LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Oct. 2, 2014) – The City of Little Rock will partner with neighborhoods across the city to celebrate National Night Out. This initiative is part of a national effort that promotes involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie.

National Night Out will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 7.  The events are organized by neighborhood resource centers across the city. The resource centers recently made the transition from alert centers in an effort to better serve local communities.

Andre’ Bernard, director of the City of Little Rock Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department, explained the meaning of this citywide program.

“National Night Out is an example of our commitment to community involvement,” said Bernard. “These are the types of partnerships and services that we envisioned for the resource centers. This also shows our renewed commitment to community-oriented policing.”

Nationally, this neighborhood effort involves more than 37.8 million people and 16,124 communities. In Little Rock, the City will host 14 events in partnership with more than 30 neighborhood associations.

The following list provides details on the different National Night Out events taking place in Little Rock.


East End Neighborhood Resource Center
East End Neighborhood Association
Community Block Party
2500 E. 6th St.
5 to 7 p.m.

East 21st Street Neighborhood Resource Center
Pettyway Park Association
National Night Out Awareness Celebration
500 E. 21st St.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

South End Neighborhood Resource Center
South End Neighborhood Association
Thrashers Boys and Girls Club
Block Party
3301 S. State St.
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Wright Avenue Neighborhood Resource Center
Community Awareness Block Party
Wright Avenue Association
1813 Wright Ave.
5 to 7:30 p.m.

Central High Neighborhood Resource Center
Community Block Party
Capitol Hill Neighborhood Association
Central High Neighborhood Association
Location: 1108 South Park St.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

CVSS Neighborhood Resource Center
Capitol View-Stifft Station Neighborhood Association
National Night Out Open House
West Side Baptist Church
2717 W. 7th St.
5 to 7:30 p.m.

Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center
Forest Hills Neighborhood Association
Hope Neighborhood Association
Goodwill Neighborhood Association
Love Neighborhood Association
Pine to Woodrow Neighborhood Association
Stephen’s Area Faith Association
National Night Out Community Awareness Celebration
3805 W. 12th St.  
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Oak Forest Neighborhood Resource Center
Community Awareness Block Party
Fair Park Residents Association
Broadmoor Association
Point O Woods Association
College Terrace Association
South of Asher Association
University District Parking Lot
5820 S. University Ave.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

West Central Neighborhood Resource Center
John Barrow Neighborhood Association
Community Awareness Party in the Park
36th Street and Walker Street
5 to 7:30 p.m.

Twin Lakes B POA
Community Awareness Party in the Park
Twin Lakes B Community Park
1299 E. Twin Lakes Drive
6 to 7:30 p.m.

Westwood Neighborhood Association
Crime Awareness Party
Western Hills School
4901 Western Hills Ave.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Doyle Springs Neighborhood Resource Center
Wakefield Community Association
Community Awareness Party in the Park
Wakefield Park
7401 Woodson Road
5 to 7:30 p.m.

Valley Drive Neighborhood Resource Center
Mann Road Neighborhood Resource Center
Community Awareness Party
OUR Neighborhood Association
Yorkwood Neighborhood Association
Allendale Neighborhood Association
Cloverdale Neighborhood Association
Whispering Pines Neighborhood Association
Legion Hut Neighborhood Association
West Baseline Neighborhood Association.
6401 Baseline Road
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Upper Baseline Neighborhood Resource Center
Baseline Neighborhood Association
Community Awareness Block Party
St. Andrews United Methodist Church
4600 Baseline Road
5 to 7:30 p.m.

Downtown Neighborhood Association
MacArthur Park, Foster Pavilion
601 E. 9th St.
6 to 8 p.m. 

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