Hope has been named to the Top 10 in the “America’s Main Street” Contest sponsored by “Independent We Stand”. Hope joins at least one other town in the Ark-La-Tex area in making the the top 10, Homer, Louisiana. Other towns in the top 10 include Chattahoochee, Florida, Bedford, Pennsylvania, Emporia, Kansas, Snohomish, Washingtonm Macon, Georgia, Osborne, Kansasm Columbia, Kentrucky, and Sykesville, Maryland. The winner will be announced June 1st. The winning community will receive $25,000 cash and prizes to help revitalize the community’s Main Street.