I needed hours to discuss with Grant Tennille all the things on my mind related to economic development. As the former director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, he has some things to say, too. We focused a lot on Little Rock. How fantastic it is and what needs improvement. There's a lot of both!  

Uppity Women is hosted by Stephanie Harris, founder of Women Lead Arkansas, a non-partisan nonprofit whose mission is to empower women and girls to engage in politics, policy, and leadership. This podcast is meant to showcase women (and men!) doing cool things; be a place for hard conversations we need to have before we can make progress (race, politics, feminism, etc.); bring people together to figure sh!t out and get stuff done; and generally thumb our noses at anyone who would tell us what we may or may not do as women. 

Women Lead Arkansas 

Music by Daryl Shawn 

Links: 

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 

Rebecca Tennille 

CJRW 

Morril Harriman, Jr. 

Gov. Mike Beebe 

Lamar Davis 

Maria Haley 

Kissinger McLarty, now McLarty Associates 

Big River Steel 

Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. 

Gabe Holmstrom, Downtown Little Rock Partnership 

Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock 

The Scott Script 

Sen. Joyce Elliott 

Dr. Jay Barth 

G. David Gearhart 

Apptegy 

Jared Henderson 

Opportunity zones 

Running of the Rexes 

Raj Chetty, Economist

UA Little Rock Small Business and Technology Development Center 

VIPS: Volunteers in Public Schools 

Rep. Warwick Sabin 

Rep. Charles Blake