Ex-judge to speak at chamber event
Marion Humphrey, a former Pulaski County circuit judge, will be the featured speaker Wednesday at the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce’s Next Generation Young Professionals Leadership Luncheon series at the chamber, 100 Main St.
The luncheon will be 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Humphrey will speak on the effect of civil rights in Arkansas.
Tickets are $8 for Next Generation members and $12 for nonmembers. Those who wish to purchase tickets should contact the chamber office by Monday at (501) 372-5959 or email [email protected].
Plan offers $50,000 for police nonprofit
The city is doubling its annual funding to the Police Athletic League to $50,000 under a proposed resolution to be considered Monday by the City Council.
The city’s funding for the league was $25,000 in 2015. The 2016 amount is included in the Special Appropriations portion of the general fund budget, approved by the City Council in December.
Monday’s legislation falls under a requirement for nonprofits that receive city funding also to have an annual contract approved by the City Council that requires expenditures and programs to be reported upon renewal.
The Police Athletic League, a nonprofit organization overseen by police officers, provides opportunities for at-risk youths to participate in sports and other activities for free. The organization has an agreement with the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission for the use of athletic fields and with the Lakewood Property Owners Association and American Taekwondo Association Martial Arts for other programs.
The league runs its programs entirely with volunteers, and all revenue goes toward providing free activities to children.
Visitor agency fills top marketing job
Scott Sudduth has joined the Convention and Visitors Bureau in the bureau’s new position of sales and marketing director, a bureau news release announced.
Sudduth will be responsible for managing the sales and marketing team, training and development, and developing and implementing a marketing and sales plan, according to a bureau job description.
Sudduth previously was a destination brand trainer for the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau and was state coordinator for the Arkansas Hospitality Association’s “Welcome to Arkansas” program.
$20,000 in proposal for food assistance
The city will help provide $20,000 in food for pantries to distribute to residents in need of assistance, according to a proposal to be considered Monday by the City Council.
The agreement would be between the city and the Arkansas Foodbank, the largest provider of emergency food in central Arkansas, which serves the majority of food pantries in North Little Rock. Membership requirements for the food bank ensure food safety, nondiscrimination and usage reporting, according to the legislation.
The Arkansas Foodbank has an “established means” that will allow assistance to the 20 city food pantries listed in the legislation as participants, according to the resolution. The agreement specifies that the food bank is to provide $1,000 worth of food for use only within the city to each of the 20 listed food pantries without charge.
Funding will come from the Special Appropriations portion of the city’s 2016 general fund budget.