Frequently Asked Questions

• No,  River Bend Park is a Property Owners Association, therefore all lots are individually owned.

On or about December 1st, the park will close for the season.

• The water will be turned off
• The bath houses will be closed
• The waste disposal equipment will be winterized and stored
• The waste dump stations will be locked
• The garbage dumpster will be put "on call"
• Any other related season closing items

The park is open from on or about March 15th to on or about December 1st (weather permitting).  In February, March and holiday weekends, the office will be open extended days and hours.  The normal schedule for now is:

• Sunday – Closed
• Monday – Call for Appointment (24 Hr Notice)
• Tuesday – Closed
• Wednesday - Closed
• Thursday - Call for Appointment (24 Hr Notice)
• Friday – 10a to 2p
• Saturday – Call for Appointment (24 Hr Notice)

• The mailing address is:  PO Box 337, Hardy, AR 72542.
• The physical address is:  145 Bluff Road, Hardy, AR 72542.  This is the first entrance gate to the park.

If no one answers your call, leave a voicemail, otherwise you won't get a return call if needed.

• The phone number to the park office is 870.819.7757.
• The phone number to the park manager is 870.897.7275.

• Board President - rbpark.president@gmail.com
• Board Vice President - rbpark.vicepresident@gmail.com
• Board Secretary - secretary.rbpark@gmail.com
• Board Treasurer - rbpark.treasurer@gmail.com 
• Office Assistant - rbpark.office@gmail.com
• Park Manager - rbpark.manager@gmail.com

• The yearly assessment of $775 is due on February 1st of every year. If you wish to pay in two (2) installments, a $25.00 processing fee will be added. The first half of the assessment is due February 1st of every year; the second half of the assessment is due by May 1st of the same year.   There is an automatic 1% Online Processing Fee added to ALL invoices.  If paying by Cash, Check or Money Order, this fee will be removed.
• For NEW property owners who purchase a lot after August 1st, the assessment will be $400, then will be $775 every year after the initial year.  This does not apply to established property owners.
• The assessment is due every year regardless of lot usage.  Please refer to the Declaration of Restrictions, number 14. OBLIGATIONS OF LOT OWNERS, AVOIDANCE - TERMINATION; 14.1 NON-USE OR ABANDONMENT - No owner of a lot interest, through the non-use of the property or professed abandonment of an ownership interest may avoid the maintenance assessments, charges or any other obligations imposed on the owner by this Declaration.

• Yes, it can be found by clicking here.

• The yearly assessment can be paid by cash, check, money order, through QuickBooks payment which will debit your checking account or QuickBooks online credit card.  Please send an email with your lot and block number to rbpark.office@gmail.com  or to rbpark.treasurer@gmail.com to receive the link for the QuickBooks payment including which option you wish to pay by.  There is a $1 Postage fee if you request your invoices to be USPS mailed to you.  There is a 1% Online Processing Fee for payment through online checking / savings account payments.  There is a $0.25 Flat Fee  along with a 3% Credit Card Processing Fee for payment by credit / debit card. 

Your yearly assessment includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Two gate cards and the option to buy 4 more openers (card or fob), use of the bath houses, use of the pools, use of the garbage dumpsters, use of park roads, water, pumping once a week, 3 free Friday pumps and many more
• It also covers overhead costs to run the park.  For example, employee salaries, insurance, pool chemicals, common ground electricity, water bill, gas bill, garbage bill, equipment maintenance, bath house maintenance, gravel for the road, etc.
• Your yearly assessment covers the usage of park facilities and amenities by members NOT in good standing.  It also pays for any water that they are illegally using by not paying their own yearly assessment.

• Yearly assessments cover pumping RV/Camper holding tanks one time per week (Monday through Thursday). The day of the week may vary depending on the number of tanks and locations to be pumped for efficient pumping.

• Send an email or text to rbpark.pumping@gmail.com with your Lot and Block # to be put on the MONDAY pumping list. When sending the email/text, ONLY send your lot and block. It needs to be in 000-00 number format, with LOT listed FIRST, then the block. It HAS to be a 3 digit lot, a dash, then a 2 digit block with no spaces. Lot and block numbers must be in this format with no other wording, or your request will be rejected. For example, if you are lot 1 in block 1, you would send 001-01. Lot 4 in block 7 would be 004-07. Lot 29 in block 10 would be 029-10. Make sure you use the number 0 and not the letter O. DO NOT forward your previous emails/texts. If you are emailing your request, DO NOT use the subject line, put your lot and block in the BODY of the email. If you have more than one lot, send a separate email/text for each lot and wait at least 1 minute before sending the next one. Your pump request MUST be sent via email/text to rbpark.pumping@gmail.com. DO NOT text it to the office phone number. DO NOT text it to the park managers phone number. DO NOT send it to the office email address. It WILL NOT be accepted. You are responsible for sending your lot and block in the correct format. You will get a rejection email/text if it is not in the correct format. Make sure you watch for this and be sure to check your Spam/Junk folder. RBP is NOT RESPONSIBLE for any cellular carrier issues, or failure to send in a corrected request after a rejection has been sent. If your request comes in after 9pm, you will be put on the next Monday's pump list.

• Again, the format is very important so that your request will not be rejected by the system. No extra information other than the numeric format of your lot and block should be sent. Remember for emails, DO NOT use the subject line, put your lot and block in the BODY of the email. DO NOT forward old texts or emails.

• You do not need to wait until Sunday to send in your request. You can start as early as Tuesday morning. If you have bad cellular service at the park, and you know you are coming, send your request from home.

• In order to cater to extended stays of property owners, three (3) additional Friday pumps per year will be available at no additional cost for property owners that request this service. Property owners must fill out the Friday Pump Request Form no later than Monday at 3pm on the week of the Friday they want pumped. Requests received after 3pm will not be accepted. You can do this by going to https://riverbendparkhardyar.com/friday-pump-form. DO NOT email the office, DO NOT call the office for a Friday Pump. Friday Pump requests will ONLY be accepted by filling out the form on the website.

• Any off-schedule pumping will be charged a $25 pumping fee. This includes, but not limited to, emergency pumps, other additional pumps (after the three listed above) or special request for pumps on tanks that prove to be empty.

• All pumping will be contingent on park employees HAVING CLEAR ACCESS to RV/Camper holding tanks INCLUDING UNLOCKED ACCESS DOORS and CLEAR PATHS from the road to the RV/Camper holding tank valves.  If there is anything blocking the path or your valves, you will not be pumped.  This includes, but not limited to,  lawn mowers, bicycles, rafts, kayaks, broken glass, active wasp nests, snakes, etc.

• Quiet Time hours are 11:00pm to 7:00am every day during regular open season.

• Please contact Sharp County Sheriff’s Office. For non-emergency calls, dial 870.994.2211.   For emergency calls, dial 911.

• No, you cannot use a blue boy in River Bend Park according to the ADEQ permit. If you are caught using a blue boy, ADEQ can fine you starting at $15,000. 

• No, you cannot dump any compost toilet material into the dump station. This will clog the pipes and cause the system to fail, then ADEQ will close the park until it is fixed. 

• No, you cannot dump either gray water or black water tanks straight on the ground. If you are caught dumping either gray or black water on the ground, ADEQ can fine you starting at $15,000 .

• You can check the river levels by going to https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lzk&gage=hdya4.

• No, the park does not provide internet service. CenturyLink (877.862.9343) is an ISP that provides service in the park. The website is: https://www.centurylink.com/home/. 

• No, the park does not provide electricity to individual lots.

• You will need to contact Entergy (1-800-ENTERGY) and let them know you want to install your own electric meter and pole. They will come out and let you know where to install the pole. The next step is getting an electrician to install the electric meter box onto the pole.  After that, Entergy will need to know it is available for them to come out and hook up the electricity. This website explains the process: https://www.entergy-arkansas.com/your_home/new/.