CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER A TOUR OF ADMISSIONS PRESIDENTA TOUR CLINTON’S OF Adults (18-61): $10 PRESIDENT CLINTON’S Senior Citizens (62+): $8 LITTLE ROCK College Students (with valid Student ID): $8 LITTLE ROCK Youth (6-17): $6 Children Under 6: Free Retired U.S. Military: $8 Active U.S. Military: Free School Groups with Reservations: Free Groups of 20 or More with Reservations*: $8 each *Note: If your group falls below 20 upon arrival, regular admission prices apply. HOURS Monday – Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day TOUR GROUP INFORMATION [email protected] • (501) 374-4242 ClintonFoundation.org LittleRock.com P.O. Box 3232 • Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 376-4781 • (800) 844-4781 ForFor 1616 yearsyears -- 1212 asas ArkansasArkansas GovernorGovernor - Bill Clinton and his family Wright Lindsey & Jennings Law Firm/ calledcalled LittleLittle RockRock home.home. HillaryHillary ClintonClinton was was a a lawyer lawyer with with the the Rose Rose Bank of America Building LawLaw Firm,Firm, andand theirtheir daughterdaughter ChelseaChelsea attendedattended LittleLittle RockRock public 200 W. Capitol Ave. schools.schools. DuringDuring thosethose years,years, thethe firstFirst Familyfamily developeddeveloped strongstrong tiesties WLJ.com andand lastinglasting friendships,friendships, andand thethe supportsupport ofof aa statestate, and and a a city city, that that Bill Clinton practiced law here from 1981-1983. cheeredcheered himhim onon asas hehe reachedreached hishis politicalpolitical aspirations.aspirations. Welcome to BillBill Clinton’sClinton’s LittleLittle Rock.Rock. BornBorn WilliamWilliam JeffersonJefferson BlytheBlythe IVIV toto VirginiaVirginia Cassidy and the latelate WilliamWilliam J.J. BlytheBlythe III,III, BillBill waswas laterlater adoptedadopted byby hishis stepfather,stepfather, RogerRoger Clinton.Clinton. HeHe spentspent hishis earlyearly yearsyears inin Hope and Hot Springs, Arkansas,Arkansas, leavingleaving inin 19641964 toto attendattend Georgetown University. Following Georgetown,Georgetown, BillBill studiedstudied atat OxfordOxford UniversityUniversity as a Rhodes Scholar andand thenthen enteredentered YaleYale LawLaw School.School. ItIt waswas therethere hethat met he Hillarymet Hillary RodhamRodham inin 1971.1971. TheyThey marriedmarried fourfour yearsyears laterlater while serving as law professorsprofessors atat thethe UniversityUniversity ofof ArkansasArkansas inFayetteville. Fayetteville. TheThe Clintons’Clintons’ movemove toto LittleLittle RockRock inin 1976 also marked Bill’s official entryentry intointo politics.politics. HeHe wonwon thethe attorneyAttorney general General race, race, putting putting him him inin statewidestatewide officeoffice byby ageage 30.30. InIn 1978,1979, Clinton was elected as the nation‘snation‘s youngestyoungest governor,governor, atat thethe ageage ofof 32,32, but was defeated for re-electionre-election inin 1980.1980. DuringDuring thethe interim,interim, daughterthe Clintons’ Chelsea daughter, was born Chelsea, and Billwas and born Hillary returnedand Bill and to practicingHillary returned law. Clinton to practicing regained law. the Clinton office regained of Arkansas the governoroffice ofin Arkansas1983. ln his Governor second andin 1983. subsequent ln his second terms and as governor,subsequent Clinton’sterms as principalgovernor, focus Clinton’s was principalon education focus reform, was on including education testing reform, ofincluding teachers, testing standardizing of teachers, the standardizingstate’s curriculum, the state’s providing curriculum, aid toproviding marginal aid students, to marginal as well students, as providing as well access as providing to vocational access training.to vocational The first training. lady’s The interest First Lady’sin education interest and in education, childcare initiatives and promptedchildcare initiatives, the governor prompted to appoint the Governorher as chair to ofappoint the commission her as chair taskedof the withcommission crafting tasked the initial with recommendations crafting the initial for recommendations education reform.for education reform. ThroughoutThroughout theirtheir yearsyears inin LittleLittle Rock,Rock, thethe Clintons were active in thethe communitycommunity andand inin theirtheir respectiverespective churcheschurches –– Bill,Bill, aa member of ImmanuelImmanuel Baptist,Baptist, andand HillaryHillary andand ChelseaChelsea membersmembers ofof FirstFirst UnitedUnited Methodist.Methodist. GovernorGovernor ClintonClinton oftenoften tooktook morningmorning jogs and stopped downtownoff downtown for coffee for coffee and visitsand visitswith friendswith friends and colleagues.and colleagues. And, asAnd, mostas most people people know, know, President President Clinton Clinton still still enjoys enjoys playing playing the the tenor tenor sax,sax, aa hobbyhobby hehe eagerlyeagerly displayeddisplayed onon thethe ArsenioArsenio HallHall Show during thethe 19921992 presidentialpresidential campaign.campaign. Today,Today, thethe Clintons’Clintons’ contributionscontribution to to Little Little Rock Rock continues continue through thethe workwork ofof thethe ClintonClinton FoundationFoundation andand thethe ClintonClinton PresidentialPresidential Center.Center. PresidentPresident ClintonClinton hadhad anan inspiringinspiring goal of building a bridge to thethe twenty-first21st Century atcentury home atand home abroad. and Hisabroad. forward His thinkingforward inthinking areas of inpolitics, areas of economics, politics, economics, technology, technology, poverty, and poverty more ledand his more efforts led his to effortstry and bridgeto try andthe gapbridge between the gap people between and people barriers and both barriers at home both in atAmerica home andand around the globe. His hopes areof that seen bridge in the may symbolism be seen ofin histhe presidential symbolism oflibrary his presidential stretching slightly library stretchingover the Arkansas ever so slightlyRiver, andover in the the Arkansas Clinton PresidentialRiver, and in Park the ClintonBridge that Presidential spans the Parkway width of theBridge river. that spans the width of the river. WhileSo while in Littleyou’re Rock, in Little tour Rock, our historicwe invite presidential you to tour paths our historicand enjoy thepresidential same beautiful paths and scenery enjoy and the warm same Arkansas beautiful hospitality scenery and that warm Bill ClintonArkansas and hospitality his family that still Bill call Clinton home. and his family still call home. 22 ClintonFoundation.orgClintonFoundation.org ClintonFoundation.org 11 10 ClintonFoundation.org River Market District 400 President Clinton Ave. · (501) 375-2552 RiverMarket.info Beginning at President Clinton Avenue, this beautiful area is bustling with restaurants, hotels, lofts, condominiums, shops and a large farmers’ market. Robinson Center 426 W. Markham St. · (501) 376-4781 RobinsonCenterSecondAct.com Built between 1937-1940, Joseph T. Robinson Memorial Auditorium was the site of the December 1992 Clinton Economic Conference. U.S. Senator Joseph T. Robinson (1872-1937), the only Arkansan other than Bill Clinton to appear on a presidential ticket, ran for vice president as a Democrat in 1928. In 2016, the building reopened after a $70.5 million renovation. Robinson Auditorium hosts a variety of shows, concerts, meetings, conventions and private events. Rose Law Firm 120 E. 4th St. RoseLawFirm.com/About-Us/Our-History Hillary Clinton practiced law with the Rose Law Firm from 1981-1992. Statehouse Convention Center 1 Statehouse Plaza · (501) 370-3250 LittleRockMeetings.com/convention-center This was the site of Bill Clinton’s gubernatorial inauguration balls and it served as the media center for the national and international press during election nights ‘92 and ‘96, and the Clinton Presidential Center dedication week. University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service 1200 President Clinton Ave. · (501) 683-5200 ClintonSchool.uasys.edu Across from the presidential library is the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. It is located in the restored 1899 Choctaw Station of the Rock Island Railroad. The Clinton School is the first graduate school in the nation to offer a Master of Public Service degree. William E. “Bill” Clark Presidential Park Wetlands President Clinton Presidential Park Restored as a welcome oasis in a bustling downtown, this 13-acre of wetlands along the Arkansas River is adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Center. Named after the late Bill Clark, owner of CDI Construction company and builder of the innovative presidential library, the lush habitat showcases wildlife and river life for education and enjoyment. Clark was an avid outdoorsman and strong business, civic, charitable and political leader in Arkansas for more than three decades. ClintonFoundation.org 11 10 ClintonFoundation.org ClintonFoundation.orgClintonFoundation.org 3 3 Allsopp42 Bar and Park Table Holiday Inn Presidential 600 I-30 · (501) 375-2100 3700Clinton Cedar Presidential Hill Road Center · (501) 371-4770 HIPresidential.com 1200 President Clinton Ave. · (501) 537-0042 LRPR.org/Parks Located near the Clinton Presidential Center, this hotel showcases InDineAtFortyTwo.com elementary school, Chelsea Clinton played softball in the Clinton and the second largest White House and presidential HillcrestPresident Softball Clinton League is America’s at the 42nd Allsopp president. Park field.