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Article: Cleaning up the town; main street Lonoke trying to revive downtown area. (Lonoke County, Arkansas)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- September 7, 1992
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The recent renovation of Lonoke's downtown area may come as a surprise to some.
Of course, some may be surprised that Lonoke has a downtown area.
The county seat of Lonoke County, Lonoke relies on agriculture and the aquaculture trade as its chief support industries. The surrounding area, in fact, is home to some 100 fish farms, including I.F. Anderson Farms Inc., the world's largest minnow producer.
And, like most agriculture-based areas, Lonoke has seen its share of economic ups and downs. Competing with nearby Little Rock hasn't always been possible for the merchants of this 4,000-population city.
An effort to give the city's business people a ...