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Rex Nelson
Recent stories by Rex Nelson
Chasing Willie Morris
It's amazing what you can find when stuck at home due to a pandemic and winter storms. I was organizing my books (my wife claims I have too many, but of course, you can never have too many books) when...
March 7, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Hot Springs' Majestic Park
When play begins next year at Majestic Park in Hot Springs, I plan to be there. I have two sons who played youth baseball and enjoyed following them across the state. They're grown now. I probably won...
March 6, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Coming back downtown
A given concerning this pandemic is that there will be a glut of retail space across the country once it ends. Consumers have become accustomed to shopping online, and it's a habit that will stick. Th...
March 3, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Mr. Baseball
March begins this week. It was Mike Dugan's favorite time of the year.
March means baseball spring training, you see. It means the start of baseball season is just around the corner. And it means tha...
February 28, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Rockefeller and Stone
Once VIPA Hospitality finishes renovations on what was most recently the Frederica Hotel in downtown Little Rock, I hope the company will name rooms after Edward Durell Stone and Winthrop Rockefeller....
February 27, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Revitalizing Capitol Avenue
The stretch of Capitol Avenue near the state Capitol in downtown Little Rock is normally quiet during the pandemic, but on this day there was plenty of activity in front of what had most recently been...
February 24, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Lessons from Pine Bluff
My list of places to visit grows longer as the pandemic drags on. I need to spend significant time in northwest Arkansas, which has become one of the most dynamic areas of the country and is set to so...
February 21, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: A city goes forward
George Makris Jr. watched for years as the number of business and civic leaders who called Pine Bluff home declined.
Makris' father had started a beer distributorship in 1964 when Pine Bluff was a th...
February 20, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Leadership Pine Bluff
When I was young and Pine Bluff was a happening place, I associated that city with great leaders.
I joined the board of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame almost 30 years ago, and I was in awe of the p...
February 17, 2021
OPINION | REX NELSON: Pine Bluff rising
It was a natural spot for a town to thrive, this place called Pine Bluff. The Arkansas River provided a transportation route connecting the interior of the state to the Mississippi River and thus to c...
February 14, 2021
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