CONWAY — After eight weeks of summer recreation programs in the Kennett Middle School building in Conway Village, Conway Parks and Recreation Director Johnny Eastman said the new location feels like home.
“It really does,” Eastman said last week as the summer session was wrapping up. “We’re still not totally settled in yet, but it does feel like home and maybe more so when we get into the fall and are not in such a rush. I think it’s a great fit.”
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