Did You Know?
The Gann Museum in Benton, built in 1893, is the only known structure in the world to be constructed of bauxite.
Arkansas Workforce
The Metro Little Rock Alliance boasts an available workforce to support key industry clusters of Arkansas industries including:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Biotechnology
- Financial Services
- Food Processing
- Healthcare
- Logistics and Distribution
- Software/Information Technology/Telecommunications
- Tourism/Entertainment/Conventions/Retirement
- Non-Profit
Our diverse workforce ranges from low-skilled farm and production workers to technically-skilled production and high tech information technology employees. This available Arkansas workforce is an important contributor to Arkansas having the lowest cost of doing business of any state in the South, according to Business Facilities magazine
The Metro Little Rock region's public and private sector leadership focuses on providing continuous workforce education and training through universities, community colleges and trade-schools.