Differentiators

Here are just a few of the attributes which make the Little Rock region unique:

• The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service offers the world's only Master’s Degree in Public Service and one of the finest speakers series in the world.
• The Little Rock Air Force Base is the world’s premier C-130 Hercules training facility, training all Department of Defense and 38 allied nations’ aircrews and maintainers.
• BASS - JM Associates, in addition to populating ESPNOutdoors.com, produces more network broadcast hours than any other independent production company in the world.
• While Little Rock is the birthplace of TCBY, all the world's Skippy Peanut Butter is manufactured at the Little Rock Port's Unilever North America plant.
• Stephens Inc. is one of the largest privately-held, independent financial services firms in the world.
• The Arkansas Arts Center continues to grow one of the most unique collections of works on paper in the world, featuring original sheets by Cézanne, van Gogh, Pollock, O’Keeffe, Saar, Rembrandt, Rubens, Signac and Dove.
• The Big Dam Bridge, traversing the Arkansas River, is the longest constructed pedestrian and bicycle bridge in the world.
• The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering & Information Technology offers the only Masters in Information Quality in the nation and the discipline’s only Ph.D. in the world.
• Little Rock Central High National Historic Site and Museum Visitors Center is not only a national park, but an active public high school.
• At 1,700 acres, Burns Park is one of the largest municipal parks in the nation, more than doubling Manhattan’s Central Park.
• Little Rock's Rose Law Firm is the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River, tracing its origin to November 1, 1820, before Arkansas statehood.

For more information, Amy Longo or Susan Miller, 501.374.2001.