Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – The Clinton School and the William H. Bowen School of Law are teaming up to help strengthen the South Main Street area between Interstate 630 and Roosevelt Road in downtown Little Rock. This weekend students from both schools began canvassing the surrounding neighborhoods to assess the area’s demographics, needs and possibilities. It’s a great project and the partnership between the two schools makes it even more so. Funding for the project is provided by the Altheimer Foundation which provided this support to promote the common goal of public service shared by both schools.
When the survey results are finalized, a community trends report will be shared with the Main Street Board of Directors and distributed to the community. Hopefully, it will be the impetus for sustainable economic and neighborhood development.
Thanks in large part to the Clinton School student leadership of Christin Harper and Josh Heimburg, the faculty leadership of Joe Ballard, and the interest of our students, along with the cooperation and support from the Bowen School, this could well be an urban “Main Street” model for areas all over the nation.
We’ve only just begun.