Downtown Little Rock Partnership

Downtown Little Rock has a blueprint. All stakeholders must come together to make it happen. read more >

The colorful ducks also caught the attention of your Whispers staff, which was determined to get to the bottom of this fowl uprising. read more >

Arkansas economic developers are pushing for legislation to allow state incentives for commercial projects, including tax breaks they say are needed to even the field in competing with neighboring states. read more >

The culinary celebration is leaving Main Street and heading west down Capitol Avenue. This year’s festival will be held on Capitol between Woodlane and Chester streets on Sept. 22. read more >

The $750,000 study will go to the Little Rock Board of Directors for final approval. read more >

Little Rock scored some big wins last week, bringing the prospect of new life downtown. read more >

The Arkansas River presents a huge opportunity for downtown Little Rock. read more >

The plan includes infrastructure investments as well as improvements to the city's downtown attractions. read more >

Kyle Leyenberger is the new director of communications, and Tori Rogers is the new director of events. read more >

Michelle Gilbert has been hired as director of communications for the Downtown Little Rock Partnership. read more >

Restaurateurs come together at the SoMa Outdoor Dining Room in the parking lot at the southeast corner of 13th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock. read more >

The Little Rock Board of Directors last week approved an expansion of the existing River Market Entertainment District and the creation of a temporary district in the South Main neighborhood. read more >

The AC Hotel at 201 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock aims for millennials with its package of Euro flair. Here's a look inside the $25 million project that remade the historic the Hall-Davidson building. read more >

A number of Arkansas cities — including El Dorado, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Texarkana — are either considering or are taking steps toward creating “entertainment districts” that would allow the open carry of alcohol. read more >

Bryan Achorn and Trent Daniels have been sworn in to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. read more >

Downtown Little Rock Partnership is hosting a new event, the East Village Street Food Jam, from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday on the lawn of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. read more >

Diamond Lewis has been hired as public relations and accounts manager at Culturally Connected Communications in Little Rock. read more >

Property owners in downtown Little Rock’s Metrocentre Improvement District No. 1 are finally getting a break from decades of shouldering $12.5 million of debt. read more >

Recently, the Downtown Little Rock Partnership, the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Maumelle Chamber of Commerce and several community leaders have endorsed the quarter-cent sales tax to fund public transit on the March 1 Pulaski County ballot. read more >

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 >