Search results

From FranaWiki
  • ...ary. The economic-development tax break became the preferred mechanism for city purchase of the land for the Clinton Center after a proposed [[hamburger ta Rutherford was subpoenaed in February 2001 by the [[Burton House Committee on Government Reform]], which was investigating possible links between Foundation fund-ra
    7 KB (1,014 words) - 14:43, 31 August 2008
  • ...r III''' is a businessman and real estate developer born and raised in the city of Little Rock. Pfeifer went to Yale on a Navy scholarship. After his time ...e [[Clinton Presidential Center]]. Mr. Pfeifer's land was condemned by the city of Little Rock in 1999 so that it could become the site for the Clinton Pre
    6 KB (955 words) - 18:52, 20 June 2010
  • *[[City of Little Rock]] *[[City of North Little Rock]]
    19 KB (2,747 words) - 11:09, 3 January 2018
  • ...me lasting impact on both of us wanting to see great things happen for the city[.]" ...nd Conventions]], the [[Little Rock Housing Authority]], the [[Little Rock City Beautiful Committee]], [[Central Arkansas Transit]], the [[Metrocentre Impr
    47 KB (7,273 words) - 15:24, 8 April 2010
  • ...hips. Citizen service is advanced by the [[Clinton Democracy Fellowship at City Year]]. ..., and Ted W. Waitt. Donors who have given more than $5 million include the Government of Norway, the Nationale Postcode Loterji, Haim Saban and The Saban Family
    7 KB (1,004 words) - 17:16, 9 January 2009
  • ...tments with restaurants and shops, tennis courts, and swimming pools." The city had successfully knocked down many buildings, but had been much less effect The first city plan to redevelop the downtown riverfront and East Markham area emerged in
    12 KB (1,637 words) - 19:19, 8 January 2016
  • ...uding assistant city manager, assistant to the mayor, and assistant to the city manager. ...ive in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    1 KB (190 words) - 01:41, 11 July 2008
  • '''Barbara Graves''' is an at-large City Director for the [[City of Little Rock]], an elected post she has occupied since 2000. She has also ...rectors and it takes six votes to pass something. That is the only form of government we have right now. I’m prepared to work with what's given to me, in eithe
    3 KB (526 words) - 14:25, 26 January 2010
  • ...he studied at the Arkansas Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. It was in 1978 that Shackelford joined the [[City of Little Rock Board of Directors]]. In 1987 she became the first woman to
    2 KB (323 words) - 12:43, 24 August 2008
  • [[Image:City-little-rock-logo.jpg|thumb|Seal of the City of Little Rock.]] ...Rock]] committee that has as its charge the setting of policies making the city livable. There are seven ward and three at-large directors.
    3 KB (464 words) - 18:10, 15 July 2008
  • ...] and the [[Statehouse Convention Center]] in the downtown district of the city. The Bureau enjoys an annual budget of $9.5 million derived from [[hamburge [[Category:Local government]]
    1 KB (190 words) - 08:42, 31 December 2009
  • ...s territorial capitol was originally located at Arkansas Post. The seat of government was removed to Little Rock in 1821. The first meeting of the [[Arkansas Gen ...ature. (The General Assembly met in Washington, Arkansas, in 1863 when the city of Little Rock was occupied by Union troops.)
    6 KB (954 words) - 11:40, 15 May 2009
  • [[Image:City-of-little-rock.JPG|thumb|300px|Skyline of Little Rock at night. Photo court ...ck''' is an incorporated municipality in [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas. The city is the political and commercial center of the state.
    21 KB (2,944 words) - 21:38, 28 April 2010
  • ...ship Architects LLP''' is an architectural design firm located in New York City. Polshek Partnership was commissioned by the [[Clinton Foundation]] to crea ...al commissions, i.e., nonprofit clients in health, education, culture, and government."
    2 KB (317 words) - 19:30, 25 May 2008
  • ...parts of the program are modeled after Boston's John F. Kennedy School of Government. ...the Clinton Presidential Center. All of the parkland is maintained by the City of Little Rock.
    12 KB (1,676 words) - 23:02, 28 October 2009
  • ...mbling." By 1820 central Arkansas was so thick with saloons that the state government began taxing them to slow down growth in the business. It didn't work. ..., sponsored by nineteen senators, made "it unlawful for any court, town or city council to issue
    9 KB (1,420 words) - 09:23, 18 May 2011
  • ...he site until 1890. In 1892 the U.S. government gave the property to the [[City of Little Rock]], requiring that it be "forever exclusively devoted to the
    2 KB (326 words) - 11:15, 14 July 2009
  • ...ve director [[Jimmy Moses]] worked tirelessly with representatives of city government, the [[Arkansas Highway Department]], the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], ...plan was also inspired by an April 1972 visit of seventeen local business, government, and civic leaders to Minneapolis' successful downtown Nicollet Mall. Nicol
    19 KB (2,785 words) - 00:45, 1 March 2010
  • Rockefeller was born May 1, 1912, in New York City. Rockefeller was the grandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard O ...Americans in Arkansas. He increased the number of blacks working in state government from 325 to 1,800 during his tenure as governor. Rockefeller also integrate
    5 KB (662 words) - 09:35, 6 September 2009
  • ...Little Rock Parks & Rec maintains more than 5,000 acres of parkland in the city, comprising fifty-two individual parks. The current director of the Departm ...nt Park]]. Parks & Rec also maintains six indoor recreation centers in the city and three golf courses. Other facilities operated under the direction of th
    1 KB (198 words) - 00:03, 3 July 2008
  • ...es." The Partnership has about 225 members, representing local businesses, government units, nonprofits, churches, landowners, colleges, and universities. ...sentatives: [[Dean Kumpuris]] for the [[City of Little Rock]], Little Rock City Manager [[Bruce Moore]], and [[Metrocentre]] representative [[Millie Ward]]
    3 KB (346 words) - 12:56, 18 January 2009
  • The Big Dam Bridge cost $16.5 million to build. The federal and state government contributed $12.5 million to the bridge's construction costs, and [[Pulaski ...Other participants in the project were the [[City of Little Rock]], the [[City of North Little Rock]], the [[Arkansas Highway and Transportation Departmen
    5 KB (785 words) - 00:37, 1 March 2010
  • ...souri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]]. ...nsus Bureau the population of the state in 2005 was 2,779,154. The largest city in the state is Little Rock with a population of 184,081 in 2004.
    14 KB (1,753 words) - 23:56, 1 May 2011
  • ...im Guy went to Harvard University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in government in 1964. While attending the University of Arkansas Law School, he also ser
    2 KB (346 words) - 01:25, 27 April 2008
  • ...l Peacock, "Do We Pave Paradise? Or Put Up a Park and Rethink Development, City Parks Asks," ''Arkansas Times,'' April 5, 2007. [[Category:Local government]]
    2 KB (228 words) - 17:04, 29 February 2008
  • ...commission operates under the purview of the [[City of Little Rock]]. The city has sixteen designated historic districts on the National Register of Histo The city planner with responsibility to the commission is [[Brian Minyard]].
    2 KB (225 words) - 19:07, 8 January 2016
  • '''MacArthur Park''' is the oldest park in the Little Rock city system. The park is home to the [[Arkansas Arts Center]] and the [[MacArthu ...e site a [[City of Little Rock]] park in perpetuity. In return the federal government received 1,000 acres of land in North Little Rock on Big Rock Mountain wher
    2 KB (279 words) - 13:15, 14 March 2009
  • In the case of ''[[Nora Harris v. City of Little Rock]]'' (2001) the Supreme Court affirmed that the Little Rock B ...t returned a unanimous verdict on behalf of the defendant, ruling that the City of Little Rock's action in taking the land of [[Eugene Pfeifer III]] for th
    1 KB (231 words) - 18:26, 27 September 2008
  • ...ed by the [[North Little Rock Mayor's Office]] and the [[North Little Rock City Council]]. The City of North Little Rock has been housed in North Little Rock City Hall since 1914.
    4 KB (486 words) - 12:34, 1 March 2009
  • ...ng the federal government to return the old [[Little Rock Arsenal]] to the city as a park.
    1 KB (185 words) - 22:20, 14 January 2012
  • [[Category:City government]]
    3 KB (317 words) - 23:20, 24 October 2009
  • ...todola hired fifty police officers in 2007 to address violent crime in the city. ...n]] and to [[Perry County]]. He is former city attorney of Little Rock and city attorney of Maumelle, and attorney to the Maumelle Public Facilities Board.
    2 KB (258 words) - 10:14, 6 September 2009
  • ...t. North Little Rock, Arkansas, operates under the mayor-alderman model of government. ====Mayors - City of North Little Rock====
    615 bytes (76 words) - 11:52, 14 June 2009
  • [[Image:City-beautiful.jpg|thumb|300px|City Beautiful Commission logo.]] .... The City Beautiful Commission was founded on January 12, 1948, through [[City of Little Rock]] Ordinance No. 7494.
    2 KB (210 words) - 00:23, 1 March 2010
  • The land was donated to the [[City of North Little Rock]] by the federal government in 1948. The park remained largely undeveloped at its dedication on Septemb
    1 KB (162 words) - 01:22, 11 February 2010
  • ...t Trail]] to Texas. The bluff on the south side of the river protected the city of Little Rock from flooding. Neighboring counties include [[Faulkner Count ...civilization with remnants still visible at [[Toltec Mounds]] east of the city of Little Rock. Around 1500 the [[Quapaw Indians]] began hunting in the reg
    15 KB (1,920 words) - 10:41, 17 April 2010
  • ...tion of cars and people, group together various functions of the city like government, finance, or retail, thereby make downtown services and retail more conveni
    3 KB (473 words) - 10:15, 6 September 2009
  • ...siness leaders and government officials traveled to Portland to study that city's regional planning activity and amenities. In particular the mixed-use con
    1 KB (197 words) - 15:51, 19 September 2008
  • During the '''American Civil War''' the city of [[Little Rock]], population 3,727 (2,874 white, 853 black), was the site ...islature to disband, and resulting in Governor Rector's establishment of a government in exile in Jackson, Mississippi. Most manufacturing was relocated to more
    6 KB (973 words) - 19:12, 14 April 2010
  • ...nership founded by local private enterprise working with the city manager, city board of directors, [[Metroplan]] authorities, and the [[Little Rock Housin ...rous Little Rock needs growing shopping facilities on the perimeter of the city as well as a healthy central business district; that each is dependent on t
    4 KB (569 words) - 02:54, 16 September 2008
  • [[Image:City-hall-dome.jpg|thumb|300px|Little Rock City Hall with dome. Photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Public domain. Library o [[Image:City-hall-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of City Hall.]]
    1 KB (215 words) - 00:57, 24 March 2010
  • ...e United States in preparation for a move of the seat of government to the city from Arkansas Post near the mouth of the Arkansas River. The loss of land a
    3 KB (396 words) - 07:30, 14 April 2010
  • ...ng the Little Rock City Manager, Little Rock Board of Directors, and other city departments on financial issues.
    780 bytes (109 words) - 17:20, 11 August 2008
  • ...Rock Housing Authority]] (LRHA), [[Downtown Little Rock Unlimited]] the [[City of Little Rock]], and local architects. LRHA executive director [[Dowell Na ...n renewal project took place in the [[Coliseum]] neighborhood in 1951. The city received $282,928 to engage in urban renewal activities in the [[Philander
    10 KB (1,488 words) - 21:06, 20 April 2011
  • ...e Dunbar neighborhood one of the most vital areas for minority life in the city. ...d a petition circulated by [[Charles Bussey]] of the black [[Veterans Good Government Committee], to no avail. A lawsuit filed in the Chancery Court was dismisse
    4 KB (529 words) - 11:24, 21 January 2009
  • ...te balance" of the agricultural, industrial, and government sectors of the city -- was expected to be $200,000 to $300,000. Centrenyn was designed by St. L
    2 KB (386 words) - 10:37, 9 June 2010
  • ...''Citizens Coach Company''' (CCC) was formed as a compromise between local government officials in Little Rock and national union leaders of the Amalgamated Asso ...1956. In 1962 franchise rights to busing in the city passed to the [[Twin City Transit Company]] (TCT), a subsidiary of the St. John Transportation Compan
    2 KB (224 words) - 16:04, 31 August 2008
  • ...noted Moses. Grobmyer, a corporate attorney by trade, agreed. "For a great city, you have to have a vibrant economy, you have to have people employed," he ...lso worked hard to secure the support of African American residents of the city, a group often neglected in Little Rock's urban revitalization plans. "Wall
    4 KB (573 words) - 02:20, 9 September 2008
  • ...to persuade others that the federal funds involved would be a boon to the city. ...ilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the [[Booker Homes]] project in the [[Granite
    2 KB (352 words) - 00:41, 9 September 2008
  • ...ilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the Booker Homes project in the Granite Mount ...ished in the mid-1990s. The Booker Homes site was formally leased by the [[City of Little Rock]] to [[Audubon Arkansas]] in February 2007. The site will be
    2 KB (349 words) - 11:36, 21 January 2009
  • ...urban housing. Using funds provided under the 1949 Federal Housing Act the city tore down 628 houses and replaced them with 928 low-rent apartment units. [ ...ers." Conservatism reigned where public housing was concerned. In 1942 the city added wartime housing for blacks by constructing the [[Tuxedo Courts]], and
    12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:42, 4 March 2010
  • The '''Student Government Association''' of the [[University of Central Arkansas]], SGA, represents t * Wrote resolution to city (Little Rock) barring rock concert
    20 KB (2,730 words) - 10:15, 1 February 2012
  • ''[[UCA Student Government Association|Student Government Association (SGA)]]'' The Student Government Association ([[SGA]]) represents the student body in allocating and adminis
    19 KB (2,605 words) - 10:06, 1 February 2012
  • ...ay 365]]. The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] also passes through the city. The city is served by the [[Conway Municipal Airport]]. ====Government====
    7 KB (1,050 words) - 23:32, 14 January 2012
  • ====Law, government, and politics==== Conway is referred to as the "City of Colleges." Within its city limits are the public [[University of Central Arkansas]], and the private [
    6 KB (847 words) - 02:09, 2 May 2011
  • ...00]]. The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] passes along the northern edge of the city. The population of Maumelle is 10,557. ...Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park.
    4 KB (565 words) - 16:34, 20 December 2009
  • ...th 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 Subdi ...Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park.
    2 KB (262 words) - 21:03, 20 June 2010
  • ...in 1881 the first floor of the building house the U.S. Post Office for the city. The second floor was given over to the offices of the [[Collector of Inter ...School]] in the mid-1970s, which remained on site until 1992. The federal government reacquired the building and between 1994 and 1997 added two more wings in t
    2 KB (237 words) - 23:27, 15 May 2009
  • ...one bank to the other. The Free Bridge was built by the [[Pulaski County]] government. *"Bridge to Be Dedicated in Little Rock," ''Forrest City Times,'' June 11, 1897.
    1 KB (164 words) - 01:44, 16 May 2009
  • ...e:Argenta-city-admin-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of the Argenta City Administration Building]] ...he [[North Little Rock City Council Chamber]], and the [[North Little Rock City Clerk's Office]].
    1 KB (221 words) - 14:19, 8 February 2010
  • ...vercup Lake]] and [[Brewer Lake]]. Brewer Lake is the water supply for the city of [[Conway]]. ====Law, government, and politics====
    4 KB (560 words) - 07:34, 14 April 2010
  • ====Law, government, and politics==== Perry County has one incorporated city within its boundaries: [[Perryville]]. Incorporated towns in the county are
    3 KB (379 words) - 21:41, 30 April 2011
  • ...1820, the first [[General Assembly of Arkansas Territory]] located county government in the town of Cadron. The Assembly approved the construction of a jail and Cadron Settlement Park is reached by following [[U.S. Highway 64]] out of the city to its junction with [[Arkansas Highway 319]]. The park is 1.5 miles west d
    7 KB (1,070 words) - 12:08, 15 January 2012
  • ...s an incorporated city in north-central [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 65]], [[Arkansas Highway 2 ====Government====
    1 KB (156 words) - 00:00, 15 January 2012
  • ...tral [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas, near the border with White County. The city is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway 36]] and [[Arkansas Hi ====Government====
    2 KB (345 words) - 23:30, 11 June 2009
  • ...heast to southwest. The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] also passes through the city. The population of Benton is 21,906. ====Government====
    687 bytes (73 words) - 20:39, 9 January 2010
  • [[Image:Bryant-logo.JPG|thumb|300px|City of Bryant logo.]] ...in eastern [[Saline County]], near the border with [[Pulaski County]]. The city is located along [[Arkansas Highway 183]], and is served by [[I-30]] interc
    873 bytes (106 words) - 23:25, 14 January 2012
  • '''Jacksonville''' is an incorporated city in northeastern [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas, about fourteen miles northeas ...home to the [[Little Rock Air Force Base]] on the northwestern side of the city. The population of Jacksonville is 29,916.
    1 KB (200 words) - 15:54, 1 June 2009
  • ...e''' is an incorporated city in southern [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway 365]] and [[Arkansas H ====Government====
    761 bytes (89 words) - 16:37, 15 May 2009
  • ...' is an incorporated city in southwestern [[Lonoke County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 165]] and [[Arkansas Highw ====Government====
    412 bytes (51 words) - 23:57, 14 January 2012
  • ...n preparation for the American centennial celebrations in 1876. The [[Rose City Brass and String Band]] from Little Rock performed at the pavilion. This ve ...men were in the service." One group of families moved together to Granite City, Illinois, to work in the wartime steel industry there. Some sons of Marche
    22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:24, 6 August 2012
  • The '''Little Rock Vice Mayor''' is appointed by the [[Little Rock City Board]]. Vice mayors serve two year terms. [[Category:Local government]]
    424 bytes (51 words) - 11:55, 12 June 2009
  • *Pine City Natural Area [[Category:State government]]
    3 KB (385 words) - 23:15, 18 February 2010
  • ...ona on the Alum Fork of the [[Saline River]], construct water lines to the city, and build a water purification plant at [[Ozark Point]]. McDonnell Enginee
    1 KB (222 words) - 22:01, 23 September 2009
  • *[[Little Rock City Beautiful Commission|City Beautiful Commission]] *[http://www.littlerock.org/citydepartments/planninganddevelopment/ City of Little Rock - Planning and Development]
    1 KB (126 words) - 00:18, 1 March 2010
  • ...osed subdivisions; and to make zoning recommendations to the [[Little Rock City Board of Directors]]." ...has eleven members serving three year terms. Members are appointed by the City Board of Directors. One of the members must also be selected and approved b
    1,011 bytes (146 words) - 00:30, 1 March 2010
  • *[[Number Two Fire Station]] - 1107 Main Street (?); [[MacArthur Park|City Park]]; 1201 Commerce Street *[http://www.littlerock.org/citydepartments/fire/history.aspx City of Little Rock - History of the Little Rock Fire Department]
    994 bytes (135 words) - 01:03, 24 March 2010
  • ...ed in [[Little Rock City Hall|City Hall]] at 500 West Markham. The current city manager is [[Bruce Moore]]. ====Former City Managers====
    838 bytes (115 words) - 01:43, 27 March 2010
  • ...uired by the federal government in 1941. The land later became part of the city of [[Maumelle]], Arkansas. ...Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park.
    1 KB (198 words) - 21:21, 20 June 2010
  • ...rs", "Skyboxes and Suburbans," "Summit Estates," "Rolling Stones," "Single City Struggles," "Aging Upscale," and "Timeless Elders." The product is also dyn ...nown as CAPPS II." In the harrowing days after 9/11 Acxiom and the federal government had initiated an ongoing and extensive data sharing partnership. Acxiom dir
    61 KB (9,327 words) - 09:23, 6 March 2024