Diana Long

Be Pro Be Proud has expanded its leadership team with a new business development manager, marketing manager, special events manager and state director for Alabama. read more >

Coleman is the director of financial aid and scholarships and will serve in both roles while a national search is conducted. read more >

The staff changes include Joy Barlogie, Diana Long and Stasha Irby. read more >

At Ottenheimer Market Hall in the River Market, four vendors failed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, but perhaps more surprising — considering that the hall’s doors were closed for more than a year — is that 11 vendors have returned. read more >

Outdoor drinks and dining have become commonplace in American downtowns, a trend pioneered in Arkansas by Little Rock, which initiated the River Market Entertainment District last summer. read more >

The farmers market on Tuesday at the River Market pavilions in downtown Little Rock is no longer. read more >

Motorists who regularly drive downtown may dread next year’s replacement of the Broadway Bridge, but Little Rock and transit officials don’t expect the $98.4 million project to cause many problems for area businesses. read more >

The Little Rock Farmers Market’s Tuesday market will return to morning to mid-afternoon hours once the Tuesday market opens on June 2. Last year’s “night market” from 3-7 p.m. was an experiment that failed, said Diana Long, director of River Market operations. read more >

Those who frequent downtown Little Rock after 5 p.m. may be happy to know that Boulevard Bread Co.’s location in the River Market is extending its hours, and that may be a sign of further things to come for the market as a whole. read more >