OtherUnder review505 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, AR

Harvest Moon Bakery Café redevelopment

Fort Smith

Description

A family bakery plans to buy the long-vacant 505 Rogers Ave building, stabilize it, fix the facade, and open a Harvest Moon Bakery Café downstairs — with a production facility and possible upstairs residential/AirBnB space later. They're working through fire sprinkler reconnection and a drive-thru variance.

Impact summary

A long-vacant downtown building gets new life as a bakery destination, adding foot traffic and possibly residents upstairs. A drive-thru variance and a $250,000 fire suppression fix are the big hurdles.

Applicant

Name: Aaron Mastropaolo, Desirae Mastropaolo, and Sarah Higginbotham
Address: 505 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, ARSee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last discussed Mar 19, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Mar 19, 2026

Central Business Improvement District - Regular Meeting - Mar 19, 2026

The Harvest Moon family is buying the 8,000-square-foot vacant building at 505 Rogers and plans a phased redevelopment: bakery cafe on half the lower level, then a production facility, then possibly apartments or Airbnb upstairs. They close on the purchase March 27.

Related issues (1)

Harvest Moon Bakery redevelopment of 505 Rogers Avenue

A local bakery family is buying the long-vacant 505 Rogers building and plans a phased redevelopment: cafe first, then production space, then possibly upstairs apartments or Airbnb. They're funding it debt-free, so it'll take three to five years, and they're facing a $250,000 fire suppression hurdle and a drive-thru variance.

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