I first ate at Gee Street Kitchen a few months back and had a truly amazing experience with the cheeseburger there. I had the pleasure of going again recently where I got to sit down with Assma the manager/owner, and Kevin the head cook to talk about Gee Street Kitchen Read more…
I had a great discussion with the Mayor today about the future of Jonesboro, it’s current challenges, and how we need to be looking to the long term future of Jonesboro. We can’t address every issue in the next few months or years even. If we’re going to solve Jonesboro’s Read more…
I met with Mark Young of the Chamber of Commerce and we discussed growing businesses in Jonesboro Arkansas. We talked about how the cornerstone of growing businesses in Jonesboro was having a good work force in Jonesboro, and how the cornerstone of having a good work force in Jonesboro was Read more…
Carroll’s Candies is the kind of shop I love. Small, locally owned, and completely unique to this area. The shop is veteran owned and operated by Allisa Carroll and Tony Hendrickson, who were both formerly in the Navy and have travelled and lived all over the country. They’re trying to Read more…
I ran into Captain Charles Smith when I was first walking around my neighborhood getting signatures so that I could run. I love meeting new people and Captain Smith is still relatively new to the area. He and his wife Captain Teri Smith have been running the homeless shelter in Read more…
For those of you who don’t know, I’m the co-founder of the NEA Gamers Guild, a free club that promotes unplugging and coming together around a table with family and friends to play games together. Through the guild I organize many community events, including monthly library game days, tournaments, learn Read more…
I had the absolute pleasure of meeting with Tony Thomas, the COO of Jonesboro. If you want to know how the sausage gets made in Jonesboro, this is the guy to talk to, and he was kind enough to let me pick his brain for a solid 2 hours over Read more…
While I was driving around town I ran into these gentlemen outside the barbershop they work at. I explained I was running for City Council and asked if I could take their photo and they happily obliged. The barbershop had only opened up in the last few months, and they Read more…
I wanted to get a better feel for the size and boundaries of my ward, so over the weekend I loaded Corbin (my 4 year old son) into the car, drove through Sonic for some drinks, and we drove the perimeter of ward 1. It took about 50 minutes to Read more…
Hello there! I’m Kier Heyl and I’m running for Jonesboro City Council – Ward 1. I was born and raised in Jonesboro Arkansas, and have lived or worked in Jonesboro most of my adult life. I’m a technical lead for Rural Sourcing, and have lead multiple software projects from beginning Read more…