The Metrotrends Demographic Review and Outlook is an annual report compiled by Metroplan that “chronicles demographic trends for the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).”
This year, the review detailed the rise of “infilling” in some of Arkansas’ underutilized urban spaces, with a focus on the Little Rock community of Pettaway.
Jonathan Lupton, Senior Planner for Publications at Metroplan developed the report and said that more and more development is going into what he called “vintage neighborhoods”
“One of these is Pettaway, and that is what had been a sort of disinvested neighborhood east of Main Street and south of I-630. And it’s been really coming back on steroids lately,” said Lupton.
He said one of the aspects that benefitted development in Pettaway was that it had leftover areas that were zoned as high-density commercial zones close to residential zones. This created an opportunity for a walkable infrastructure that combined the two.
