Please contact the FCRA office prior to scheduling events at Chaffee Crossing. An application must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event.
Lorie Robertson (479) 452-4554
Notice: FCRA Board of Trustees meeting dates and times are subject to change.
Monday, July 4
Saturday, July 9 "American Pie"
Market Hours - 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pie Baking Contest - Drop off starts at 9:00 am, awards at 10:45 am; see Facebook event for registration details
Pie Eating Contest - Starts at 10:00 am, see Facebook event for registration details.
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Monday, July 11
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, July 14
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, July 21
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Monday, August 1
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, August 11
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Saturday, August 13 "Dog Days of Summer"
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Thursday, August 18
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Monday, September 5
Tuesday, September 6
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, September 8
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Saturday, September 10 "Rockin' Good Time"
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Thursday, September 15
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Saturday, September 17
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Saturday, September 24
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Tuesday, October 3
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Saturday, October 8 "Oktoberfest"
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Thursday, October 13
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, October 20
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Saturday, October 22
Chaffee Crossing Historic District, Fort Smith
Monday, November 7
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, November 10
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Friday, November 11
Saturday, November 12 - Honoring all military medical personnel
Chaffee Crossing Historic District
12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 17
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Monday, November 24 & 25
Monday, December 5
1:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, December 8
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Thursday, December 15
3:30 p.m.
Media Center
7801 Ellis St., Fort Smith
Friday, December 23 & Monday, December 25
Friday, December 30 & Monday, January 2, 2023
A new 24-acre public dog parking is coming to Chaffee Crossing. Public meetings have been held to get input on the design.
Since 1975 and the arrival of Vietnamese refugees, Fort Chaffee has been a relocation center for those displaced from their homes due to war and natural disasters. Because of Fort Chaffee, a Vietnamese community took hold in Fort Smith. The work at Fort Chaffee and area sponsors helped Vietnamese people relocate after trips by boats and airplanes to flee Vietnam at the end of the war.
On this day 64 years ago, the “haircut heard 'round the world” changed music history forever. As a 23-year-old Elvis Presley sat in the barber’s chair at Fort Chaffee barbershop in Fort Smith, Arkansas, his disappearing signature sideburns and pompadour unequivocally confirmed what lie ahead - a two-year tour of duty in the US Army and, much to the dismay of millions of fans around the world, a lengthy postponement of his trailblazing ascent as the young "King of Rock ’n' Roll." In a light-hearted moment with the onlooking press, Elvis jested, “Hair today, gone tomorrow!”
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority
7020 Taylor Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72916
(479) 452-4554