LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER: Power Up Little Rock

Does Quality of Place Matter? Success in the past was measured in purely economic terms — jobs created, rising incomes and wages, the number of corporate headquarters, or the number of high-tech industries a city had, but place-making efforts across the US and the world have emphasized having quality daily life.

Quality-of-place amenities were once thought of as an afterthought. Now we know that amenities — not just restaurants and bars, but the whole package of great museums, theaters and the arts — play a key role in bringing economic growth. Arts and culture help fuel our state’s economy and economic impact studies have proven time and time again that there’s an inextricable link between the creative industries in a community and that community’s economic development, job recruitment and tourism.