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• Main Page
  ...894 a vicious [[Little Rock Tornado - October 2, 1894|tornado]] demolished government buildings and most of downtown. And then in 1927 a [[Great Flood of 1927|Gr ...ragged behind a car and burned on top of a pile of church pews torn from a local African-American church. Enraged and afraid, many black families packed up
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• Jimmy Moses
  ...le Rock and Moses Melody Shop in 1971, Moses dedicated his spare time to a local association of downtown boosters and civic organizers known as [[Little Roc ...rd and Main at a cost of $4.5 million dollars. The project was paid for by local property owners organized into what was known as the [[Metrocentre Improvem
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• Little Rock River Market District
  ...trict largely continued to slide into decrepitude. By the 1990s, remembers local developer [[Rett Tucker]], "[T]here was a store that sold caskets, and that ...were incorporated into the $42.1 million [[Project 2000]] plan put before local citizens in October 1991, but it failed by a margin of 57 to 43 percent.
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• Clinton School of Public Service
  ...parts of the program are modeled after Boston's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Seven graduate schools of public service with ties to past presidents are *"First Classes Begin at Clinton School," Associated Press State & Local Wire, August 23, 2005.
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• Bruce Moore
  ...ive in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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• City of Little Rock Board of Directors
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• Metroplan
  ...on of each member of Metroplan is to the other members, all units of local government, and each having an impact on all the others and reacting to their impacts. ...s historian Harry T. Williams, "The problem lay in the fact that no single government agency or group could speak as one for the various Pulaski County governmen
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• Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau
  The '''Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau''' is a local government entity that promotes tourism in Little Rock, Arkansas. The [[Little Rock Ad [[Category:Local government]]
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• City of Little Rock
  City government is divided into a number of city departments, citizen services offices, com ==City government==
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• William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park
  ...Ouroussoff has written that the library building evinces "a firm grasp of local vernacular traditions, from decaying industrial bridges to the rickety shot ...parts of the program are modeled after Boston's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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• Dry counties
  ...option status of an area can only be determined by reviewing records at a local County Clerk's office. ...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.
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• Tower Building (arsenal)
  ...Union troops at the arsenal under the command of Captain James Totten and local residents sympathetic to the Confederate cause. During the Civil War the C. The barracks continued to be used on the site until 1890. In 1892 the U.S. government gave the property to the [[City of Little Rock]], requiring that it be "for
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• Metrocentre Improvement District
  ...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
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• Arkansas Governor's Mansion
  ...of the Governor's Mansion. Many of the gardens were redesigned by renowned local garden expert [[P. Allen Smith]]. [[Category:State government]]
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• Little Rock Zoo
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• Little Rock Department of Parks and Recreation
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• Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission
  [[Category:Local government]]
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• Little Rock Downtown Partnership
  ...es." The Partnership has about 225 members, representing local businesses, government units, nonprofits, churches, landowners, colleges, and universities. The Downtown Partnership periodically establishes local task forces, publishes a newsletter, holds [[Breakfast Briefings]], and off
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• State of Arkansas
  ...souri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]]. *[[Local Police and Fire Retirement System]]
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• Open Space Policy
  ...en Space Policy''' was developed by a mayor's advisory committee headed by local businessperson [[John Riggs]. It is currently under review by [[Department ...hannel built in 1974 that constrained the natural flow of Swaggerty Creek. Local residents requested the removal of the artificial channel.
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• MacArthur Park
  ...e Arsenal had for some time been a site of recreation. The first organized local baseball game was played on the grounds of the Arsenal on May 6, 1867, a ma ...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
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• Burns Park
  ...rk, and GPS cache hunt site. The park is named for [[William M. Burns]], a local physician and former mayor. 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
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• Pulaski County
  ...and "[[La Grande Roche]]" (the "Big Rock"). De la Harpe traded goods with local [[Quapaw Indians]]. The Quapaw (Ugahxpa, or "Downstream People") are a Nati ...[[Pyeattstown]]. In 1820 [[Cadron Settlement]] became the official seat of government in the county. That same year the U.S. Post Office established mail service
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• Main Street 1969 plan
  ...ould be created by removing the clutter of overhanging retail signage. The local paper in a 1959 editorial called the plan "dreamlike." ...e country, a sports center and marina along the Arkansas River, a downtown local and interurban bus terminal, a convention center, a Variety Lane pedestrian
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• Main Street Mall
  ...]] building escalators were refurbished to enhance the mall as a nostalgic local landmark. ...nly Main Street reopened to traffic. The old mall is now occupied by state government agencies.
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• River Market District Design Review Committee
  [[Category:Local government]]
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• American Civil War
  ...arce that the [[Arkansas State Library]] was ransacked for spare material. Local foundries were enlisted to make grapeshot, and prisoners in the [[Arkansas ...islature to disband, and resulting in Governor Rector's establishment of a government in exile in Jackson, Mississippi. Most manufacturing was relocated to more
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• Urban Progress Association
  ...Urban Progress Association''' was a public-private partnership founded by local private enterprise working with the city manager, city board of directors, ...May 31, 1959, two years after the [[City of Little Rock]] reorganized its government from a mayor-city council form to city manager-city board of directors. Abo
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• Little Rock City Hall
  '''Little Rock City Hall''' is the seat of government of the [[City of Little Rock]]. ...current City Hall, at the corner of Markham and Broadway, was designed by local architect [[Charles L. Thompson]] in the Classic Revival style and opened o
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• Argenta Downtown Council
  ...ouncil''' is a public-private partnership between local businesspeople and government officials in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The organization, founded in Febr
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• Sara Lenehan
  ...Little Rock]]. She is tasked with managing the financial affairs of local government operations, aiding economic development and recruiting efforts and administ
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• Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project
  ...LRHA), [[Downtown Little Rock Unlimited]] the [[City of Little Rock]], and local architects. LRHA executive director [[Dowell Naylor Jr.]] was the chief aut ...strock]] (1956), and $2.5 million in the [[East End neighborhood]] (1956). Local dollars supported an additional [[High Street Urban Renewal project]] on 28
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• Citizens Coach Company
  ...''Citizens Coach Company''' (CCC) was formed as a compromise between local government officials in Little Rock and national union leaders of the Amalgamated Asso ...hn Transportation Company (SJTC). In 1972 TCT passed into the hands of the local governments, and became the publicly-owned [[Central Arkansas Transit]] (CA
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• Project 2000
  ...sis]]. Moses and Allen took their organization's pitch everywhere, to city government offices, to churches and clubs, and into the workrooms other nonprofits. Th ...the polls and by a 57 percent to 43 percent margin rejected two half-cent local sales tax increases earmarked for capital improvements and city programs. [
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• Little Rock Housing Authority
  In 1950 members of the LRHA pushed local citizens to match a local bond issue for improvements to black-only [[Gillam Park]] to "urban renewal ...ilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the [[Booker Homes]] project in the [[Granite
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• Booker Homes
  Debate over local urban renewal and its funding was vigorous, rivaling the debate over integr ...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
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• Slum Clearance Referendum of 1950
  ..., [[South End]], [[Broadway]], and [[Livestock showgrounds neighborhood]]. Local fire chief [[Gann L. Nalley]] noted 344 fires in these neighborhood in only ...le I of the Housing Act of 1949. The local funding match would come from a local bond issue for $359,000 in improvements to black-only [[Gillam Park]] and o
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• UCA Student Government Association
  The '''Student Government Association''' of the [[University of Central Arkansas]], SGA, represents t * Constitution revised and amended by Student Government and the student body
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• University of Central Arkansas
  ''[[UCA Student Government Association|Student Government Association (SGA)]]'' The Student Government Association ([[SGA]]) represents the student body in allocating and adminis
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• Conway
  ====Government==== Other notable local businesses:
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• Maumelle
  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]]. Th ...numerous small businesses and large businesses alike, which, combined with local residents, provide a good deal of tax revenue which allows for its own fire
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• Little Rock Central Fire Station
  ...y contractor and builder [[George W. Fair]]. The building now houses local government offices.
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• Conway County
  ...delegate to the U.S. Congress. Scenic [[Petit Jean Mountain]] is a popular local and regional tourist destination. Neighboring counties include Van Buren Co ====Law, government, and politics====
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• Park Hill Fire Station and Water Company Complex
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• Damascus
  ====Government==== The first automobile reached the town in 1907. Local citizen [[William A. Brown]] purchased the first automobile in town, a Mode
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• Mount Vernon
  ====Government==== ...60s after [[Thomas "Tom" House]], a cotton farmer and later the owner of a local saddle shop. House received goods by trading cotton bales for finished good
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• Enola
  ====Government==== ...is "alone" spelled backwards. A less popular myth has the town named after local girl [[Enola Miller]].
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• Mayflower
  ====Government==== ...many Mayflower residents worked for businesses Conway, Little Rock, and at local launch complexes for the [[Titan II Missile program]]. Some continued to fa
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• Alexander
  ====Government==== ...Sims]] and [[J. B. Watson]]. The local blacksmith was [[E. Koch]] and the local physician [[B. S. Medlock]]. A refinery was working under [[W. H. Lottner]]
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• Jacksonville
  ====Government==== ...and [[M. Stone & Son]]. The dentist at the time was [[J. W. Dodson]]. The local physician was [[J. J. Moncrief]]. The druggist in town was [[T. W. Murtisha
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• Mabelvale
  ====Government==== ...mpangel Tannery]] was located here, operated by [[H. Morehast & Son]]. The local lawyer was [[F. O. Lusk]].
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• North Little Rock Visitors Bureau
  The '''North Little Rock Visitors Bureau''' is a local government entity that promotes tourism in [[North Little Rock]], Arkansas. [[Category:Local government]]
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• Marche
  ...ley County town of same name. The origin of this name is a mystery, though local legend has it that the name came about because the lowlands near the town a ...Some families left the community for Oklahoma after a few years. In 1880 a local clergyman attested that several of the hard-working families around the set
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• Little Rock Vice Mayor
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• Pulaski County Circuit Court
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• Central Arkansas Water
  ...unds to the city to develop a new source of water. The next year the local government put up $6.59 in forty year bonds to purchase the infrastructure of the priv
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• Little Rock Planning and Development Department
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• Little Rock Historic District Commission
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• Little Rock Planning Commission
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• River Market Design Review Commission
  ...[[Little Rock River Market District]]. The commission was authorized under local ordinance #l7,240. [[Category:Local government]]
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• Charles E. Rosenbaum
  ...to handle daily business. In 1883 Rosenbaum set up shop in Little Rock as local representative to both the Atlas Engine Works and the N. O. Nelson Manufact
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• Little Rock Fire Department
  [[Category:Local government]]
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• Little Rock Tornado - October 2, 1894
  ...locks of businesses in the downtown district about three miles east of the government buildings. ...have passed directly over the [[U.S. Weather Bureau Office at Little Rock|local U.S. Weather Bureau office]] occupied by [[George S. Harkness]] at 8:28 PM.
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• Altus
  ...starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers. In 1984, the federal government declared 12,800 acres around Altus an American Viticulture area.
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• Wineries
  ...ree tours and a variety of other tourist attractions. In 1984, the federal government declared 12,800 acres around Altus an American Viticulture area. ...ic products. The Welch Food plant closed in 1978. In the 1980s a number of local wineries went out of business, including [[Granata Winery|Granata]], [[Dixi
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• Acxiom Corporation
  ...6, on an IBM/System 360 Model 20. The company also secured a contract with local utility provider [[Conway Corp]] to process customer billing statements. An ...hallenges blew into Conway. Taking on the diverse data processing needs of local businesses stretched the expertise and data processing capacity of Demograp
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