Little Rock is getting noticed all around the country for its progress under Mark’s leadership
- named the fourth-strongest metropolitan economy in the United States, Brookings Institute, October 2009
- Among America’s 20 Strongest Economies, Brookings Institute MetroMonitor, June 16, 2010
- 6th-best market in the U.S. for single family real estate investment, Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2010
- 23rd Best Performing Metropolitan Economy, Milken Institute, November 20, 2009
- Little Rock is “on a roll . . . The city has boomed in the last decade, quietly becoming a cultural destination.”
LA Times, March 18, 2009
- placed #22 on list of best places for business and careers of the 200 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., Forbes Magazine, March 2009
- Named #16 on list of Best Places to Raise a Family, Children’s Health Magazine, October 2009
- Little Rock is “capturing a slice of the soaring wind energy industry” from a front page article on Little Rock’s stable and diversified economy, USA Today, February 26, 2009
- Sixth Most-Livable Bargain Markets, MSN.com, November 2009
- #2 Best Bang for the Buck City of Little Rock, Forbes, December 2009
- Named among the 100 Best Communities for Young People for three straight years (2007, 2008, 2009).
America’s Promise Alliance
- One of the Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
