier today, and in that same spirit, here’s a review of the news events and happenings in Fayetteville for 2012 in pictures.
Enjoy.
January
After nearly five months of interim leadership, the Fayetteville Public Library named David Johnson as permanent executive director in January.
Photo: Todd Gill
Martin Luther King Jr. Day march made its way down Arkansas Avenue on Jan. 16.
Photo: Todd Gill
Dickson St. Liquor broke ground on an expansion project in January.
Photo: Todd Gill
February
A dusting of snow covered Fayetteville on Feb. 13. It was one of very few snow storms in 2012.
Photo: Todd Gill
“Bubba Hog” danced on the big screen during a Razorback basketball game last season.
Photo: Todd Gill
Fayetteville City Hall looking patriotic on President’s Day.
Photo: Todd Gill
March
The Iceberg co-working space opened off Dickson Street in mid-March.
Photo: Todd Gill
The St. Patrick’s Day parade made its way down Dickson Street.
Photo: Todd Gill
Mayor Lioneld Jordan announced his bid for re-election in late March on the Fayetteville square.
Photo: Todd Gill
April
Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino speaks during a press conference after his motorcycle accident in early April.
Video still, RazorVision
Local band Farmer and the Markets perform on the square during the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.
Photo: Todd Gill
Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long (left) answers questions from the media following the firing of former head football coach Bobby Petrino.
Staff photo
Local blues prodigy Nathan A. performs during the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards in April.
Photo: Todd Gill
Walton Arts Center officials unveiled the new Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Washington County Fairgrounds in April.
Photo: Todd Gill
May
Former Fayetteville mayor Dan Coody announced he would challenge Mayor Lioneld Jordan in November in a field near his Mount Sequoyah home.
Photo: Todd Gill
Wilco performed at the Arkansas Music Pavilion in early May.
Photo: Todd Gill
Officials broke ground on Fayetteville’s first ever modern roundabout in mid May.
Photo: Todd Gill
The Block Street Block Party rocked Block Avenue once again in 2012.
Photo: Todd Gill
The Food Network reality series “The Great Food Truck Race” filmed an episode in Fayetteville in late May.
Photo: Todd Gill
Artist Patrick Dougherty completed his Stickwork installation on the plaza in front of the Walton Arts Center in May.
Photo: Todd Gill
June
The Avett Brothers headlined Wakarusa in early June on the Mulberry Mountain.
Photo: Todd Gill
Locals marched in the NWA Pride Parade on Dickson Street during All Out June.
Photo: Todd Gill
July
Fourth of July in Downtown Fayetteville.
Photo: Todd Gill
A thunderstorm with high winds passed through Fayetteville in July, destroying the tent above the stage, and causing other severe damage to the Arkansas Music Pavilion.
Photo: Todd Gill
Crews installed new signs on the Chancellor Hotel in downtown Fayetteville in July.
Photo: Todd Gill
Meadow Valley Trail, the 2.3-mile trail that runs west from Scull Creek Trail to Porter Road near the Interstate 540 interchange, opened in July.
Photo: Todd Gill
August
The David Grisman Folkjazz Trio made a surprise appearance at a live broadcast of Ozarks at Large in the Walker Room of the Fayetteville Public Library during the Fayetteville Roots Festival.
Photo: Todd Gill
The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission purchased 96 “Welcome Hog Fans” banners just before the start of Razorback football season in August.
Photo: Todd Gill
Phase 1 of the new Fayetteville High school was unveiled in August. Here’s the new performing arts center.
Photo: Eric Chitwood
Fayetteville Underground got a new home in August. Artist Hank Kaminsky (right) leads a tour of the collective’s gallery space on the Fayetteville square.
Photo: Todd Gill
Ozark Literacy Council launched a fundraising and awareness effort called PIGShibition, placing 25 six-foot-tall pigs all over Fayetteville. Pictured is artist Rae Russell, who installed her pig in front of the Clinton House Museum in August.
Photo: Todd Gill
September
The University of Arkansas announced a major gift toward a planned performing arts center on the Fayetteville campus in September.
Photo: Todd Gill
Bikes, Blues & BBQ rolled into town in September.
Photo: Todd Gill
A gate built in commemoration of the local Pi Beta Phi chapter’s 100-year anniversary on campus was constructed of limestone, native Arkansas stones and wrought iron.
Photo: Todd Gill
University of Arkansas Chancellor David Gearhart, Panama President Ricardo Martinelli, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, Chancellor co-owner Sam Alley, Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan and Chancellor co-owner Ike Thrash helped cut the grand opening ribbon of The Chancellor Hotel in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo: Todd Gill
October
Hundreds of Fayetteville residents turned out to trick-or-treat on the square Oct. 31.
Photo: Todd Gill
Residents made their way up Block Avenue during the Men’s March Against Violence on Oct. 26.
Photo: Todd Gill
Dignitaries from around the world visited the Clinton House Museum on Oct. 23.
Photo: Todd Gill
Downtown Fayetteville showed off its fall colors in late October.
Photo: Todd Gill
Mayor Lioneld Jordan and former Mayor Dan Coody face off in a debate held at Upper Witherspoon Building Activity Center at First United Presbyterian Church in early October.
Photo: Todd Gill
City officials and members of the Washington Willow neighborhood dedicate St. Joseph Park Oct. 8.
Photo: Todd Gill
Arkadia Retrocade owner Shea Mathis leads a tour of his new retro video arcade in Evelyn Hills Shopping Center in early October.
Photo: Todd Gill
Center Street got some new sidewalks in October.
Photo: Todd Gill
November
Parents, friends, and community members came out to wish the Fayetteville Bulldogs well on their way to the state championship football game in November.
Photo: Todd Gill
Lights of the Ozarks on a quiet Monday night on the Fayetteville Square.
Photo: Todd Gill
New bike racks, designed by local artist Eugene Sargent, were installed on Block Avenue in November.
Photo: Todd Gill
Washington County Election Commissioner John Logan Burrow (center) watches while a team of election officials and volunteers count votes for the Nov. 6 general election in the Washington County Courthouse.
Photo: Todd Gill
Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan campaigns on election day outside Sang Avenue Baptist Church. Jordan defeated former Mayor Dan Coody by nearly 7,000 votes.
Photo: Todd Gill
December
The Fayetteville Half Marathon, Dec. 9.
Photo: Todd Gill
Bret Bielema was introduced as new Razorback head football coach in December.
Photo: Todd Gill
