Jimmy Moses
Jimmy Moses is founder of Moses Tucker Real Estate and a prominent Little Rock-area commercial developer. Moses founded the company which bears his name in 1984. His partner in the firm is Rett Tucker. Moses conceived the idea of a Little Rock River Market in the 1980s following a visit to the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.
Moses is part president of the Downtown Little Rock Partnership and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Foundation. He chairperson of the Little Rock Airport Commission and is on the board of Fifty for the Future. For his work in redeveloping downtown Little Rock, Moses is recipient of the Lions World Services for the Blind Vision Award and the Award of Merit given by the Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Jimmy Moses once said, "A city is where you have those casual interactions with all kinds of people." Moses grew up with these experiences; that is why he has made it his life mission to revitalize downtown Little Rock. Moses attempted many times in his life to revitalize and bring life back into Downtown Little Rock. There were as many as five attempts prior to the River Market Project, including Capitol Place, the Downtown Little Rock Development Plan, Metrocenter Mall, Mainstreet Market, and Diamond Center. The missing piece with planning the revitalization was support from peers and the community. Moses helped put together put together the Downtown Little Rock Partnership, an organization that managed the River Market Project. Moses is a man that loves city life and loves the common places where people mix and mingle with other types of people in the community.
Jimmy Moses is member of a pioneer family in the Little Rock area. He received a bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University and a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Florida.
References
- Julian E. Barnes, "Jimmy Moses the Man with a Vision," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, June 6, 1996.
