Arkansas Cities #4 on “American Cities With The Fastest Green Jobs Growth”
Posted on Aug 24, 2011
Via 24/7 WALL ST
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR make #4 on list of American cities with the fastest green jobs growth!
Little Rock is a major center of green technology manufacturers. The metropolitan area produces a number of green consumer products and electric vehicles. Little Rock also features a budding wind power industry, with companies such as LM Wind Power and Polymarin Composites having major presences in the area. Mayor Mark Stodola has announced his desire for Little Rock to be the “greenest city in the South.” Earlier this year, Stodola told InArkansas, an Arkansas-based news site, that “sustainability is a part of progress, and if Little Rock wants to be a progressive city, we must move forward on sustainability issues.”
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Green Job Growth Rate: 10.5% per year
- No. of Green Jobs in 2010: 11,934
- Current Unemployment: 7%
- Peak Unemployment: 7.8% (Feb 2010)
- State Unemployment: 7.8% (22nd lowest)
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