by - April 13, 2024 1:04 pm
A new report from Metroplan showed “slow but steady growth” for the Central Arkansas region of the state in 2023 as job growth, stronger GDP, and population increases boosted economic…
by - October 7, 2023 7:26 pm
Driving future energy and environment innovations throughout our state starts with you. That’s why Metroplan has collaborated with the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment’s Office of Air Quality, the…
by - August 30, 2023 9:43 pm
The Metroplan Board of Directors recently awarded $16.5 million towards transportation improvement in Central Arkansas. Funding is provided through the Surface Transportation Block Grant and Carbon Reduction Programs, federal-aid transportation…
by - July 6, 2023 7:45 am
Metroplan, the Central Arkansas infrastructure planning coalition, recently adopted a plan called “Regional Greenways,” which will further develop the bike trail system in the center of the state. The Central…
by - May 28, 2023 8:58 am
The Metroplan Board of Directors selected Casey Covington as its new Executive Director. The announcement was made at its meeting last week. Covington has worked at Metroplan since 2004, serving…
by - February 4, 2023 10:33 am
Metroplan has been awarded $700,000 from the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Program for a Regional Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. The grant was announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary…
by - August 29, 2021 6:34 pm
The Metroplan board of directors approved funding to the following applicants for the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG) and Highway Improvement Program (HIP). The biggest portion of the awards…
by - June 11, 2020 6:55 am
The coronavirus has drastically changed the way many businesses operate. And in certain ways, it’s for the better. When the world hit pause in March to help prevent the spread…
by - February 26, 2020 3:44 pm
Metroplan, the central Arkansas infrastructure planning organization, announced a $55 million “strategic commitment” to developing a regional multi-use path network over the next 10 years. Between now and 2030, Metroplan…
by - October 16, 2019 6:26 am
Metroplan, the Central Arkansas planning association of local governments that has operated by inter-local agreement since 1955, will host a panel discussion with former Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey, former…
by - September 5, 2019 8:51 am
The latest Metroplan report shows that Central Arkansas is seeing a slowdown in its growth, but trail-oriented developments are gaining traction. The 2019 Demographic Review and Outlook chronicles trends in…
by - April 15, 2019 2:52 pm
Moriah Bruner, project coordinator for the Center for Community and Economic Development in the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement at the University of Central Arkansas, has been appointed to…
by - January 17, 2019 10:07 am
Although local GDP growth has lagged the rest of the nation coming out of the Great Recession, central Arkansas’ economic fortunes are improving as the region’s labor pool emerges out…
