Little Rock Board approves parks master plan, denies zoning approval of midtown development The Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a master parks plan intended to guide the city through 2030. The plan was prepared by Lose & Associates, a Nashville, Tenn., planning firm. The board also approved a strategic parks plan to guide the city through 2024. City Manager Bruce Moore told the board that the key recommendations of the plan were related to improving maintenance and recreational offerings. “When I look at other cities and other parks departments, that’s where we’re lacking,” he said. Advertisement The strategic plan is mostly to do with the nuts and bolts side of managing a parks department. The nearly 200 page master plan includes* many of the sweeping changes