Main Street was important to Little Rock’s development.  As the City moved south from the Little Rock and Markham Street, the growth happened from a spur of Main Street.  Over the years, things have changed to be certain.

Plans are in the works to return Main Street to a prominent role in anchoring not only downtown, but Little Rock and the entire state.  The Downtown Little Rock Partnership is co-sponsoring with Little Rock’s Mayor Mark Stodola a public presentation of the Creative Corridor plan for Main Street on Wednesday, December 12 at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (A light lunch will be available.)

The community is invited to attend the viewing of these exciting designs with its architects, Stephen Luoni, chair of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, and Marlon Blackwell. Luoni and Blackwell teamed with the City, DLRP, and stakeholders to create the plans via a NEA Our Town grant.

Partial green streetscapes as demonstrated in the plan will soon be implemented on some blocks of Main Street as a part of a grant from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.

For more information or to RSVP contact the Downtown Little Rock Partnership office at 501-375-0121 or email Jayme Morrisette at jmorrisette@downtownlr.com.