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The '''Maumelle Land Development Company''' was established around 1967. The chairman and chief executive director of the company was [[Dowell Naylor Jr.]]. Naylor worked with insurance executive [[Jess Odom]] on the New Town development that became [[Maumelle]]. Maumelle is sited on nearly six thousand acres of land formerly used as an ammunition dump. | The '''Maumelle Land Development Company''' was established around 1967. The chairman and chief executive director of the company was [[Dowell Naylor Jr.]]. Naylor worked with insurance executive [[Jess Odom]] on the New Town development that became [[Maumelle]]. Maumelle is sited on nearly six thousand acres of land formerly used as an ammunition dump. | ||
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| + | Six thousand acres of farmland were purchased in 1941 by the federal government for use as an ammunition depot known as the [[Maumelle Ordnance Works]]. The facility was sold in 1959 to [[Perry Equipment Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park. | ||
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| + | In 1967 the land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jess P. Odom]] who formed the [[Maumelle Land Development Company]] with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Odom hired [[Dowell Naylor Jr.]] as chairman and chief executive director of the company. The city name is a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast). | ||
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| + | Maumelle is one of only thirteen federal "New Towns" planned in the 1960s and 1970s. Growth and demographics in the city would be carefully monitored and maintained in order to create a self-sustaining planned community "to live, work, and play." In the 1970s the tagline associated with Maumelle was "New Home Town Coming True." The first resident to the new city arrived in 1974 and settled in a home in what is now the [[Club Manor Subdivision]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:58, 20 June 2010
The Maumelle Land Development Company was established around 1967. The chairman and chief executive director of the company was Dowell Naylor Jr.. Naylor worked with insurance executive Jess Odom on the New Town development that became Maumelle. Maumelle is sited on nearly six thousand acres of land formerly used as an ammunition dump.
Six thousand acres of farmland were purchased in 1941 by the federal government for use as an ammunition depot known as the Maumelle Ordnance Works. The facility was sold in 1959 to Perry Equipment Company. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the City of North Little Rock which hoped to erect an industrial park.
In 1967 the land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold to Arkansas insurance executive Jess P. Odom who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Odom hired Dowell Naylor Jr. as chairman and chief executive director of the company. The city name is a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped Pinnacle Mountain: Mamelle (woman's breast).
Maumelle is one of only thirteen federal "New Towns" planned in the 1960s and 1970s. Growth and demographics in the city would be carefully monitored and maintained in order to create a self-sustaining planned community "to live, work, and play." In the 1970s the tagline associated with Maumelle was "New Home Town Coming True." The first resident to the new city arrived in 1974 and settled in a home in what is now the Club Manor Subdivision.
References
- Letha Mills and H. K. Stewart, Greater Little Rock: A Contemporary Portrait (Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, 1990).
- "Obituary," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 24, 2002.
