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Michael Fothergill, executive and artistic director of Ballet Arkansas, notes that most performing arts organizations employ a greater number of contract employees than they do regular full-time employees.
Education / Health Care / Investments

A Reimagined World: Performing Arts in a PandemicLock Icon

Ballet Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra are fighting to keep the lights on — and, where possible, Arkansans employed — while retaining their audiences. read more >
Yang Luo-Branch of the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses.
Business Services / Legal / Media & Marketing

Ford Selected for Communications Role at ACF (Movers & Shakers)

Jessica Hughes Ford recently was named communications director of the Arkansas Community Foundation, a statewide nonprofit that fosters smart giving to improve communities. read more >
Cranford Co. will move three doors north from its current location (both denoted above in red) at the northwest corner of Sixth and Main in Little Rock.
Media & Marketing / Real Estate

Cranford Co. Slips Into M.M. Cohn BuildingLock Icon

Cranford Co. is moving from the corner of Main and Sixth in Little Rock's "Creative Corridor" down three doors to 512 Main, once envisioned as a space for Ballet Arkansas. read more >
Outside of the Arkansas Repertory Theater and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's spaces. 
Construction / Nonprofits / Real Estate

After 5 Years of Waiting, Ballet Arkansas to Find New Home on Main Street

Five years after development began, Ballet Arkansas is finally moving into its new office and rehearsal space on Main Street Little Rock's "Creative Corridor." read more >
Scott Reed’s Main Street Lofts project at 510-524 Main St. adds to his track record of overreaching, underfinanced, subsidy-supported, unfinished redevelopments.
Construction / Legal / Media & Marketing

AMR Construction Wins Main Street Arbitration Case

The general contractor on Little Rock’s troubled Main Street Lofts project has been awarded $896,756 in its arbitration case. read more >
Ganelle Blake
Nonprofits

Ballet Arkansas Names Ganelle Blake Executive Director

Ballet Arkansas announced Thursday that Ganelle Blake will lead the state’s only professional ballet company as its new executive director. read more >
From left to right: Randy Young of the Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; Ron Curry, administrator of the EPA's Region 6; and Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola plant the final shrubs in the streetscape.
Construction / Real Estate

Creative Corridor Debuts First Completed Section

The city of Little Rock on Monday opened the 500 block of Main Street — the first section of the Creative Corridor streetscape. Includes video and slideshow. read more >
Mark Stodola, the mayor of Little Rock, stands along Main Street between Capitol Avenue and 6th Street.
Banking & Finance / Construction / Government & Politics

Mayor Mark Stodola Looks to Keep Main Street Makeover Moving

A mix of retail and of-fice buildings that decades ago were part of the city’s historic commercial core have combined with new construction to recast a string of properties. A foundation of restaurants, apartments and the performing arts will be joined by a high-rise hotel redevelopment and the Little Rock Tech Park. read more >
Lauren Strother
Nonprofits

Ballet Arkansas Names New Executive Director

Lauren Strother is leaving as executive director of Ballet Arkansas, and Karen Shinn Bassett, president of Ballet Arkansas' board of directors, will replace Strother, the nonprofit announced Monday. read more >
A rendering of the renovated Arkansas Building at the corner of Sixth and Main streets in downtown Little Rock.
Nonprofits / Real Estate

Ballet Arkansas Seeking $200K for Main Street Studio

Ballet Arkansas is raising $200,000 to secure rehearsal and office space in Little Rock's emerging Main Street Creative Corridor. read more >
Small Business

Shuffles & Ballet II Studio Adds Space, Amenities

Shuffles & Ballet II dance studio recently added about 1,000 SF to its facility, after 27 years in the Merrill Shopping Center next to the Market Street Cinema in Little Rock. read more >
CEO Phyllis Haynes stands near the fruit of the Arkansas Foodbank's board-led capital campaign: a new, nearly $11 million distribution center in Little Rock.
Nonprofits

Nonprofit Boards in Arkansas Give Leadership

Volunteer board members manage and serve as key decision-makers for Arkansas nonprofits of varying size and scope. read more >