H and R Block Rating 3

H&R Block

1116 E Main St 

Mountain View, AR 72560 

870-269-3320

These are the tax people, ya know. They take care of filing your income taxes every year if you don't want to do it yourself.

This is the only business in Mountain View that has put that little ramp up to the threshold so wheelchair users can sail right in. There is that door to contend with but it sure is easier to get over the threshold with that ramp. There's a curb cut at the end of the little strip mall HR Block is in. A  ways from the car, but there just the same.

I suppose doors have to open out instead of in, so in case of fire or other need for evacuation can be easier for the customers inside, but geez, it would be easier for the folks going in if the doors opened inward.

Ya know I have seen some business that keep their doors locked and you have to be buzzed in. Wonder if you need to say a secret word or need a password or something. That just seems strange. I don't know if this business is like that. I kinda doubt it in this town where everybody knows everybody, what they are doing and who they are doing it with every minute of every day. 

Rating - 3

Yelcot Telephone Company rating 5

218 East Main St.
Mountain View, AR 72560

(870) 269-3232
1-800-270-1198

Yelcot is the local phone company.  I have watched them over the past 3 years as they have installed a ramp. When I first moved here, I wanted a landline phone.  When inquiring, I was told I had to come down in person to give them a deposit. Okay.  Oops, when I got there, there was no way possible I could get into the building, no curb cut, no ramp. I called them from my cell and asked how I could get inside. They had installed a drive in window to try to comply with the ADA laws. Gotta give them some credit for inventive thinking.

Their building is near the center of tiny Mountain View so other buildings could be inspired by the curb cut and ramp, complete with railing they have build.  Props to them. I have not checked the doors, so don't know if they are self opening or not. So far, I have found no self opening doors in Mountain View except at Walmart.

Rating 5