Business View Magazine | July 2020

160 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JULY 2020 center located here. They ship all over the world from this one automated center. And we’re seeing more activity within that industrial park, mainly because of our location.” BVM: What are the main economic drivers? Norris: “A large portion of our population commutes to work, primarily in Little Rock. So there’s a certain element of Maumelle that has a bedroom community feel with very little Class A office space. The industry we have here tends to be light industrial – some very light manufacturing. We find our central location serves us well for distribution centers or internet fulfillment centers.” Keller: “ACE Hardware has a regional support center that’s been here 25+ years. Kimberly- Clark located here 30 years ago to make Huggies baby wipes. They currently have an expansion of 68,000 sq. ft. underway. When they started here three decades ago they had 38,000 sq. ft. and when they finish this expansion they’ll have