Paul Page Dwellings

A ½ penny for our city will benefit every neighborhood in Little Rock.  A ½ penny will generate an estimated 22 million dollars for City Parks. Those 22 million dollars could be used to finance a bond that would make “City in a Park”a reality, now!  One-fourth of the penny would be for capital and the other fourth for operations and maintenance. The capital would be for a limited campaign to upgrade all our parks, including the Zoo and Bike Trails. The O/M would continue to be devoted to upkeep now and in the future. The 2001 Master Plan for Parks would be the roadmap, the promise to every citizen that they would gain from this quality of life issue.

The obvious value to a “City in a Park”, that includes a eight-block strategy for walkable neighborhoods is a quality of life, a quality of health, a quality of family life! These amenities attract economic activity. They help bind the community together!

In the UALR racial attitudes studies, trust in city government is faltering in less affluent neighborhoods. City in a Park + ½ Penny is a way to restore some of that community trust. Rebuilding our Parks is unifying and welcome by most. The trust gap needs to be mended. In the UALR study Whites and African Americans responded overwhelming, (80%) that we can make the community better, which bodes well for a ½ penny for Parks and our City.