Tim Zimmerman

Little Rock and its surrounding communities have been big news the past three years in esteemed publications like The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger and Forbes, on some of the Web’s most trusted sites, and with celebrity visitors. Here’s just a sampling of what everyone’s saying about the metro:

ROMANTIC
Little Rock is considered one of the “10 Most Unexpectedly Romantic Cities” in the U.S. (Yahoo! Travel)

"SUPERCOOL"
TravelOrMove.com recently added Little Rock to its list of “SuperCool” U.S. cities.

2nd PLACE!
Moody’s Investors Service has ranked Little Rock the nation’s second most diverse economy – less than
a 10th of a point behind Chicago.

#6
America’s Happiest Cities (Gallup)

24th
Conway earned this spot on a recent CNN Money list of “Best Place to Retire.”

TOP 10
Southern Business & Development spotlighted Metro Little Rock in their list of “Top 10 Smaller Markets in the South for Foreign Investment,” for having four major foreign advanced manufacturer locations in the region.

TOP 20
A recent Forbes’ list of “Best Performing Cities”

FAST TRACK
Outside magazine recently listed Little Rock as a runner’s paradise. The city was among 18 cities ranked as one of Outside’s “America’s Best Towns of 2013.”

"STRONG ECONOMY"
In 2011, while most were just surviving the recession, The Brookings Institution MetroMonitor said that Little Rock had the country’s fourth-strongest economy.

“America’s 10th Best City for Recent College Graduates”
(The Daily Beast)

#6 
Forbes named Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway America’s sixth best mid-size city for jobs.

#11 
Gay-friendly mid-sized city in the U.S. (Advocate.com)

#15
Little Rock–North Little Rock made a Milken Institute’s list of “Best Cities for Successful Aging.”

SILVER & SOLD
Thumbtack.com and the Kauffman Foundation named Arkansas the 2nd-best state in the country to start a business.

“I love it here in Little Rock. The bar at the Capital Hotel is probably the friendliest spot on the globe. This is paradise.” -Ben Stein, actor and author