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Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas and the global brand of a 12-county region home to more than 1 million people living within a 50-mile radius of downtown.
In late 2021, outdoor products manufacturer Trex Company, Inc. announced plans for building a factory in the Port of Little Rock, a project representing a nearly $400 million investment in the region that will create more than 500 jobs.
Mindful of the national shortage of primary care physicians and expanding health care needs in Arkansas, the Baptist Health System and UAMS partnered to create the Baptist Health-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Education Program.
ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed households that earn more than the Federal Poverty Level, but less than the basic cost of living for the state.
With the presence of the Little Rock Tech Park, The Venture Center, FIS FinTech Accelerator program and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, among other assets, the Little Rock Region is becoming known and respected in the startups/innovation sector.
The Venture Center is a globally recognized Arkansas-based Entrepreneurial Support Organization (ESO) that helps entrepreneurs turn their startups into viable, high-growth businesses.
Little Rock not only offers but promotes a lifetime of learning. From innovative, public pre-K for all to graduate offerings unique to the planet, the region values education and economic development as inseparable.
Little Rock Technology Park Authority provides quality job opportunities and economic development in Central Arkansas. The seven members of the authority represent the initiative of the Little Rock Regional Chamber, City of Little Rock, UA Little Rock and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Arkansas' performance-based incentives are nationally competitive and easy to use. The City of Little Rock has also funded performance-based incentives to complement those of the state. The chamber, in partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and city, focuses on a business' specific needs and designs a tailored incentive package unique to that business.
A historic partnership among the four public school districts and five chambers of commerce in Pulaski County is formed around a new model for public high school.
Threats to cybersecurity are only expected to become more numerous and sophisticated, and cybercrime is projected to cost the world more than $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.
Frank Braun said he was drawn to UA Little Rock because of the engagement of the Central Arkansas business community and the interest many longtime businesses continue to have in the school.
Ross Owyoung came to Little Rock from his hometown of McGehee, after graduating from the University of Arkansas, to attend the Clinton School of Public Service.
A native of Guanajuato, Mexico, Diego Morales Ibarra completed a business degree at Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo and came to Little Rock in 2018 to serve an internship at the Mexican Consulate.
When Windstream acquired Winters' previous employer in Greenville, South Carolina, she was offered a chance to take a position with the company in Little Rock, which jibed with her plans to earn a law degree as a part-time student.