River Cities Renaissance in Little Rock describes the explosion of commercial development from the Alltel Arena, Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock Restaurants, night clubs, Acxion, real estate development of lofts, and restoration.
Parks floats a marina plan.
A small cabin cruiser motors down the Arkansas River just past the Interstate 30 bridge, then swings about out of the main current and noses upstream along the bank and into Little Rock Landing. The occupants tie off at the dock. Following a walkway up to Markham Street, they stop in the spray of the fountain in the landscaped marina gardens before choosing between several River District eateries for lunch. Afterwards, they mosey over to the William Clinton Presidential Library. There is, of course, currently no landing in downtown Little Rock, no fountain on landscaped marina grounds and no Clinton Presidential Library.