Category: Impact Minute

In 2010, the City of Little Rock was announced as one of just 10 cities to receive a $200,000 grant from Cities of Service, a Rockefeller Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded initiative designed to encourage residents to volunteer and improve their neighborhoods.

Patricia Ashanti, a 2020 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, used her final Capstone project to develop a toolkit for an entrepreneurial leadership forum within the nonprofit she founded and leads, Delta Circles.

Reggie Ballard began working with Dana Dossett, Director of Community Programs for the City of Little Rock, in 2017. The two set out to produce a conference that would create a collaborative space for nonprofit organizations in Central Arkansas.

As a Clinton School student, Megan Grubb (’20) worked with Atlas Community Studios to develop a placemaking roadmap for the City of Cabot, Arkansas.

Judy Watts used her final Capstone project to examine the effects of a single-stream recycling program on the City of Little Rock.

Gillian Gullett, native of Little Rock, partnered with the Downtown Little Rock Partnership on her final Capstone project. Gullett’s work focused on the city’s nearly 20,000 downtown parking spaces – many of which go unused every day.

In 2022, Ben Grimes launched the Riverside Actors Theatre, a unique initiative in Central Arkansas with a focus on addressing the needs of military veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder and other service-related challenges.

Read Admire developed a plan for a social enterprise that would divert Central Arkansas residents’ food waste from local landfills and develop high-quality compost for commercial use and small local farmers.

In 2019, Karen Zuccardi used her Clinton School Capstone project to develop a logic model for the City of Little Rock and other stakeholders interested in a more sustainable restaurant industry