Editing Hot Springs Village, Arkansas (section)

== Government and politics ==
Hot Springs Village has more than 26,000 acres, much of it wooded. HSV is governed by the HSV Property Owners' Association (POA), a private, tax-exempt property owners association. A general manager and a seven-member volunteer board of directors, who are elected in staggered three-year terms, comprise POA leadership. Day-to-day operation of the POA is handled by an average of 475 employees assigned to one of six departments: Administration, Golf, Planning and Inspection, Public Safety, Public Works, and Recreation.

In addition to the Planning and Inspection Department, HSV's Architectural Control Committee's responsibility is to ensure that all building plans conform to architectural policy and building codes of the Village and to issue permits for new homes, landscaping, and remodeling. The ACC ensures that green belt areas, roadways, lakes, and other common areas are protected for general character, appearance and use by Hot Springs Village property owners.

Hot Springs Village has a Declaration and Covenants and Restrictions with which all property owners must comply. The POA has an information and regulations booklet detailing rules for recreational amenities. All HSV common property and amenities are owned by the property owners as a whole and maintained, regulated and operated by the POA:
* Eleven recreation lakes plus an isolated water-supply lake. The largest, Lake Balboa, is 944 acres.
* Two beaches, two full-service marinas, including boat rentals
* Two lake-side, covered pavilion complexes for group picnics for up to 300 people
* Nine [[golf]] courses (some of which are top-rated in Arkansas)
* The only 5-star tennis association in Arkansas (includes 10 [[clay courts]])
* Indoor swimming complex
* Outdoor swimming pool (opened 2020) 
* One of the largest bridge clubs in the United States (listed in the "Top 100 <ref>ACBL.org</ref>" most active duplicate bridge clubs of the ACBL). 
* Coronado Fitness Center, a large, extensively equipped fitness center
* More than  {{convert|30|mi|km}} of hiking trails
* Coronado Community Center, with more than {{convert|18000|sqft|m2}} of meeting rooms, including a {{convert|3600|sqft|m2|adj=on}} library with over 15,000 catalogued items (plus paperbacks),
* Ponce de Leon Community Center, with more than {{convert|11000|sqft|m2}}, plus the 650-seat Woodlands Auditorium for the performing arts. The center's Casa de Carta is home to one of the largest Duplicate Bridge clubs in the U.S., with more than 800 members. Ponce de Leon's Ouachita Activities Building has large and small meeting rooms.
* DeSoto Club Events Center, available for rent by POA members and non-members
* An RV camping park and RV and boat storage areas
* A family recreation area, including [[miniature golf]] and indoor/outdoor activities
* [[Lawn bowling]], [[bocce]] ball and [[pickleball]] courts
* A public-safety department providing police and fire protection
* Four fire stations and an ambulance headquarters
* Animal/wildlife control

=== Law enforcement and crime ===
According to neighborhoodscout.com, the CDP has a crime rate of 4 crimes per square mile, significantly lower than the Arkansas average of 21 crimes per square mile. The organization had also determined that the risk of becoming a victim in Hot Springs Village was 1 in 81 compared to the state average of 1 in 28.<ref>[http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ar/hot-springs-village/crime/ neighborhoodscout.com HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR CRIME RATES]</ref>