Jump Start Projects Coming to Life
Robert Birch-Director of Development City of North Little Rock
Levy ground breaking event video from 12-18-2020
Levy Finalized plans (load slowly)
As of March 2, 2021 Here are the latest updates. Please follow our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/jumpstartnlr for more updates.
The Levy Project is underway. They construction team is working on the east side of Camp Robinson. They are currently in Stage 1 and 2 on 34th and 35th streets. You can see the stages map here.
The Park Hill Project is in the final stage of submission to ArDOT. Once we have approval from ArDOT to go to bid, we will advertise the project and select a contractor. We are on pace to have the ground breaking in April.
Here is an update on that status of the seven-year Jump Start revitalization programs in Levy and Park Hill. The Jump Start program has six stated goals:
1. Provide transportation choices and enhancemobility/walkability
2. Increase in housing development/mixed-use buildings
3. Enhance economic development
4. Support existing communities/activity centers/dynamic growth
5. Support environmentally responsible development
6. Quality of place and healthy communities
For the past seven years, a planning process has been focusing on the Levy and Park Hill Neighborhoods. Funded through Metroplan (the Metropolitan Planning Organization) and the City, a consultant has lead the community through a visioning process to devise a design guideline and form-based code overlay as an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. This funding came from federal agencies encouraging urban areas to consider how zoning and development regulations can make special places in our community more enjoyable for our citizens. This effort was brought about by the recognition that our society is automobile dependent and our lifestyles are hurting community health. Increased density of core areas will increase walking in those neighborhoods and help improve community health. The goal is to encourage redevelopment of those areas as places to live, work, and play in a compact urban setting. The project that started in 2013 is finally going to start in 2020.