Awards & Accolades

Over the years, the City of Little Rock has received many recognitions, awards, and accolades. Among those are:

• Number 1 on Kiplinger’s “10 Great Places to Live” 2013
• Number 2 on Moody’s Investors Services “Most Diverse Economy in the Nation”
• Number 4 on Strongest Economies – The Brookings Institution MetroMonitor
• Number 5 on Top 10 Downtowns – Livability.com
• Number 6 on Best Mid-Size City for Jobs - Forbes
• Number 6 on Gallup’s “America’s Happiest Cities”
• Number 7 on “Best Value City” by Kiplinger’s
• Number 10 on Best City for Recent College Graduates – The Daily Beast
• Number 14 on Best Metro for Young Professionals by Forbes
• Number 15 on Best Cities for Successful Aging – Milken Institute
• Number 46 in Forbes’s Top 200 “Best Places for Business and Careers

• Outside Magazine Best Towns of 2011
• National Trust for Historic Places “Preserve America” Recognition – 2009
• National Arbor Day Foundation - Tree City USA
• Best Complete Streets Policies of 2015
• All American City - 1992
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA) 2007 Community Health and Safety Award - Criminal Abatement Program
• ISO Class 1 Rating – Little Rock Fire Department
• Number 6 on Top 100 Best Fleets in the Americas – Fleet Services
• Neighborhoods USA, National Neighborhood of the Year - Pennbrook/Clover Hill Neighborhood 2004
• League of American Bicyclists, Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Designation
• Government Finance Officers Association Recognition
  33 Certificates for Excellence in Financial Reporting
  21 Distinguished Budget Awards
• Governor's Arts Awards
  2016 Arts Community Development - City Director Dean Kumpuris, Sculpture at the River Market
  2006 Arts Community Development - Mayor Jim Dailey, River Market

National Accreditation for the following City Departments

• Fleet Services
• Parks and Recreation
• Little Rock Police Department
• Little Rock Zoo

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

• Fire Station 23 – LEED Certified
• 12th Street Station – LEED Silver Certification

Energy Star Building Designation

• City Hall West Wing
• Little Rock District Court Building

U.S. Conference of Mayors, City Livability Awards

• 2016 Outstanding Achievement – Summer Youth Employment Program
• 2009 Outstanding Achievement – Little Rock Animal Village

Arkansas Business City of Distinction

• 2015 Workforce Development – Summer Youth Employment Program
• 2015 Main Street Preservation – Creative Corridor
• 2014 Tourism – Little Rock Marathon and River Lights in the Rock
• 2013 Workforce Development – Sidewalk Re-Entry Program
• 2012 Tourism – River Market
• 2012 Quality of Life – River Trail

Creative Corridor

• 2016 Arkansas Chapter of American Council of Engineering Companies Grand Conceptor Award
• 2016 Arkansas Chapter of American Council of Engineering Companies Water Resources Award
• 2014 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award
• 2014 American Institute of Architects Honor Award 2013 Arkansas Chapter of American Institute of Architects Award
• 2013 American Architecture Award
• 2013 Arkansas Chapter of American Planning Association Award

Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association

• 2015 Program of the Year - Therapeutic Recreation: Branch Out
• 2014 Facility of the Year – War Memorial Park Playground
• 2015 Natural Resources Program - Junior Park Ranger Program
• 2009 Facility of the Year – Fletcher Park
• 2008 Program of the Year - Little Rock Marathon Training Program
• 2008 Facility of the Year – Medical Mile