Knowledge That
Inspires
Read our reports and publications to learn more about important programs, projects, and trends in Arkansas and the region.
AEDI Highlighted Projects and Publications
Community Development and Planning
Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
The U.S. Economic Development Administration requires this document to receive federal funding for economic development as well as an important document to enable regional cooperation amongst Northwest Arkansas communities.
WCAPDD Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
This is a document required by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to receive federal funding for economic development as well as an important document to enable regional cooperation amongst West Central Arkansas communities.
CAPDD Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
This is a document required by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to receive federal funding for economic development as well as an important document to enable regional cooperation amongst Central Arkansas communities.
Huntsville Strategic Community Plan
Huntsville is an up and coming town less than 30 minutes away from Fayetteville and Springdale and even closer to many beautiful parks and trails. This strategic plan, designed alongside the people of the Huntsville Community, is intended to develop actionable steps toward the community and economic benefit of Huntsville residents.
Go Forward Pine Bluff
The Go Forward Pine Bluff Strategic Plan is a conclusive blueprint for addressing the systemic problems facing the City of Pine Bluff.
Think Big Little Rock
Think BIG Little Rock has been a year-long strategic assessment and implementation process aimed at improving the Little Rock region’s overall quality of place and making it a community in which young professionals will want to live and work.
Demographics, Data, and GIS
Getting Ready for School
A comprehensive set of school readiness indicators to inform public policy for young children and their families.
ArkanStats from the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
A website providing curated economic development data for Arkansas covering the Economy, Infrastructure, Education & Human Capital, Quality of Life, and Demographics.
West Central Arkansas Planning & Development District: CEDS Dashboard Data Explorer
A GIS-based data dashboard for the West Central Arkansas PDD. It provides geographical navigation to data profiles at the District, county, and city levels. These profiles are a key part of the District's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, also known as CEDS.
Economic Research and Data Analysis
De Queen Hotel Feasibility Study
The Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI) examined the feasibility of building and profitably operating a 3-Star hotel in De Queen, Arkansas.
Arkansas EDA COVID-19 Recovery & Resiliency initiative
This report summarizes the findings from an analysis of socioeconomic conditions in Arkansas after the first six months of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Retail Market in Bryant, AR
Continued and sustained growth in virtually every retail sector made Bryant one of Arkansas's most economically dynamic cities.
ArkLaMEC
Arkansas-Louisiana Multimodal Economy Corridor – Building a regional economic development program around a multimodal transportation infrastructure
Argenta Downtown Experience District
This report presents figures from the Argenta area and some of its entertainment drivers and shows the way in which these venues attract visitors from outside the city and central Arkansas.
ArkLaMec Resiliency Project
The ArkLaMec region (five counties in Southeast Arkansas and five parishes in Northeast Louisiana) received three Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Declarations for severe storms and flooding from late 2015 through early 2016. The severe weather brought about a break in the economic supply chain in some portions of the region exceeding 45 days. Our effort was not only to historically document the events, but to also develop individual community and regional strategies to aid in community recovery; resulting in raising the level of readiness for the communities and region to respond to the next disaster.