On the horizon is a multi million dollar Nature Center at Regional Park and the Arkansas entertainers hall of fame at the Pine Bluff Convention Center both of which will draw thousands to the area each year. Pine Bluff's quality educational facilities guide children from early years to college. The Pine Bluff School District includes elementary magnet schools to meet special interests in the fields of math, science, foreign language, communications, and fine and performing arts. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the second oldest public institution in the state of Arkansas, and the oldest with a black heritage. The newly accredited South East Arkansas College features technical career programs as well as a 2-year college curriculum.
Agriculture is a mainstay in Pine Bluff.
Jefferson County is located in the heart of a rich agricultural area in the Arkansas River Basin. The leading products include cotton, soybeans, cattle, rice, poultry, timber and catfish. Principle industries in the area are engaged in processing cotton, production of cottonseed oil, paper and wood products, the manufacture of wire products, poultry processing, the manufacture of electric transformers and metal fabrication. Major employers are Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Tyson Foods, International Paper, the Pine Bluff Arsenal and Union Pacific Railroad. Quality of life and quality living are important to the residents of the city.