partners for $2 million. Pelsor, who had recently purchased much of the surrounding land, announced that he planned to reopen the park as an ecotourism village. On December 8, 2014 the park was opened to the public for the first time since it closed 21 years earlier. That weekend, over 5,000 visitors toured the property in anticipation of a grand opening date in the future. Pelsor's plans included restoring the stream, trout farm and mill, featuring music performances, and opening a restaurant. The reopened park, he said, would be named the Village at Dogpatch. Three buildings burned on the Dogpatch Grounds on February 22, 2015; the buildings were a total loss. Newton County, Arkansas, officials have deemed the incident "suspicious". No one was reported to be injured in the blaze. On May 16 and 17, the park was opened to the public for a second time. Several music groups performed, and artisans from around the Ozarks demonstrated and sold their crafts. In March 2016, Pelsor put the park up for sale for $3 million, explaining that his business partner, James Robertson, wanted to sell his share of the park, but Pelsor could not afford to buy him out. Pelsor said he would happy to remain co-owner by selling just half the park to a new business partner. In December 2017, Pelsor announced that he had reached an agreement to lease the park to Heritage USA, Inc., a company owned by David Hare, not to be confused with Heritage USA, a Christian theme park by the same name in South Carolina that closed in 1989. Hare intended to develop the property into Heritage USA Ozarks Resort at Historic Dogpatch beginning in March 2018. However, on August 20, 2018 Debra Nielson, the hotel's owner, filed a lawsuit in Newton County Circuit Court to evict David Hare from her property. The park became once again abandoned. Pelsor stated that Hare had fallen behind on lease payments. Even though he was continuing to make YouTube videos advertising the park, and vacationers had paid and left deposits on hotel rooms, the hotel was vacant and utilities were cut off, while Hare and Heritage USA had become unreachable. Court filings with Pulaski County Circuit Court show that Heritage agreed to pay $5,500 a month for use of the property and in fact never paid anything, in addition to not paying for insurance on the property which