Business View Magazine | March 2019

221 The main traffic corridor, Maumelle Blvd., car- ries about 30,000 cars a day through the city limits and about 44,000 where it meets the interstate at the exterior boundaries. While the city has a large housing stock - about 7,000 units - the median price tends to be higher than the rest of Arkansas, in the $200,000 to $225,000 range. Many company executives live in Maumelle, but the bulk of employees, over 60 percent, travel from as far as an hour away. Arkansas, being a rural community, people are used to driving, and they don’t mind commut- ing for a well-paying job. Watson recalls, “During my tenure, we’ve been able to upgrade almost every facility the city uses on a regular basis. We’ve built two new fire stations, a new police station, a new public works facility and, twice, we’ve done a senior wellness center. They outgrew one space, so last year, we opened the new Center on the Lake – a 17,000-sq-.ft. building with cardio facilities, aerobics, yoga, crafts, and they serve breakfast and lunch on a daily basis. It’s a great place for people, age 50 and over, to enjoy meals and activities and socialize. It’s only $25 a year for membership, not a huge expense, What: City on the Arkansas River; population 18,214 Where: Little Rock Metropolitan Area, Central Arkansas Website: www.maumelle.org AT A GLANCE MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS www.richcre.com 501.758.2441 • Commercial Real Estate • • Luxury Apartment Communities • • Self-Storage Facilities • We are 100% vertically-integrated, with in-house development, construction, and management teams. Your window into the heart of life in Arkansas. BowmanPointe ModernStorage RiverPointePlaza ThePointeBrodieCreek