Paul Harvel

Paul Harvel is President and CEO of the Greater Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. Paul Harvel graduated from East Texas State University. He began in Chamber of Commerce carreer in 1968, with the city of Little Rock. After that he was an executive member of the El Dorado; Enid, Oklahoma; Midland, Texas; and Armarillo, Texas chambers. Since he has returned to the Little Rock Chamber he has helped with much of the improvements to Downtown Little Rock and the surrounding area. Harvel was apart of the Penacle Mountain State Park Project, Pulaski Technical School, Alltel Arena, Little Rock Convication Center, Clinton Presidential Library, River Market Project, and the Arkansas Partnership. The Arkansas Partnership is a Central Arkansas Economic Alliance. Harvel was also in charge of the building the new Little Rock Chamber of Commerce building. Paul Harvel once said, "The Chamber of Commerce advertising budget for the next 20 years couldn't buy what we're getting now." This was in reference to Bill Clinton's campaign for the presidential election in 1992.

References

• The New York Times, October 8, 1992, Thursday, Late Edition - Final, Clinton's Rise Is a Windfall To Little Rock

External links

• Adam Lucas, "GLRCC President Paul Harvel: An Oral History," May 12, 2006
• http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.ucark.uca.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?start=1&sort=RELEVANCE&format=GNBFI&risb=21_T2905641143