HomeMy WebLinkAboutsouthend NA PlanSouth End Area Improvement Plan Revision
"A Neighborhood Action Plan"
2021
Department of Planning and Development
City of Little Rock, Arkansas
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STEERING COMMITTEE:
Demetria Briggs
Delores Collier
Ryan Dickerson
Jocelyn Dixon
Carl Farr
Clarence Jones
Dr. Minnie Hatchett
Ruby Jeffries
Charlotte Lockhart
Robert Nelson
Jackie Randall
Warrine Robinson
Wilma Smith
Eleanor Stephenson
Rhonda Stewart
WARD 1 DIRECTOR:
Erma Hendrix
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
Planning and Development
Brian Minyard, AiCP
A. Chris McDaniel
Housing and Neighborhood Programs
Amuard Crump, Neighborhood Resource Specialist
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COVER PAGE
Retan House 2510 S. Broadway, Listed on National Register of Historic Places, pg.61
Photo of Thelma Mothershed-Wair, oldest of the Little Rock Nine
Home of Thelma Mothershed-Wair, 1302 West 28th Street, pg.63
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Heritage Center, 3012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, pg.26
New Light Baptist Church, 3110 S. Battery Street, pg.37
Second Row - Left to Righ#
Lassis Inn, 518 East 27th Street, pg. 63
Home of L.C. and Daisy Bates - Museum - Little Rock Nine Meeting Place, 1207 West 28th
Street, pg. 61
Photo of Daisy & L.C. Bates
Former Kroger Store and Wilds Bakery, 2718 and 2722 S. Arch Street, pg.63
J.G. Ish, Educator, pg. 38
Third Row - Left to Riah
South Side Park dedication sign at entrance of park, 1 Whitmore Circle, pg. 52
Ed Johnson, 2019 Arkansas Hall of Fame Inductee, Coach of Sunset Tigers, 50 year
Anniversary, pg. 54
Daisy Bates Museum National Register of Historic Places Landmark Plaque, pg. 61
South End School, 33rd and State Streets - October 1915, currently known as Booker T.
Washington Elementary School, pg. 38
Joshua Building, 2501 S. State Street, pg.61
William E. Thrasher Boys and Girls Club, 3301 S. State Street, pg.26
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The Dubisson Tigers Negro League, September 11, 1936, pg.23
Renovation of Tuxedo Court, 2801 S. Scott Street, renamed Metropolitan Village
Apartments, pg.19
Sunset Tigers game against the Texas Raiders, pg. 57
Children playing at South Side Park, pg.22
DePaul USA, Jericho Way House, 2619 S. State Street
Fifth Row — Left to Right
Home built in 1945 as Housing for a Veteran, pg.19
3020 and 3022 S. Main are new homes in the neighborhood, pg.19
Home of Anthony Chambers, 3600 High Drive, pg. 60
Crump Park Splash Pad, pg.12
Original Sims BBQ location, 716 West 33rd Street, pg. 62
Sixth Row — Left t,4_Right
St. Paul Baptist Church, 2603 S. Commerce Street, pg.35
Booker T. Washington Elementary School, 2700 S. Main Street, pg.38
St. John's Vision Center, 2701 S. Main Street
Murphy -Jeffries Bldg., 2901-2903 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, built in 1925, pg.21
Crump Park Community Garden, 33rd and Chester Streets, pg.27
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RESOLUTION NO. 15,684
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IN SUPPORT OF THE GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES OF THE SOUTH END IMPROVEMENT PLAN REVISION;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the South End Steering Committee reviewed the South End improvement Plan Revision;
and,
WHEREAS, after months of work by the Steering Committee, the Improvement Plan was reviewed
with changes and updates; and.
WHEREAS, this Plan (Goals and Objectives) provides a way for both the neighborhood -based groups
and others working in and around the neighborhood to advance the desires and meet the needs of the
residents; and,
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission reviewed the Plan and approved a resolution of
support of the South End Improvement Plan Revision.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock does support the vision and goals as
expressed in the South End Improvement Plan Revision.
Section 2. Senerabilily. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
resolution.
Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencv.
ADOPTED: May 17, 2022
,L FORM:
Alexander eAn, Chief Deputy
City Att ney
APPROVED:
Frank Scott, Jr., May
RESOLUTION 151
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKNSAS IN SUPPORT OF THE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SOUTH END
IMPROVEMENT PLAN REVISION.
WHEREAS, South End Steering Committee reviewed the South End Neighborhood
Plan, and;
WHEREAS, after months of work by the Steering Committee, the Neighborhood
Plan was reviewed with changes and updates, and;
WHEREAS, this Plan (Goals and Objectives) provides a way for both the
neighborhood based groups and others working in and around the neighborhood to advance
the desires and meet the needs of the residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK.ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Little Rock does supportthe
vision and goals as expressed in the South End Improvement Plan Revision.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Existing Conditions:
2
Introduction
2
Housing Tenure
4
Building Permits
6
Zoning and Future Land Use
9
Infrastructure
11
Park System
12
Socio-Economic Conditions
13
Goals and Objectives
14
Infrastructure
14
Housing
17
Economic Development
20
Parks and Recreation
22
Crime Reduction
24
Social Services
26
Existing Land Use and Rental Property
28
Update on Neighborhood Beautification
29
History
32
Churches
33
Schools
38
Coach Ed Johnson, Sunset Tigers, & alumni
39
History Collage
61
Maps 64
Plan boundary 64
Future Land Use 65
Zoning Map 66
Unsafe and Vacant Structures 67
Master Street Plan 68
Demolished Buildings 69
Copies of Land Use Plan Amendments 2006-2019 70
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
INTRODUCTION
The South End Community has sustained the test of time. as the second oldest neighborhood in the City
of Little Rock, it has a rich history of community involvement and historic preservation. It has gone from
a once thriving business community to one of mainly homes, churches, and schools. It is now bouncing
back as businesses are being revitalized, churches rebuilt, homes renovated, and new homes being built.
South End is somewhat of a secluded community. The boundaries of the study area have not changed
since the original South End Area Improvement Plan "A Neighborhood Action Plan" in May of 1999. It
is anchored by the Arkansas State Fairgrounds to the west, Interstate 30 to the east, Roosevelt Road to the
north and Interstate Park to the south. The neighborhood offers three city parks, a community garden, a
boys and girls club, schools, churches, restaurants, a cultural center, and numerous small businesses.
The neighborhood is centrally located from downtown, allowing easy access to numerous services and
amenities that the City of Little Rock has to offer. South End is within 10 to 15 minutes of Clinton Airport
and the Little Rock Port Authority, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Central High School, colleges,
museums, art and cultural centers, as well as downtown shopping, business offices, restaurants, and the
River Market.
On January 21, 1999, a tornado altered the existing conditions of the neighborhood. The tornado resulted
in the loss of housing stock and damaged long-standing businesses throughout the community. Before the
tornado, the neighborhood had a housing stock of 2,242 units, and because of the tornado, some of the
historic value of the South End Neighborhood was damaged or lost.
This tore into the fabric of the South End community. Families relocated, housing stock declined, and the
neighborhood became blighted with boarded up houses, vacant lots and increased criminal activity. As a
result, over the past 5 to 10 years, the South End Neighborhood has worked with the City of Little Rock
in efforts to revitalize the community and continue to work vigorously with the Little Rock Police
Department to deter crime. Statistically the criminal activities have drastically leveled off over the past 5
to 10 years.
With everything that has occurred, the South End Neighborhood continues to stand strong. It maintains
its historic value with properties listed on the National and State Historic Registers. Success stories have
been great, with the area producing many educators, professional athletes, entertainers, doctors, lawyers,
public speakers, and a history of family business owners.
Although many residents of the recent past have reached retirement age, the community has been active
in not only providing services for seniors but is recruiting younger families. Today's young professionals
are choosing to stay in the neighborhood rather than move away to more exclusive areas because of the
current high cost of living. Many are choosing to move back to stay in touch with their patients, clientele,
and family members. The community continues to thrive and is attracting investors and residents with
new construction, renovated homes and continued growth throughout the neighborhood.
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The Census data referenced in this study is from the 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census. The data to
compare for the 2020 census will not be available until after this study is finished. It was explored to
compare numbers from the American Factfinder information provided by the Census Bureau. However,
the smallest area that could be sampled included a portion of the Wright Avenue Neighborhood from
Roosevelt to Wright Avenue and from Martin Luther King to the railroad tracks. To include this
information would skew the results.
• This information will be added as an addendum when it is available. The census information from
the 2004 Action plan does not reflect the progress and current environment of the South End
Neighborhood. A better representation of the area will be available when the 2020 Census
Demographics information is made complete.
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HOUSING TENURE
As the chart to the right shows, the South
End area continues to lose housing stock
over time. From a high of 2242 in 1990,
the number of units have decreased to
1956 in the 2010 census. Since that time,
additional structures have been
demolished. According to building permit
data, 142 additional structures have a
demolition permit since January 2010
which a majority of them were housing
units. These have been scattered
throughout the study area. These 142
demolitions do not include the
reconstruction of the formerly named
Tuxedo Courts and Ives Park.
At the same time, vacant housing units,
(houses and apartments), have increased
in the neighborhood as shown in the chart
to the right. In 1990, vacancy was at
13.38% or roughly one in seven housing
units. In 2010, the rate was at 26.76% or
roughly one in four housing units that are
vacant.
Citywide, vacancy rates have also
increased, but not at the same rate as
shown in the chart to the right. In 1990,
they were at 10.4% and in 2010 at 12.46%,
a rise in 1.98%. South End vacancy rate
increased 13.38% or doubled in the same
amount of time. However, with the
decreased number of units available, the
actual number was not doubled. The
numbers went from 300 to 518 vacant
units from 1990 to 2010.
South End Housin,F Unit.
2242
2184
1956
1990 2000 2010
Total Units
South End Housing Vacancy
100%
90%
80%
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84.71% -- --
70%
60%
73.24%
50%
40%
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10%
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Occupied Vacant
Citywide Housing Vacancy
100%
90%
80%
89.60% 91.22% 87.54%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10.40% 8.78% 12.46%
10%
0%
1990 2000 2010
Occupied ♦Vacant
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Most strikingly of all of the data is the
change in occupancy, homeowner versus
renter as shown in the chart to the right. In
1990, the mix was about 60-40 with
homeowners being in the majority. In 2000,
the numbers were roughly the same.
However, in 2010, the numbers flipped
with more renters than homeowners. The
census does not give us a reason why this
occurred. Probable causes could be the
heirs renting out the houses instead of
selling them or residents are leaving the
neighborhood and keeping the house as
rental property.
Citywide, the percentage of renters to
owners occupying structures has remained
virtually the same as shown in the chart to
the right. Renter occupancy has decreased
less than one percent 90.89%). The number
of housing units in the City has increased
over time and is still increasing, so the
actual number of rental units has expanded.
The available census data for the housing
South End Owner vs Renter
70%
59.73% 60.27%
60%
60.58%
50%
39.42%
40%
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20%
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--*- Renter occupied units —0--Owner occupied units
Citywide Owner vs Renter
70%
56.21% 57.36% S7.07%
60%
50%
40%
43.79% 42.64% 42.93%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1990 2000 2010
--*--Owner occupied units —0—Renter occupied units
tenure is from 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census. The data for comparison to the 2020 census will
not be available until after this action plan is completed. To include the housing tenure census comparison
for the above years would skew the results of this study. Therefore, the 2020 census for housing and
demographics information will be added as an addendum when it becomes available.
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BUILDING PERMITS
The following section concerning building permits since the last revision of the neighborhood action
plan will contain building permits from January 2004 through June 30, 2021.
55 single family houses were permitted, an average of 2.73 per year from 2004-2 June 30, 2021. This is
a decrease from the 13 permits for the previous 4 years (January 2000 — December 2003), an average of
4.33 the time frame immediately after the tornado of 1999. There was a building boom after the tornado
of 1999.
During the study period, there were 36 additions to single family homes versus the 16 in the previous
four years. Also, during the study period, there were 546 permits for renovations to existing homes. Of
those renovation permits, 166 were "bring to code" permits, 74 were CDBG projects, 23 were exterior
remodels, 24 were due to fire damage, 85 were classified as general remodel and 64 were interior
remodel.
31 permits were issued for accessory buildings (sheds, detached garages, etc) at residential and non-
residential sites.
On multi -family permits, the construction of Metropolitan Village and Cumberland Manor accounted for
120 units. There was one permit for the construction of a duplex and three permits for demolition of two
duplexes. 14 permits were issued for renovation of duplexes and multi -family buildings.
On non-residential permits, there were 3 permits issued for construction of office buildings and 2
permits for commercial buildings. There were four permits issued for renovation of existing offices
while there were five permits for additions to commercial structures, three demolitions and 15
renovations of commercial structures.
There are noticeable spikes in the charts below in certain years. See text under the charts for notations.
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ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE
Board of Adjustment items:
Since the last revision in 2004, three Board of adjustment issues for residential additions or new houses
with reduced setbacks were approved.
Zoning Items:
Eight Conditional Use Permits (CUP) were granted for church related expansions and new construction.
One CUP was approved for each of the following uses: a multisectional manufactured home, a museum,
a food store under 5000 sf with sales of beer and wine, a day care, and one adult day care.
One CUP for a correctional facility and one CUP for a daycare was denied by the Planning Commission.
Three CUPs were withdrawn, two concerning construction of residential duplexes and one for a daycare.
Two Special Use Permits were issued to run a daycare in a single-family house and five tower use permits
were issued concerning mobile phone towers and expansions.
Nine planned commercial districts and two planned office districts were approved since 2004 along the
Roosevelt, Arch and Broadway corridors. Four planned residential districts were approved: three for the
redevelopment of Tuxedo Court and Ives Walk and one for elderly housing associated with a church.
Future Land Use Plan items:
The first three items (Ordinances 21,708, 21,011, and 20,469) were products of area wide reviews initiated
by Planning Staff where most of the changes made are to recognize existing uses or existing zoning.
Ordinance 21,708 of March 19, 2019, changed the following area:
• An area south of Roosevelt Road at Pulaski Street was changed from Residential Low Density to
Commercial.
Ordinance 21,011 of March 17, 2015, changed the following areas:
• An area northwest of 26th and Schiller was changed from Residential Low Density to Public
Institutional.
• An area west of Ringo at 30`h Street was changed from Park Open Space to Residential Low
Density.
• An area south of 33`d from Fulton to Izard Street is changed from Residential Low Density to
Park Open Space.
• An area either side of Riffel Street south of 32❑d Street was changed from Residential Low
Density to Public Institutional.
• An area north of 34 h from Gaines to Arch Street was changed from Mixed Use to Public
Institutional.
• An area south of Roosevelt from Louisiana to Main Street was changed from Mixed Use to
Public Institutional.
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Ordinance 20,469 of September 20. 2011 changed the following areas:
s An area at the southwest corner of 29`h and Interstate 30 was changed from Commercial to
Residential Low Density.
The following two changes were initiated by the redevelopment of Ives Walk and Tuxedo Court.
Ordinance 19,616 of October 17, 2006, changed the following area:
An area along Ives Walk was changed from Multi -family to Single Family.
Ordinance 19,494 of February 21, 2006, changed the following area:
• An area south of 291h between Main and Martell was changed from Single Family to Multi-
family.
See maps of the approved ordinances starting on page 70. Only the graphics for the changes within the
study area were included.
SELECTED DEFINITIONS OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES
Residential Low Density- RL (formerly Single Family SF)
This category provides for single family homes at densities not to exceed 6 dwelling units per acre. Such
residential development is typically characterized by conventional single family homes but may also
include patio or garden homes and cluster homes, provided that the density remain less than 6 units per
acre.
Residential High Density — RH (formerly Multi Family MF)
This category accommodates residential development of more than twelve (12) dwelling units per acre.
Mixed Use - MX
This category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planned
Zoning District is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the
three.
Commercial - C
The commercial category includes a broad range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and
professional services, and general business activities. Commercial activities vary in type and scale,
depending on the trade area that they serve.
Park/Open Space - PK/OS
This category includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts, flood plains, and other
designated open space and recreational land.
Public/Institutional - PI
This category includes public and quasi -public facilities that provide a variety of services to the
community such as schools, libraries, fire stations, churches, utility substations, and hospitals.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
In November 2011, the citizens of Little Rock voted for a temporary 3/8 cent sales tax increase for 10
years and also to extend a 3 mil property tax for street and drainage improvements. The sales tax went to
fund the sale of bonds to complete projects city-wide.
Below is a list of projects that have been completed or are scheduled to be completed.
The Sales tax and Bond projects 2013-2015 provided resurfacing portions of the following streets:
28th, 31st, 33`d, 35th, Main, Marshall, Spring, Summit, and Wolfe Streets.
Another project in that cycle was along Martin Luther King to capture water from running spring on
west side of MLK from 28th to 30d Streets.
The Sales tax and Bond projects 2016-2018 provided resurfacing portions of the following street:
South Main Street. Cross and Ringo Streets were also resurfaced out of a different project.
Another project in that cycle was to reconstruct Whitmore Circle beginning at 341h Street and around the
loop which was completed in 2019.
The Sales tax and Bond projects 2019-2021 provided resurfacing portions of the following streets:
Scheduled to be completed are Gaines, Cross, and Ringo Streets.
Other projects scheduled to be completed is a sidewalk along Marshall Street from Roosevelt to the
southern terminus and to repair or replace old culverts along the Swaggerty Creek drainage from
Roosevelt to 3 1 " Street.
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PARK SYSTEM
In November 2011, the citizens of Little Rock voted for a temporary 3/8 cent sales tax increase for 10
years and also to extend a 3 mil property tax for street and drainage improvements. The sales tax went to
fiord the sale of bonds to complete projects city-wide. A portion of this money is devoted to
improvements in Crump Park including the addition of a splash pad.
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
The population of the South End area has
steadily decreased in the study period as
shown in the chart on the right. In 1990,
the population was at 5,578 while in 2010,
it was at 3,325, a loss of 40%. The mix of
males and females has stayed constant,
with females making the majority at 56%
in 1990 and falling at a steady rate to 54%
in 2010. The neighborhood has seen that
there has been an increase with the new
houses being built and vacant houses
being occupied. The 2020 census data
was not available at the time of this
printing.
South End Population
6,000
5578
4713
5,000
4,000
3325
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1990 2000 2010
--*-Total Population
South End population distribution has also remained consistent with 98.26% Black or African American
in 1990 to 96.03% in 2010. The city as a whole has 51.4% white, 42.4% Black or African American,
and 2.5% Asian. The city as a whole also
has 6.4% Hispanic while the South End
has one -tenth of one percent in 2010.
For the most part the population of the
South End has declined and experienced a
net loss of housing stock which typically
go hand in hand. However, the number of
permits issued to repair or renovate
housing since the last update provides
evidence of the commitment by area
residents to the preservation of the
neighborhood.
South End Population by Race
120%
98.26% 96.67% 96.03%
100%
80%
60%
40Y
20%
1,60% 1.87% 1.62%
0%
1990 2000 2010
White —&--Black or African American
The 2020 Census Demographics were not available at the time of this study. An addendum will be
added showing the updated 2020 census information when it becomes available.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
#1 INFRASTRUCTURE GOAL:
Coordinate with Public Works to improve condition of infrastructure.
Objective: Work with city to implement the following drainage improvements.
• Clean and improve drainage in Swaggerty Creek basin south of Roosevelt boundaries.
■ Schedule regular maintenance of Swaggerty Creek.
• Repair and clean all ditches, ravines and drainage systems that flood throughout the South End
Community.
Objective: Work with city to implement the following street and alley improvements.
• Build a retaining wall between alley and creek between Bishop, Marshall, 34th, and 35th Streets.
• Create, build and repair all curbs and gutters throughout the South End Community.
• Repair and pave and provide lighting in all alley ways throughout the South End Community.
■ Make sidewalks safe for pedestrians by repairing and/or replacing sidewalks in disrepair and
install sidewalks where there are none.
Objective: Work with city and Entergy to implement the following street light improvements.
• A complete analysis needs to be done by the City of Little Rock and Entergy to correct and
improve our lighting system throughout the South End.
• Provide LED street lighting and additional fixtures for better efficiency.
• Need assessment and accountability by Urban Forestry to develop a Maintenance Plan for
overgrown tree limbs and tree removal.
Objective: Elevate the standards of the infrastructure in our neighborhood to acceptable
standards
• Schedule regular number of days for street sweeper to remove debris throughout the South
End.
■ City of Little Rock needs to invest in more street sweepers in order to enhance the
appearance of the South End and/or the Greater Little Rock Communities.
• Implement an ordinance for brush, bulk items, and curbside debris pickup on a regular
scheduled basis without having to call "311 ". (IF IT'S OUT THERE PICK IT UP)
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New sidewalks at 28'h and Marshall Streets.
New sidewalks at 27' and Marshall Streets.
Whitmore Circle after with curbs.
In the Plan and Completed.
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New storm drain facilities.
Cross Street from Roosevelt south in process of being
repaved
Whitmore Circle after with curbs.
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#2 HOUSING GOAL:
Improve the housing stock of the neighborhood, both Rental and Owner occupied.
Objective: Repair, renovate and increase maintenance on housing stock that can be occupied
■ The city of Little Rock should work with state and local government to adopt and pass
legislation for Landlord -Tenant Laws for Arkansas
• Rehabilitate vacant housing to filter unwanted activities (drugs, etc.) to help eliminate blight
throughout the South End.
• Need an Ecological Study done in the overgrown hillside area between 28`h MLK and 301h
MLK that has saturated soil ground caused by water problems that is dangerous. This section
desperately needs attention so that homes can be built on this scenic hillside.
• Repair houses before they qualify for demolition.
■ Codes and ordinance must be enforced to protect and save our community.
• Renovate housing as opposed to demolition. This will increase the housing stock and will
save some of the historic value of the South End.
■ Make single family houses affordable for potential homeowners
■ Enforce all codes and ordinance violations, such as, no cars on lawns or abandoned or non-
working cars on the street.
■ Enforce maximum number of cars parked on side of house lawn and not in a paved or gravel
driveway.
• Vacant houses and rental property upkeep according to code.
Objective: Utilize existing programs for home repair and home ownership
• We need a comprehensive housing program to provide repairs and renovation for
homeowners that are disabled, senior citizens and low income families.
• Reconstruct those homes that have historic values throughout the South End Community.
• All dilapidated and abandoned houses near interstate 30 (I-30) need to be fixed and
homeowners educated that there are grant funds available.
■ 26th and Rock Street — I-30 and Frontage Road to the railroad need to renovated. (THIS IS
A BAD REFLECTION FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND FOR THE
TRAVELERS ON I-30)
Objective: Work to introduce new housing stock into the South End Neighborhood Community
• Need a Senior Citizen Retirement Complex for those who would love to stay in the South
End community. Not disabled or families but Senior Citizens ONLY.
• All Landlords, renters, and resident owners need to be held responsible for upkeep and
maintenance of their properties.
Objective: Improve the overall appearance of the South End Community through proper
building and ground maintenance.
• The existing ordinances should be enforced to its full potential for all residents to keep their
properties clean and clear of trash, household furniture on porches and in yards.
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Review to change any ordinance so that right of ways and alleys beyond the property line of
a residence that the city owns and is responsible for should be maintained by the city on a
regularly scheduled basis.
Objective: Beautify the neighborhood through the South End Community and individual efforts
• Hold landlords accountable for the actions of renters when there is excessive loud noise,
drugs, gangs and violence associated with the property. Need stricter fines through the code
enforcement on the upkeep of property.
• Hold landlords accountable to keep up their property. Establish Landlord and Rental Laws to
be followed by landowners andrenters.
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and front porch were added in 2020.
Veterans returning from World War II. These were in the
3100 and 3200 blocks of Spring and Center Streets and the
300 and 400 block of West 33'd Street.
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#3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT {GOAL:
Encourage economic development in the area.
Objective: Attract New Businesses to the South End Community.
• To establish businesses on south of Roosevelt Road that includes a Center for the elders, a
Pharmacy, Hardware Store, Restaurants, and Health Care Clinic.
• Established businesses in the South End will improve job opportunities.
• There is a need for an Educational Facility to promote job training, Health wellness, Budget
Preparedness, and everyday life skills.
Objective: Initiate or explore job -training programs to train local residents
• Utilization of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Center at 3102 Dr. Martin Luther King
Boulevard, as originally designed to offer programs that will enhance the neighborhood.
There should be programs at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Center to prepare
citizens for the work force (Computer Classes, Health Classes and etc.).
• Neighborhood programs to teach job skills. Provide literacy training for children, teens and
young adults. Work with recently closed Boys and Girls Club and United Way to provide
programs for seniors, children, and all area residents.
Objective: Improve the overall appearance of the neighborhood through proper building and
grounds maintenance.
• Based on municipal code, enforce upon existing businesses to take ownership and make
needed repairs to both the inside and outside of their properties.
Objective: Beautify the neighborhood through community and individual efforts.
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The First Class Car wash on Roosevelt at Rock Street renovated Newer construction of retail at 415 E Roosevelt Road
an existing use.
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The Humphrey Store at 2901 S Wolfe Street.
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is a potential location for new business.
2510 SArch Street (left) has been renovated by owner
Deryan Coleman and a new parking lot installed. 2508
Arch (right) has been recently renovated.
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#4 PARKS AND RECREATION GOAL:
Promote better and safer park facilities for the community.
Objective: Work to implement improvements in area parks.
• Cuiitiuur to implement the Ci uuip Park Mayer Plan that was allocated by the 'i2 cent Tax
Bill.
• Continue with the original Splash Pad Plan and the other amenities in its current location.
• Need walking trails connecting the South Side, Crump and Interstate Parks with sufficient
lighting.
• Provide a new facility for neighborhood programs to teach job skills, computer classes,
health Classes, Programs for senior citizens, young adults, and children.
• In all South End Neighborhood Parks Bike Trails, walking areas, conversation areas,
playgrounds and picnic areas. Seek property in area that can be developed, water
parks/splash pad. Upgrade the existing parks first
• Police patrol is needed in all South End Parks.
• Name the Southside football field after Coach Ed Johnson.
• Upgrade the "Entrance" and "Exit" of Southside Park.
• Need a developed walking trail.
• Provide for accessible parking in South Side Park.
■ Add bleachers where needed.
■ Park need to be elevated to prevent flooding
■ Install drainage system to run off water.
■ Upgrade Lighting System in South Side Park.
• Buildings owned or bought by the taxpayer's money should be publicly announced before
donating and/or sold to a private person or organization.
■ Add Wi-Fi capabilities.
• Install security camera in all parks.
Objective: Maintain existing parks at a higher level than the present
Objective: Reduce crime in park areas.
Objective: Explore funding opportunities to start programs to assist youths.
There should be more parks and programs funded by the city to
provide physical, educational activities for all children at no cost.
Objective: Acquire more parkland for residents in the Northeast Section of the study area.
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Saulhside Park.
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on far right. This was the home of the Negro League.
Daniel Joy Dubisson, born September 28th, 1872, in Franklin, TN, was a Negro
baseball executive. He was the part owner of the Little Rock Grays and the sponsor of
the Dubisson Tigers.
Dubisson was the son of John Dubisson and Elizabeth (nee Johnson) Dubisson. John . �
was a former slave, a carpenter, and a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Daniel Dubisson grew up in Franklin, TN, but later moved to Little Rock, AR, where he
became a mortician and the proprietor of a funeral home in 1915. Daniel Joy
Dubisson
In 1932, Dubisson became a part owner of the Little Rock Grays, a baseball team in the Negro Southern
League. In 1933, he began his own semi -pro Negro team known as the Dubisson Tigers. The team was
sponsored by Dubisson's Funeral Home and played regional competition, including Claybrook Tigers,
St. Louis Stars, New Orleans Black Pelicans, and Shreveport Tigers. The Tigers operated until 1941
before being broken up by World War 1. After the war, the team essentially became the C and C Hotel
Stars in 1947.
Dubisson died July 1 Oth, 1952, in Little Rock, AR and was buried in Haven of Rest Cemetery.
Copied from arkbaseball.com
His house at 1500 S Ringo Street is on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently known
as the Alpha House for the fraternity that owns it.
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#5 CRIME REDUCTION GOAL:
Improve Public Safety and decrease crime.
Objective: Neighborhood residents should actively work to prevent crime in their areas.
Objective: Work with the Little Rock Police Department to enforce laws and reduce crime.
• More police patrol of parks activities during afternoon and evening hours.
• Need police to patrol the South End Community late at night to enforce the ordinances
against illegal activities such as, drugs and prostitution.
• Enforce stricter rules on pet owners, such as, the maximum number of dogs, cats per
household.
• Animal Control need to be more visible in the South End Community.
• Police Officers need additional training in the areas of Psychological and Disability Training.
• Racial Profiling need to be prohibited in all Communities.
• Police Communication Relationship Programs should be implemented throughout the South
End Community.
• Added security cameras and lighting will help combat some crimes that take place in poorly
lit places.
• Sponsor crime prevention workshops with youth and educate the neighbors on laws,
ordinances, and city codes (Abandonment of property, parking of cars, etc.)
• Encourage neighbors to call 311 or 911 if they see concerning issues or vioations.
Objective: Control stray animals and eliminate packs of wild dogs.
• More animal control for stray cats and dogs.
Objective: Work to revise or create ordinances that protect people who rent housing or live by
housing that has been recently a site of gunfire or firearm attacks.
• Adopt a city ordinance to govern the rental of houses that have had incidents of gunfire or
firearm attacks.
• Establish the responsibilities that the landlord of these properties has to new renters. Is the
landlord required to tell the new renters of previous activity at the house? Do new tenants
face more stringent work history or credit requirements? Are background checks required?
Is there scrutiny regarding occupancy by known criminal offenders?
■ Update the Public Nuisance Ordinance to include best practices from other cities.
• Establish a City of Little Rock Communication system policy (written or oral) to inform
citizens living close to houses that have been recently targeted by firearms or drive by
shootings.
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#6 SOCIAL SERVICES GOAL:
Provide needed social services within the neighborhood for area residents.
Objective: Medical Facilities to provide services for all citizens in the South End which includes
Senior Citizens, Youth, Adults and the Disabled Adults.
Develop a Health and Wellness Clinic that will serve as a location for "Developing Life
Skills
a. Work Values
b. Time Management
c. Personal Value
d. Decision Making / Conflict Resolution
• Building Character
a. Good Citizenship and Integrity
b. Building Self -Esteem
• Financial Literacy
a. Wills and Living Trust Management
b. Budget Management
c. Taking risks
• Assistance with Utility Services.
■ Counseling for Social needs
• Programs for Youth and Family Counseling
• Develop Safety Education for the home
• The Family roles and responsibilities
■ A Police Substation within the facility
• The facility needs to be able to house a Senior Citizen Social Day Care.
Objective: Achieve the total utilization of the Resource Center.
• A Senior Citizen Retirement Complex for those who would love to stay in the South End
Community and not have to leave the community. For Senior Citizens ONLY (55+years)
• Network with churches regarding food banks and clothing distributions.
Thrasher Boys and Girls Club.
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[volunteers at the Crump Community Garden promoting
community gardens.
Neighbors are given one dozen fresh eggs as they are
collected. Dorothy Brown manages the Chickens.
Harmony Health Clinic on Roosevelt Road.
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entire communityfocusing on seniors, disable and single
families. This is part of the 2021 harvest.
The Arkansas Enterprise for the Developmentally Disabled
at 201 E Roosevelt Road.
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#7 EXISTING LAND USE AND RENTAL PROPERTY GOAL:
Improve our neighborhood through zoning controls.
Objective: Work with planning staff to improve existing neighborhood
• Ordinances should be enforced to its full potential for all residents to keep their properties
clean and clear of trash, household furniture on porches and in yards.
• Attempts can be made to use vacant properties by attracting new developments
• Landlords must be made accountable by enacting stricter laws regarding property upkeep.
• Establish Landlord and rental Laws to be followed by landowners and renters.
• Little Rock Arkansas Code Ordinances for renter Inspection should be enforced.
• Total revitalization of MLK and the South End Community with home and businesses.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Center and the artesian spring are part of the Historical
Museum for the pioneers of the South End.
Objective: Work to revise or create ordinances that protect people who rent housing or live by
housing that has been recently a site of gunfire or firearm attacks.
• Adopt a city ordinance to govern the rental of houses that have had incidents of gunfire or
firearm attacks.
• Establish what responsibility that the landlord of these properties has to new renters. Is the
landlord required to tell the new renters of previous activity at the house? Do new tenants
face more stringent work history or credit requirements? Are background checks required?
Is there scrutiny regarding occupancy by known criminal offenders?
• Update the Public Nuisance Ordinance to include best practices from other cities.
■ Establish a City of Little Rock Communication system policy (written or oral) to inform
citizens living close to houses that have been recently targeted by firearms or drive by
shootings.
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UPDATE ON NEI HBORH OD BEAUTIFICATION
The SENAC, Inc (South End Neighborhood Association Coalition, Inc.) received an Award of
Excellence for Litter Prevention/Control "Great American Cleanup — Let's Paint Up" presented by Keep
Arkansas Beautiful in 2006. The project was located and completed at 2906 S Scott Street.
Services were completed and donated by Volunteers: They built steps, handrails, replaced rotten wood
and rebuilt window screens, scraped paint and painted the home.
• Donald Rowe, local business person, donated and installed the plate glass for the broken
picture window.
■ Isaac Ross, a local electrician (who returned to his childhood neighborhood), installed the
outside light fixtures.
■ Little Rock Job Corp Maintenance and Rehab Program partnered with SENAC to do
woodwork and masonry work.
SENAC members were involved in securing support staff of Keep Arkansas Beautiful, City official,
local churches, and businesses.
The Litter Project provided litter awareness prevention for the citizens in the area. As a result, street
captains are now addressing certain target areas. This project provided positive image for an 86 year old
lady to remain in her home and enhanced the community outlook for the future.
There is an on -going Litter Prevention Committee that meets once a month to address beautification
issues.
The Coalition was saluted for their pride, spirit, and effort demonstrated in producing such an
outstanding achievement. This was also a commitment SENAC made in the South End Area
Improvement Plans of May 1999 and July 2004. In the May 1999 plan, the neighborhood involvement
goal was to revitalize our neighborhood through increased maintenance of existing structures, through
beautification projects and building neighborhood pride. In the July 2004 plan, the objective was to
beautify the neighborhood through community and individual efforts by sponsoring area wide cleanup
days of problem spots. Also, work with volunteer groups for area wide cleanups of the neighborhood.
In the spring of each year, SENAC has successfully completed 18 Great American cleanups. SENAC
has also successfully completed 18 Great Arkansas cleanups in the fall of each year. Emergency
cleanups have been completed in certain areas as needed.
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#8 HISTORY GOAL:
Establish and document the full history of the South End.
Objective: To work with The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies to research when the South
End was developed and established
• When was the South End developed and established?
• Who were the people who first settled in the South End?
• History of the Historical Sites
• Historical people that came out of the South End
• History of the first South End Association.
• To have all the historical sites listed under the State and National Historical Registrar
regardless of the condition and to be restored when funds are available.
• Contact people who came from the South End to give a narrative for the history of the South
End.
• Create a "Wall of Fame" along MLK at the house and the area next to the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Heritage Center and the artesian spring
■ Research for churches that are 100+ years that are still active.
• Explore "Veteran's Houses" in the area of Center, Spring, 29th — 315t Streets as a historic
district. Research builders, occupants, and if there was a specific program to build them.
• Explore mid-century modern houses in the 3700 block of High Street as a historic district.
Research builders, occupants, and if there was a specific program to build them.
Objective: Acknowledge and research the work of Coach Ed Johnson for his coaching and
mentoring of athletes from the South End.
• Research and inventory the players that he has coached that went on to play in the National
Football League.
■ Research and inventory the players that he has coached that have made contributions to
society.
• Consolidate the existing documentaries and articles that have been written about him in one
location for ease of study later, possibly at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center or the Butler
Center at CALS.
• Encourage all papers and memorabilia of Coach Johnsons to be donated to the Mosaic
Templars Cultural Center or the Butler Center at CALS.
• Explore listing of Coach Johnson's house on the National Register of Historic Places. Coach
Johnson, on a telephone call agreed to have exploratory research performed for inclusion to
the National Register of Historic Places.
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Churches: Churches have always played an important part in the life of the neighborhood. Some are
featured here.
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Street.
New Reed Memorial C. M. E. Church at 3101 S Izard
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St John Missionary Baptist Church at 2600 S Main was originally named Town Baptist Church and was organized in
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built in the 1980's and the Family Life Center was added to the north in 2002.
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Schools: Schools in the area:
Booker T Washington Elementary School, the oldest school South End School at 33'd and State Street — October 1915
in the neighborhood located on South Main Street. ohotn-
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elementary school and was named for Jefferson Gatherford
Ish, believed to be a former slave who was educated with
his master's sons. It now serves as the LRSD Instructional
Resource Center.
" .. G. Ish was a graduate of the Maryville Normal College
in Tennessee. He came to Arkansas about 1881 and
became an educator. Ish served as principal of three Little
Rock schools from 1887 to 1906 and principal of the
Negro High School at 9th and Hickory streets in Argenta
(North Little Rock) in 1913.
"His son, G. W. Ish, became a prominent local physician,
J.G. Ish Jr. was the principal at the University of Arkansas
at Pine Blufffrom 1915 to 1921, and members both their
families were noted for their civic service. "
from the LRSD website.
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Southside Park, Home of Coach Ed Johnson and the Sunset Tigers
The South End Neighborhood Association Coalition is asking that Southside Park be added on the Register
of Historical places in Little Rock, Arkansas. Southside Park is on the land donated by Mr. Louis
Whitmore, 51 years ago and he was a resident of the community. The address is #1 Whitmore Circle, at
the intersection West 34 h Street & Whitmore Circle, South of Roosevelt Road and West of Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive. The park is east of Barton Coliseum at gate 12, next to the Rock Island railroad tracks and
is in the midst of residential family homes that were built in 1945.
South End community activist, wife and mother, Velma Jean Gray was concerned about the youth in the
area and wanted to create a sports program for them. But first, she needed a park to house the fields. The
efforts yielded Southside Park, just off the intersection of 34th Street and Whitmore Circle, developed in
1970. The land was donated by Louis Whitmore, a former resident of Whitmore Circle. Beginning with a
basketball court, ball field, playground equipment, picnic tables and bathrooms, the City of Little Rock
constructed Southside Park and continues to maintain it.
In 1971, Velma Jean Gray spearheaded efforts to create a youth sports program in the neighborhood bound
by High Street (now, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), Roosevelt Road, and the State Fair Grounds. Joining
her in that organizing effort were youth sports boosters and neighborhood parents Evelyn Fuller;
McKinley Johnson Sr., Robert Nelson, Vernon Shackleford and other members of the Sunset community,
which lies within those boundaries.
Otto Williams, then director of Pulaski County's Economic Opportunity Agency, better known as EOA,
arranged for his agency to buy uniforms for the inaugural members of the Sunset Tigers, a youth football
team that formed in the Spring of 1971. Since the team's inception, decorated Vietnam War Veteran
Edward "Coach Ed" Johnson -who has two Purple Hearts, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award, a Bronze
Star and several presidential citations, including one from then Gov. Bill Clinton -has been the team's
athletic supervisor, chief fundraiser, mentor, surrogate father and support. (Coach Ed has received awards
from youth sports organizations in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas, among others.) His host of assistant
coaches have included his younger brother, McKinley "Big June" Johnson Jr., Larry Gilmore, Leroy
Brownlee and others from the neighborhood and, in many cases, alumni of the Sunset Tigers football
team.
Southside Park has been the home of the Sunset Tigers Little League Football Team, for 50 years.
Mr. Edward (ED) Johnson is the Head Coach and Organizer of the Legendary Sunset Tigers Little
League Football Team. He is a youth mentor and surrogate father to those who had no father in the
home. He received the Arkansas Community Service Award in 1983 from then Governor Bill Clinton.
Since then, he has been an honoree and recipient of countless other service awards. For his Military
Service to this country in the United States Army, he has 2 Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star,
a Vietnam Bronze Star and several President Citations. In 2019 he was inducted into the Arkansas
Black Hall of Fame. According to his Hall of Fame Bio Coach Ed is believed to be the longest -
serving active Community Youth Football Coach in the State of Arkansas. These accomplishments and
community involvement have set the stage for his long term dedication to youth sports with the Sunset
Tigers at Southside Park.
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Since 1971, Head Coach Ed Johnson and his coaching staff has coached 4,900 plus youth football players
in the last 50 years at Southside Park. He along with his staff, Parent Boosters, community supporters have
seen players and cheerleaders go from Southside Park Little League Football Team members; to attending
college and becoming leaders in their community. Many have become business owners, teachers, coaches,
ministers and NFL players. The Sunset Tigers are a generational team of fathers, sons, grandfathers,
mothers, and daughters wanted to be a part of the Sunset Tigers. Southside Park and the Little League
Football Team has played a part in the lives of 47 players trying out for the National Football League
(NFL); 24 players actually played for the NFL. Through Coach Ed Johnson's mentoring and dedication
to the teams at Southside Park, all of the players graduated from college. There are others who may have
played; however Ed says he stop tracking his former players in 2000. His focus now is no child left behind,
tracking that one child who has no place to go or direction. This is his way of offering an alternative to
youth who are at risk and could potentially drop out of school. He wants to continue to give hope to the
hopeless and give them something to look forward to.
In its 50 years, the Sunset Tigers have hosted 658 games, 282 of them at their Southside Park home base.
The team has won more than 40 bowl or league championships.
During each of the 50 years, as many as 95 youth have signed up to play, with 35 of them playing at any
given time for a Sunset Tigers varsity, junior varsity or pee wee team. Also, during each of those 50 years,
there were up to 25 cheerleaders supporting the team from the sidelines.
To be in the game, these youth athletes and cheerleaders have had to be in good academic standing at
their respective schools. Yearly, at least 95 percent of players catapulted by the Sunset Tigers and slated
to graduate from high school did, in fact, graduate. Twenty-four Tiger alum also have played for the NFL,
including long-term NFL players John Bilal, Charles Jackson, Keith Jackson Sr., Leslie O'Neal, John
Simmons and Ricky Williams, just to name a few.
At Southside Park, there is a fence that separates the football field and the railroad tracks. On that fence
hangs the history of the park (Our Lady) the team Legacy, our game records; 1977 Tigers -The Greatest
Team Ever 13-0. Coach Johnson says these boards are what drives and inspires the young players today.
They want to see their names on those boards at Southside Park. He lets them know it takes dedication,
commitment, and giving your all on and off the field, in school and in whatever you want to achieve in
life.
Coach Ed Johnson's recruiting boundaries for players began south of Roosevelt Road, west to Woodrow
and east to Arch Street. This was agreed upon with other Little League Coaches. Players who played on
the team that lived outside of the boundaries were at the request of their parents. His primary focus was to
reach the youth who lived in the South End. In 2000 he saw there was a greater need to reach youth beyond
the boundaries he had set. A young player, Nicholas (Nick) Jones #19 played quarterback and lead the
team to championships during his season as a Tiger. He was memorialized June 10, 2020, in Southside
Park on the field where he loved to play according to his mother.
In 1979, The Sunset Tigers were the first all -black team to play the first all -white program in the State of
Arkansas. The team was called the Indianapolis Rangers from Indiana. In 1980, Coach Johnson was
instrumental in helping Coach Mark Chilton organize the Benton Baby Panthers program and also
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assisted Coach Bill Wilkerson in the development of the Sherwood Eagles program. Coach Johnson
helped these white coaches to develop their programs in the 1980's.
The Sunset Tigers' key supporters have included the Sunset Tigers Parents Booster Club, Soldier's Wish
Foundation, and the American Legion of Arkansas.
The Southside Park Sunset Tigers is proud to be a part of the community of players that played for the
National Football League:
Below is a partial list of Sunset Tigers who excelled
Player Name
Year
Address
College
Professional Team
Eric Cray
(1972)
Pro -tryout
Darrell Dokes
(1972)
U of A
Kansas City Chiefs
Wayne Fuller
(1972)
First QB of Sunset Tigers
Darrell Mason
(1972)
312 Battery
U ofA
Oakland Raiders
John Simmons
(1972)
1207 High Dr. (MLK)
U ofA
Cincinnati Bengal
George Stewart
(1972)
918 West 32°d St.
U of A
Atlanta Falcons, NFL
Los Angeles Chargers
Ray Patton
(74-76)
UAPB
Pro -tryout
Charles Jackson
(75-76)
603 West 33`d
UAPB
St Louis Cardinals
Leslie O'Neal
(75-77)
1303 West 271" St.
OSU
San Diego Chargers
Keith Jackson Sr.
(75-77)
2800 High St. (MLK)
OU
Miami Dolphin
Green Bay Packers
Philadelphia Eagles
Rickey Williams
(75-77)
3306 Wolfe St.
U of A
Houston Oilers
Anthony Chambers
(76-77)
3600 High Dr. (MLK)
U of A
(Pro tryout)
McClellan High Coach
Assistant coach at Hall High
Terry Stokes
(76-77)
Pro -tryout
Derrick Bolden
(77-79)
UT
Kansas City Chiefs
Billy Ingram
(77-79)
HEN
Pro -tryout /dir. AR AAU
John Humphrey
(79-80)
2810 Arch
UAPB
New Orleans Saints
Tony Garman
(1980)
UAPB
Pro -tryout
Rodney Peel
(80-81)
U of A
Pro-tryoutNP Regions Bank,
Arvest Bank
Otis Campbell
(81-82)
JAC ST
Atlanta Falcons
Wilder Smith
(82-83)
UT
Pro -tryout with NE Patriots
Chris Elliot
(1984)
UCA
Pro -tryout
Keith Adams
(84-85)
HEN
Pro -tryout Houston Oilers
Jason Howard
(86-87)
603 West 33`d
HEN
New Orleans Saints
Tim Scarbrough
(1987)
UCA
Pro -tryout coach Hall High
Marcus Eubanks
(87-88)
U of A
Brian Jackson
(87-88)
U of A
Cincinnati Bengals
Bilal Johns
(88-90)
UAPB
Pro -tryout Oakland Raiders
Thomas Green Jr.
(89-91)
UAPB
Pro -tryout Dallas Cowboys
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Marcus Yarbrough
(91-92)
HEN
Pro -tryout Dallas Cowboys
Terrell Hammonds
(93-94)
UAPB
Pro -tryout
Keith Jackson Jr.
(96-97)
2801 Gaines U of A
San Diego Chargers
Will McClinton
(96-97)
UAPB
Pro -tryout Chicago Bears
Marquis Lee
(97-98)
UAPB
Pro -tryout Saints
Kevin Hubbard
(97-99)
MEM ST
Pro -tryout
Shawn Heard
(98-99)
UAPB
Pro -tryout
Genesis Cole
(98-00)
Tulsa
Pro -tryout Philadelphia Eagles
SeJames Humphrey
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UAPB
Pro -tryout with Cardinals
Otis Campbell
(81-82)
3202 South Summit
Atlanta Falcons
Derrick Bolden
(77-79)
3016 Summit
Atlanta Falcons
These are Sunset Tigers that did not live within the recruiting boundaries. These players had a desire to
become members of the team and play alongside their friends. With their parents' consent they were
allowed to play with the South End team.
Player Name
Year
Address
College
Professional Team
James Rouse Jr.
(1977)
Granite Mountain
U of A
Chicago Bears
Todd Jones
(78-79)
2410 West 14`h St.
U of A
New England Patriots
Eric Smith
(78-79)
2812 Patton St.
HEN
Minnesota Vikings
Sedric Fillmore
(80-81)
2316 West 151h St.
U of A
Dallas Cowboys
Houston Oilers
Ray Nealy
(84-87)
207 East 21 s St.
UAPB
Oakland Raiders
Albert Peterson
(85-86)
1825 Schiller
ASU
San Diego Chargers
Brian Jackson
(87-88)
2411 Westl2th Street
U of A
Cincinnati Bengal
Cedric Cobbs
(92-93)
2316 West 17th St.
U of A
Denver Broncos
Brian Davis
(92-93)
5217 Gum Springs
U of A
Denver Broncos
Leroy Hamilton Jr.
(1996)
5909 Valley Drive
UCA
New Orleans Saints
Charles Clay
(98-99)
3124 West 11 th St.
Tulsa
Miami Dolphin
Buffalo Bills
Southside Park, Sunset Tigers players, attended college and graduated with a degree that prepared them
for their future. Just to list a few Derrick Bolden, Minister; Anthony Chambers, Head Coach McClellan
and assistant Coach at Hall High; Tim Scarbrough, Coach at Hall High; and Rodney Peel, Vice President
at Regions Bank until 1998 and at Arvest Bank currently. Wayne Fuller the first quarterback of the Tigers
now owns Chicken Wang for 19 years.
It will be 50 years in 2021, since Mrs. Velma Gray, asked Coach Ed Johnson to help organize a football
program for the youth at Southside Park. His hope is that the Legacy created at Southside Park continues
long after he retires and that Southside Park receives consideration and recognition on The Little Rock
Register of Historic Places as it continues to be an asset to the community and its youth.
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This is a transcription of the "OUR LADY" sign on the previous page. (Some grammatical errors have
been corrected.)
Mrs. Velma Gray, the lady who had the outstanding vision of helping our youths of this community by
providing better recreation for boys and girls. In 1971 Mrs. Velma Gray organized several youth sports
programs in the Sunset Community. Mrs. Gray wanted the Whitmore Circle Community along with
Sunset Community, both on the south side of Roosevelt Rd., bordered by High St. and the fairgrounds
on the other side, to have our own park and playground. Mrs. Gray lived in the Whitmore Circle. She
got with the City of Little Rock to come up with a plan, instead of always playing at Dennison Park, Mr.
Louis Whitmore who also lived in Whitmore Circle owned the land our park sits on, and donated the
land. The City developed our park and named it Southside Park. Mrs. Gray started girls' softball and
boys' baseball. Our park had lights around the ballfield and a set of bleachers. In 1971 Mrs. Gray
expanded our athletic programs by adding a youth football team. She got with the E.O.A of Pulaski
County to help her get some uniforms, to start a team. She needed a coach and players, she got the
coach, a wounded Vietnam vet. Along with his brother McKinley. Coach Ed Johnson and Mrs. Gray
went to get some equipment and uniforms. The sporting goods store only had 17 — orange jerseys left,
and we started with 17 — players dressed in orange and 3 — players in white t-shirts. "Now she had a park
some equipment". A team and our first name was Area-5 football team, until the spring of 1972, and the
Frosty Flake T.V. ad was big with Tony Tiger. So, Mrs. Gray hinted to me about the name of Tigers, so
Area-5 Tigers was on, and our football team took on the Velar Gray identity, small but a lot of spirit.
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Mrs. Gray's first community staff was Mrs. Evelyn Fuller, Mr. Robert Nelson, Mr. McKinley Johnson,
Sr., Mr. Vernon Shackleford. The spring of 1972 was our first practice Mrs. Gray along with Mr. Otto
Williams of the E.O.A. made sure we had what we needed to have a chance to compete. Mrs. Gray
worked all summer with the baseball programs. With her kids alongside her at every game, she made
sure everyone knew her program represented their community. She spent money, time and sweat to
make sure the Area-5 Tigers started right. She made sure our park was right, I think the mosquitos knew
how Mrs. Gray felt about this park, because until her last days Mrs. Gray would walk down and ask me
what do we need or is everything ok, and then go back home and the mosquitos would come out each
day after 7 p.m. Mrs. Gray legacy will always be this park, the Tigers football program, and putting me
(Ed Johnson) into coaching, and making sure our community was safe. The superwoman fits only one
woman, Mrs. Velma Gray.
Thank you, Mrs. Gray,
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An undated article from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Coach's playbook includes life lessons
Claudia Laurer
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE
A dozen boys come gather around an assistant football coach as he unleashes a haze of mosquito spray.
`Bow your heads like you're praying, and it won't get in your eyes," yells Dylan Lowery, the 12-year
old team captain of the Sunset Tigers. A rainy September weekend left standing water in the former
creek bed that is now known as Southside Park. The tiny tree lined property is better known as Sunset
Park by the residents of Little Rock's South End neighborhood, a small community east of the State
Fairgrounds and south of Roosevelt Road.
More than 90 boys standing on in line for bug spray play for the three tiers of Tigers. They range in age
from 5-13. The coaches go through five cans of mosquito spray a week when it rains, said coach Ed
.Johnson, the founder of the Tigers better known in the community as Coach Ed. The field, a few yards
from a back gate of the fairgrounds, has been the Tigers' home since 1971.
The park is near the bottom of the city's park maintenance schedule. The grass is often high, the
bathrooms are leaky and snakes slither in the drainage ditches.
During home games, trains rattle and screech about 15 feet away from the edge of the field, drowning
out the sounds of players, parents and the coaches' whistles.
But the kids keep playing, and the parents -keep cheering.
"There's nowhere I would rather be on a Saturday," says Coach Ed, sitting in a battered folding chair
stationed beyond the end zone. "It might not be the Taj Mahal of fields, but this is our heaven."
For 41 years, boys have flocked there - boys who didn't have the money for more expensive programs;
boys whose mothers decided they needed positive male role models; boys who, followed their friends to
practice because they wanted to be part of -a winning team.
The football program, which targets at -risk youths and has spawned 18 National Football League
players - including Keith Jackson - goes mostly unnoticed by people outside of South End.
"If you were a boy who grew up south of 630, you played for Coach Ed," said community activist
Robert Webb, whose lanky teenage frame appears in several Tigers team photos from the 1980s.
"You may have only played in one game or come to a few practices, but you played for Ed. The
program has had a role in so many lives. "There aren't enough programs that address the needs of kids
in this community, and there are even fewer aimed at teens once they age out." Various plans being
considered for expanding the State Fairgrounds have some residents in South End worried for the Tigers'
home field. Two of those plans focus west and avoid South End. A third looks at 58 acres of houses
along Battery Street and stops just short of the park. A fourth option affects the Tigers. Under it, the
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Arkansas Livestock Show Association, which sponsors the State Fair, would petition to build an off ramp
from Interstate 30 to the back gate of the fairgrounds. The association could look at acquiring the park,
depending on the arc of the off -ramp and whether the train tracks need to be moved.
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department spokesman Randy Ort said recently that the
department has not begun studying the proposal, doing engineering on the possible location or having
discussions with federal transportation authorities about the possibility. Meanwhile, Coach Ed - now 63
- announced in November that he plans to quit coaching next season and hand the reins to his assistant
coaches.
He will continue to sit in his tattered chair beyond the end zone, help arrange away games, and handle
administrative matters or field repairs, however.
Letting go of something he's spent so much care cultivating won't be easy, and he jokes that he's only 98
percent sure this will be his last season "unless some extenuating circumstance happens."
TEACHING LIFE LESSONS
Coach Ed says the Tigers program started as a way to help himself as much as a way to reach boys who
needed something positive in their lives.
Before he became Coach Ed, the Little Rock native was a 20-year-old Army Ranger who spent 15 months
in combat in Vietnam.
Two injuries brought him home early and ended his military career. He was injured after stepping on an
explosive hidden in a peanut butter can. Then a few months later, he was shot in both legs during an
ambush.
Doctors told him that he would never regain full use of his legs. Lying in bed at the Little Rock Veterans
Administration hospital, he said, he had a conversation with God.
When he got home, he said, he knew he would walk again and that he was supposed to start a football
team.
"I hear all the time from my past players how much the program meant to them," he said. "But without
this program, I don't know if I would have made it through all of that. I think we .all needed something
positive in our lives."
During the first few seasons, the team gained fame for its winning record.
The program switched leagues several times, leaving a city league and eventually heading out on its own
as an independent a few years ago.
Because of the team's reputation, it was easy for it to attract opponents from as far away as Texas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri and other places.
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The team wins, and it wins with grace.
While most youth leagues in Little Rock charge upward of $75 per child, Coach Ed makes do with $3 per
boy. The players spend part of spring training sanding and repainting chipped helmets, and all the boys
are issued used pants, pads and jerseys. They usually all get a crisp new pair socks. He negotiates with
sports stores and bus companies for team equipment and travel deals. He relies on parents and community
volunteers to provide concessions, take tickets and do occasional maintenance jobs.
"He's like a surrogate father to me," says Michelle Smith, a player's mother, who runs the concession
stand.
"We argue and fuss, but the parents know when these boys enter those gates, they belong to the coaches,
and they're in good hands. He's a role model, and he teaches them things that stick with them."
Coach Ed guides his team members with life lessons peppered with football strategies and sportsmanship
requirements.
"You can't play if you aren't in school," says Jahmar Miller, 12. "And don't assume they [their opponents]
can't play better than you," he added.
"And you have to be respectful of your parents, and we have to be good winners and good losers .... show
sportsmanship," says Dylan, the team captain.
"I've learned to ... step up and to have confidence in myself since I started playing," he adds with a grin.
"I used to be shy."
Almost every week, Coach Ed invites guests.
Prison guards, police officers, pastors, former felons, business owners and even state representatives visit,
all to help the boys think about and plan how they want their futures to turn out. He practices positive
reinforcement off the field, too. Boys who go to church, for example, get invited out for burgers, or to
play video games and talk about football at his house.
"You don't go to church, you don't go to McDonald's," a former player joked.
Coach Ed also hangs yellow paper signs on trees around the park to catch boys' attention on their way to
see their player statistics or to the concession stand.
Encouragement is everywhere.
One of his favorite signs reads, "An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it."
SOME BOYS LOST
Despite his focus on positivity, Coach Ed knows his boys are not saints.
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Once the team made the local news in a southeast Arkansas town for having a food fight at a McDonald's
that was so messy that the restaurant had to be shut down for cleaning.
Another time, coaches noticed on an overnight trip that the older players were flocking to one boy's motel
room. The boy had figured out how to order more than $50 worth of adult films on the motel television,
leading to a ban on overnight trips for more than a year.
The coaches now recount those incidents with roars of laughter, but other stories are not at all funny. Ed
assesses every boy and every circumstance independently, but boys who have run-ins with the police are
not allowed to play.
This year, one player was arrested after his father used him to help sell "fake drugs" to an undercover
police officer. The coaches think the 11-year-old was subsequently sent to a youthful offender lockup in
Louisiana, closer to where his mother lives.
Coach Ed reaches more boys than he loses, but inevitably some are lost.
The pastor at Coach Ed's church runs a prison ministry and recalled a recent sermon in which he told
prisoners that people can always doubt words but cannot doubt a person's actions. The phrase sounded
familiar to the prisoners, who started talking and realized that they had all heard it from Coach Ed during
football practice.
"There must have been 20 of them, and I let him talk me into going up there and seeing them," Coach Ed
says.
"I had tears in my eyes. They were all saying, 'Coach do you remember me?' And they were all apologizing
to me for the things they had done and for not listening to me. I told them they didn't have to apologize
to me because they were living with their mistakes."
Some mistakes are harder to live with, he says.
At Coach Ed's house in a room painted Sunset Tiger orange, his military medals and community service
awards hang near trophies, plaques and team photos from almost every Tiger season. There are homemade
certificates for every player who has made it to a college team or to the NFL. A plaque on one wall lists
names in small, simple black letters. Coach Ed says those are the boys he lost to street violence.
"A lot of these boys died because of gangs. Some of them were just kids when all of that was happening,"
he says.
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AMERICAN LEGION
DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Keith Dover, Public Relations Chairman
American Legion Department of Arkansas
(501) 607-4708, e-mail: MaiorD91I01@Izmaii.coni
Surprise Event to Honor Local Veteran and Coach!
The American Legion Department of Arkansas, in Cooperation with the Soldier's Wish Organization and the City of Little
Rock, will be honoring Coach Ed Johnson, a decorated, and dedicated Little League Football Coach of the Sunset Tigcrs, a
Little League Football Team from South Little Rock which has produced notable professional athletes such as Keith
Jackson, Anthony Lucas, and Eric Smith just to name a few.
The ceremony is being kept secret from Coach Johnson to help honor him properly, and Mayor Mark Stodola, as well
as several other VIPs will be in attendance to help honor this decorated Veteran and long-time coach who has
coached several thousand youth for over 48 years in the City of Little Rock. The ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m.
this Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Southside Park in Little Rock and media representatives as well as the general public
are invited to attend.
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization, and is currently celebrating
100 years of service to veterans, servicemembers and communities across the nation, and today, Legion membership stands
at over 2 million in more than 13,000 posts worldwide. Over the years, the Legion has influenced considerable social change
in America, won hundreds of benefits for veterans and produced many important programs for children and youth.
Tire mission of Soldier's Wish is to identify unmet needs of veterans of military service regardless of branch or rank and
identify or provide resources to meet those needs by providing needed support directly to the veteran service members
and/or their families in order that such service mernbers can lead normal and productive lives. "Veterans" may be those who
have served only a short time and are still on active duty, those who served a single enlistment, those who were discharged
due to their wounds, and those who retired from active duty. In addition, Soldier's Wish helps to educate the public about the
needs of the veteran's and active duty communities and encourage the public to participate in meeting those needs by
volunteering and other means.
"Coach Johnson has given so much to these youth with his time, his money, and even of himself in mentoring and
molding these young people into productive and successful young men," says Mary Gaines, one of the organizers of the
event. "We wart to recognize Coach Johnson for all he has done to help these youngsters, including making sure they
have things they wouldn't have received otherwise, such as making sure they have meals, clothing, and many other basic
needs so they don't fall through the cracks. "
Again, the ceremony is being kept secret from Coach Johnson to help honor him properly, and Mayor Mark Stodola,
as well as several other VIPs will be in attendance. The ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m. this Saturday, July 28,
2018, at Southside Park in Little Rock and media representatives as well as the general public are invited to attend.
For more information, please contact the American Legion Department at (501) 375-1104, or visit the American
Legion Department of Arkansas Web site at: www.arlesion.om.
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Coach Ed Johnson
Soldier's Wish Presentation
Program
Invocation ...................................................Silas Spann, Chaplain
Michael Vann Johnson American Legion Post n74
Welcome and Introduction of Guests................................Keith Dover
Public Relations and U.S. Flag Chairman
American Legion Department of Arkansas
Welcome Comments from City of Little Rock.......... Mayor Mark Stodola
Mayor, City of Little Rock
Soldier's Wish Overview.......................................Mark Ochsenbein
Soldier's Wish Organization
Special Letter Reading...................................................Erin Smith
Son of Eric Smith, Former NFL Player and Sunset Tiger
Coach Ed Introduction-- ... ............ Keith Jackson, Sr.
Former NFL Player and Sunset Tiger
Soldier's Wish Presentation....................................Mark Ochsenbein
Soldier's Wish Organization
Special Thanks
Special thanks to all involved to make this event possible, including:
Ms. Mary Craine& Ms. Barbara Price, Sunset Tigers Booster Club,
Soldier's Wish Organization, The American Legion and The American
Legiort DepartmMt of Arkansas, and the Citv of Little Rock.
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Declaration of Southside Park the Home of Coach Ed Johnson and the Sunset Tigers.
In June 2018, Whitmore Circle Association petitioned the Parks and Recreation Department to declare
Southside Park as the home of Coach Ed Johnson and the Sunset Tigers.
On August 3, 2019, a sign was erected and unveiled. City Director Erma Hendrix was in attendance.
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Coach Ed Johnson and Hall High School Coach Anthony
Chambers.
Group shot of team.
From left Wayne Burt, Ricky Williams (former player) and
Coach Tim.
Coach Ed Johnson (far left) Ruby Jeffries, and Director of
Parks and Recreation John Eckart (far right).
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Below is the text of the proclamation dated August 3, 2019,
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS
PROCLAMATION
Know Ye All People By These Presents Greetings
Whereas, Edward Johnson was born in Pickens, Arkansas, raised in Little Rock and graduated
from Horace Mann High School; and
Whereas, Edward Johnson served his country in the United States Army; and
Whereas, inspired by community activist Mrs. Gray and brother McKinley Johnson in 1971,
Johnson began serving his community as a volunteer Little League Football Coach and affectionally
earned the name, Coach Ed; and
Whereas, Coach Ed has encountered over 5000 kids from the greater Little Rock area, whom some
have gone on to play football in high school, college and even on the professional level; and
Whereas, Coach Ed received a Silver and Bronze star as a Vietnam Veteran for his heroic
achievements and meritorious service in a combat zone, earned two Presidential Unit Citations for
extraordinary heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor, along with two purple hearts, was honored by
the American Legion in cooperation with the Soldier's wish organization, selected to be inducted in the
2019 Class of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, Coach Ed has faithfully served in his community the last 48 years as a coach, mentor
and positive role model.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, do hereby
proclaim Saturday, August 3rd, 2019, as
Coach Ed Johnson Day
in the city of Little Rock and call upon all citizens to join in expressing appreciation for Coach Ed's
indelible impact in our community.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Little Rock
to be affixed on this 3`d day of August, in the year of our Lord, 2019.
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COACH ED
JO NSON
Legendary Little League Football Coach and Youth Mentor
Having been Head Coach of the 5unset Tigers Youth Football Crrganizatlor) for the past 48 years, Inductee
Edward "Coach Ed" Johnson Is believed to be the longest -serving active Community Youth Football Coach
in the state of Arkansas. In October 1971, Ed Johnson Joined another community leader to organize The Sunset
Youth Sports Frog ram in the South End Community of Little Rock. At its inception, the organization consisted
of basketball, volleyball and tennis teams. Approached by his brother with an offer to asslst him in coaching
a youth football team, Coach Ed formed the Sunset Tigers Football Team in 1972- Their home Field would be
Sunset Park located at 34th and Wolfe streets. Freshly home from the Vietnam War. Coach Ed said In organizing
the team he was obeying an order from God. The boys were as good for him in helping him to readjust Into society
after his well -decorated service to his country as he was for them in a rote much like a surrogate father. Johnson
coached 27 players who went on to play in the Nat lonal Football League and 75 college and professional team
tryout players. His awards and recognitions are extensive Including being Inducted into the Mississippi Youth
Football Hail of Fame and receiving special recognition by then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton as a recipient of the
Arkansas Community Service Award,
His military service Is marked by two Purpte Heart Awards, a Bronze Star Award, a Silver Star Award, a Vietnam
Bronze Star Award, and several Presidentlal Citations. Coach Edd's team attends church with him and receives
guidance and encouragement from him to ensure they remain on the path he believes God has laid for them. He
continues to live in the South End Community, the area he has called home sine he was 12 years old.
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Coach- 2019-2020. Coach Roger King. All were former
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ever during the 2010 season. Coach Johnson said, "No child left behind."
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Photos of Nick Jones #19 2010 Season Quarterback for his More photos.
memorial service.
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Home of Otis Campbell at 3202 Summit Street
Home of Rickey Williams at 3306 Wolfe Street
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Home of Anthony Chambers at 3600 High Drive Home of George Stewart at 918 W32"d Street
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History Collage
Home of Mrs. Eliza Jane Ashley at 2615 Battery Street. She Retan House at 2510 Broadway listed on the National Register of
was a cook at the Governor's Mansion for 30 years. historic Places.
Home ofLC and Daisy Bates at 1207 W 28"Street.
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Register Landmark status at Bates audio tour as shown on the
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Joshua Building at 2501 State Street. This building was the Coleman's Automotive at 2801 S arch Street.
Little Rock College 1908-1916, St John's Seminary 1911-
1916 and 1920-1930, St Joseph's Orphanage 1916-1920, the
Catholic Boys School in 1930-1961. EOA was here in the late
1990s.
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Original Sim's BBQ location at 716 W 331 Street. It opened I The new Sim's BBQ location is at 2415 S Broadway.
in 1937.
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Watson. Mr. Watson named the catfish restaurant after his wife.
Present owners are Elihue Jr. and Marie Washington. The Lassis
Inn has won national awards for its food.
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chartered in 1963 at St Mark Missionary Baptist parents of Thelma Mothershed Wair and current home of Thelma Mothershed
Church at 3023 S Ringo Street. Wair, the oldest of the Little Rock Nine.
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ORDINANCE NO 19,494
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) IN THE CENTRAL CITY PLANNING DISTRICT
FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY; AND FOR
OTHER MATTERS.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission after conducting a public
hearing on the issue recommends the Plan be changed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. That a Single Family area south of 29`h Street between Main and
Martel is changed to Multifamily.
SECTION 2. That the ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED: FEBRUARY 21, 2006
ATTEST:
Nandy Wood
City Clerk
APPROVED:
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ORDINANCE NO. 19,616
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) IN THE CENTRAL CITY PLANNING DISTRICT
FROM MULTI FAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, as the Little Rock Planning Commission believes it appropriate to
amend the plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. That Multifamily at Ives Walk Street between Cumberland and
Rock Street be amended to Single Family.
SECTION 2. That the ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED: October 17, 2006
ATTEST:
a ski S. Blocker, Assistant City Clerk
For ancy Wood, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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2011956"3 Received; 9)2712011 $;56;49 AM
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PULASKI COUNTY CiRCUITICOLINTY CLERK
1 ORDINANCE NO.20, Wo"'
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN (16,222) IN THE
4 WARD I AREA (LU11-01) FOR VARIOUS CHANGES (SEE BELOW);
5 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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7 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission believes it appropriate to amend the
8 plan;
9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
10 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
11 Section 1. The northeast comer at the intersection of Bragg Street and Fast 2151 Street. A
12 change from Commercial and Residential Low Density to Mixed Use. Mixed Use provides for a
13 mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planned Zoning District is
14 required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three.
15 Section 2. The area fronting Interstate 30 between East 241h Street and East Roosevelt Road.
16 A change from Mixed Office Commercial to Commercial. Commercial includes a broad range of
17 retail and wholesale products, personal and professional services and general business activities.
18 Section 3. The southwest comer at the intersection of East 29`h Street and the Interstate 30
19 Frontage Road. A change from Commercial to Residential Low Density. Residential Low
20 Density provides for single-family homes at densities not to exceed six (6) dwelling units per
21 acre.
22 Section 4. An area generally located along West 32"d Street at Brown Street from Light
23 Industrial and Industrial to Public Institutional to represent the Pulaski County government
24 owned property. Public Institutional includes public and quasi -public facilities that provide a
25 variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries, fire stations, churches, utility
26 substations and hospitals.
27 Section 5. Properties owned by Arkansas Baptist College generally located south of West
28 17d' Street between Wolfe Street and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive from Residential Low
29 Density to Public Institutional. Public Institutional includes public and quasi -public facilities that
30 provide a variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries, fire.9tv4i"''O ches,
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN (16,222) IN THE
4 AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 530 — UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO
5 THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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7 WHEREAS, the future Land Use Plan should be reviewed periodically to maintain its accuracy and
8 usefulness, and;
9 WHEREAS, City Staff has reviewed the area in question provided, considering the existing use and
10 zoning patterns as well as trends in development in the area, and;
l I WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission has reviewed the package of suggested changes
12 and now recommends them for adoption.
13 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
14 OF LITTLE ROCK.
15 SECTION 1. An area between 12" Street and 13" Street, east of Battery Street is changed from
16 Mixed Office Commercial to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-01)
17 SECTION 2. An area southeast of 13"' Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Drive is changed from
18 Public Institutional to Mixed Office Commercial. (LU14-02-02)
19 SECTION 3. Three (3) areas generally along Ringo Street from 12" Street to 15" Street. First area,
20 southeast of the 12' Street — Ringo Street intersection is changed from Residential Low Density to Mixed
21 Use. Second Area, northwest of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive -Ringo Street is changed from Public
22 Institutional to Commercial. Third area, between Chester Street and Ringo Street, 15"' Street to Daisy L.
23 Gatson Bates Drive is changed from Residential Low Density, Commercial and Mixed Use to Public
24 Institutional. (LU14-02-03)
25 SECTION 4. Two (2) areas either side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Drive from 15'h Street to 17'h
26 Street. First area, either side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Drive between 15"' Street and 16"' Street, is
27 changed from Residential Low Density to Public Institutional. Second area, east of Dr. Martin Luther
28 King Jr., Drive, between 161h Street and 17"' Street, is changed from Mixed Use and Residential Low
29 Density to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-04)
30 SECTION 5. An area between 17"' Street and Wright ,Avenue. west of Izard Street is changed from
31 Residential Low Density to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-05)
32 SECTION 6. An area northwest of 26"' Street and Schiller Street is changed from Residential Low
33 Density to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-06)
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1 SECTION 7. An area west of Ringo Street at 30"' Street is changed from Park Open Space to
2 Residential Low Density. (LU 14-02-07)
3 SECTION 8. Three (3) areas generally along 33" Street from Fulton Street to Arch Street. First
4 area, south of 33" Street. Fulton Street to Izard Street is changed from Residential Low Density to Park
5 Open Space. Second area, either side of Riffel Street, south of Short 32"a Street is changed from
6 Residential Low Density to Public Institutional. Third area, north of 34" Street, Gaines Street to Arch
7 Street is changed from Mixed Use to Public Institutional. (LU14-02-08)
8 SECTION 9. An area south of Roosevelt Road from Louisiana Street to Main Street is changed
9 from Mixed Use and Commercial to Public Institutional. (LU 14-01-09)
10 SECTION 10. Two (2) areas generally from Roosevelt Road to 23rd Street. Rock Street to Bragg
11 Street. First area, north of 241" Street, Commerce Street to Bragg Street is changed from Residential Low
12 Density to Public Institutional. Second area. 24"' Street to Roosevelt Road, generally from Commerce to
13 Interstate 30 is changed from Mixed Office Commercial to Mixed Use. (LU 14-02-10)
14 SECTION 11. Two (2) areas generally from 15"' Street to 17"' Street, Gaines Street to Spring Street.
15 First area, either side of Arch Street, 15" Street to 16'" Street is changed from Public Institutional to
16 Residential Low Density. Second area, southwest of 16"' Street and Spring Street intersection is changed
17 from Residential Low Density to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-1 1)
18 SECTION 12. Two (2) areas generally from Bender Street to Calhoun Street. 9" Street to Capitol
19 Avenue. First area, Capitol Avenue to 6" Street, Bender Street to Reichardt Street is changed from
20 Residential Medium Density to Public Institutional. Second area, south of 9"' Street, west of Calhoun
21 Street is changed from Residential Medium Density to Light Industrial. (LU 14-02-12)
22 SECTION 13. Four (4) areas generally from 9" Street to 13"' Street and College Street to rail spur
23 line. First area, southwest of 9"' Street and rail spur line is changed from Residential Medium Density to
24 Light Industrial. Second area, south of 10" Street to 13" Street, east of Hanger Street is changed from
25 Residential Medium Density to Residential High Density. Third area, either side of 12'" Street, west of
26 Hanger Street is changed from Residential Medium Density to Public Institutional. Fourth area, southeast
27 of the 9" Street - Shall Avenue intersection is changed from Residential Medium Density to Mixed Use -
28 Urban. (LU 14-02-13)
29 SECTION 14. An area west of Security Avenue, between 16" Street and 18" Street is changed from
30 Residential Low Density to Industrial. (LU 14-02-14)
31 SECTION 15. Six (6) areas generally from Springer Boulevard to Crawford Street, west of State
32 Highway 365. First area, generally Edge Street to Carolina Street, south of Springer Boulevard is
33 changed from Park Open Space to Residential Low Density. Second area, generally Carolina Street to
34 3M Road, south of Springer Boulevard is changed from Industrial to Residential Low Density. Third area,
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I generally Willard Street to 3M Road, south of Springer Boulevard is changed from Industrial to Park
2 Open Space. Fourth area. generally between Willard Street and Carolina Street, south of Springer
3 Boulevard is changed from Park Open Space to Industrial. Fifth area, generally west of Carolina Street,
4 and north of King Road is changed from Industrial to Park Open Space. Sixth area generally from King
5 Road to Crawford Road, west of Rogers Street is changed from Industrial to Mining. (LU 14-02-15)
6 SECTION 16. Two (2) areas generally west of State Highway 365, between Neely Road and Wilson
7 Street. First area, generally west of State Highway 365 north of Neely Road is changed from Residential
8 Low Density to Public Institutional. Second area, generally west of State Highway 365 south of Wilson
9 Street is changed from Residential Low Density to Service Trades District. (LU14-02-16)
10 SECTION 17. Two (2) areas generally north of Dixon Road, east of Interstate 530. First area,
11 generally either side of Shamburger Lane is changed from Industrial to Mining. Second area, northeast of
12 Dixon Road and Shamburger Lane is changed from Commercial to Industrial. (LU 14-02-17)
13 SECTION 18. Ten (10) areas generally between Interstate 530 and Higgins Switch Road, south of
14 Dixon Road. First area, generally along Willie Thomas Road is changed from Residential Low Density,
15 Commercial and Mining to Mixed Use. Second area, generally south of Dixon Road from Wright Road
16 to Interstate 530 is changed from Mining to Residential Low Density. Third area, generally southeast of
17 Dixon Road and Wright Road is changed fi-om Mining to Residential Medium Density. Fourth area,
18 generally southwest of southern terminus of Dan Thomas Road is changed from Commercial to
19 Residential Medium Density. Fifth area, generally between Dan Thomas Road and Daugherty Road is
20 changed from Residential High Density to Residential Medium Density. Sixth area, generally southwest
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22 Dan Thomas Road and Wright Road is changed from Mining to Commercial. Seventh area, generally
23 south of western terminus of Daugherty Road is changed from Commercial to Residential Medium
24 Density. Eighth area. generally northwest of Williams Road is changed from Mining to Residential Low
25 Density. Ninth area, generally cast of Interstate 530 and south of Dixon Road is changed from Mining and
26 Residential Low Density to Agriculture. Tenth area, generally between Interstate 530 and German Road,
27 south of Nancy Jean Road is changed from Residential Low Density to Agriculture. (LU 14-02-18)
28 SECTION 19. An area north of East Port Drive, east of Fourche Dam Pike is changed from
29 Commercial and Park Open Space to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-19)
30 SECTION 20. An area generally south and east of Birdwood Drive is changed from Industrial and
31 Park Open Space to Public Institutional. (LU 14-02-20)
32 SECTION 21. An area either side of 9"' Street and east of Rock Street is changed from Residential
33 Medium Density to Mixed Use. (LU 14-02 21)
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1 SECTION 22. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase,
2 or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
4 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
5 ordinance.
6 SECTION 23. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent
7 with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
8 PASSED: March 17, 2015
9 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the future Land Use Plan should be reviewed periodically to maintain its accuracy and
usefulness; and,
WHEREAS, City Staff has reviewed the area in question provided, considering the existing use and
zoning patterns as well as trends in development in the area; and,
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission has reviewed the package of suggested changes
and now recommends them for adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK.
Section 1. The area generally southeast of the Marshall Street and 71 Street intersection is amended
from Commercial (C) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU18-01-01)
Section 2. The area either side of Arch Street, north of La Harpe Boulevard is amended from Mixed
Use — Urban (MXU) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU 18-01-02A)
Section 3. An area along the south bank of the Arkansas River froin Broadway Street to the Union
Pacific Rail Road Line is amended from Mixed Use — Urban (M(U) to Park/Open Space (PK/OS).
(LU 18-01-02B)
Section 4. An area south of Roosevelt Road at South Pulaski Street is amended from Residential
Low Density (RL) to Commercial (C). (LU18-01-03)
Section 5. An area east of Broadway Street, between 22nd Street and 231 Street is amended from
Public Institutional (PI) to Mixed Use (MX). (LU 18-01-04A)
Section 6. An area east of Spring Street, between 231 Street and 24 h Street is amended from Mixed
Use (NM to Residential Low Density (RL). (LUI8-01-04B)
Section 7. An area generally north of Roosevelt Road, between Spring Street and Louisiana Street is
amended from Residential High Density (RH) to Mixed Use (MX). (LU18-01-04C)
Section 8. An area generally southeast of the Springer Boulevard and Carolina Street intersection is
amended from Commercial (C) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU18-01-05)
Section 9. An area south of Thibault Road and west of Frazier Pike is amended from Agricultural
(AG) to Industrial (1). (LU 18-01-06A)
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1 Section 10. An area southwest of the Thibualt Road and Frazier Pike intersection is amended from
2 Agricultural (AG) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU18-01-06B)
3 Section 11. An area east of Frazier Pike along the Arkansas River is amended from Agricultural
4 (AG) and Park/Open Space (PK/OS) to Industrial (I). (LU18-01-06C)
5 Section 12. An area east of Springer Boulevard and south of Interstate 440 is amended from
6 Park/Open Space (PK/OS) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU18-01-07A)
7 Section 13. An area west of Springer Boulevard and south of Interstate 440 is amended from
8 Commercial (C) to Residential High Density (RH). (LU18-01-07B)
9 Section 14. An area is generally north and east of Dixson Road to Wilbern Road is amended from
10 Mining (M) to Park/Open Space (PK/OS). (LU18-01-08A)
11 Section 15. An area is generally east of Dixon Road between Shambruger Lane and Ahart Lane is
12 amended from Residential low Density (RL) to Public Institutional (PI). (LU18-01-08B)
13 Section 16. Severabilhy. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
14 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
15 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
16 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
17 ordinance.
18 Section 17. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent
19 with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
20 ADOPTED: March 19, 2019
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