University District

The UALR Growing Healthy Communities Wellness Fair on Saturday, Dec. 6, will offer University District residents free health assessments to identify risks and learn ways to eliminate bad habits to improve health.

The Curran Conway “ParKnership,” a group of organizations committed to improving Curran Conway Park located in the University District, is organizing a clean-up event for Saturday, March 8.

The University District Development Corporation is offering eligible first-time homeowners up to a $20,000 subsidy to purchase a home in the University District, near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

A landmark vacant commercial property anchoring South University Avenue and Colonel Glenn Road will be occupied again, according to Ron Copeland, director of the University District at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock faculty members are educating area seniors on healthy food consumption by taking them grocery shopping.

Sidewalk improvements near a Little Rock elementary school are in the works thanks to a $100,000 grant that the University District Partnership helped secure.

Students and faculty from the UALR School of Social Work have organized a Day of Service to give back to the surrounding community on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

University District Development Corporation was awarded a $24,000 grant to help make more affordable homes available to buyers in the neighborhoods around UALR.

A team from the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute will be at UALR on Monday and Tuesday to help neighbors from the University District begin to develop a concept plan to make University Avenue from 19th Street to the Asher Avenue a more livable and walkable environment.

Students, faculty, and staff will have an opportunity to imagine what facilities, services, and policies they would like to see in central Arkansas to make the region more livable, comfortable, healthier, and more prosperous.