The wrecking ball that is the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, has mostly been felt elsewhere but those cuts, along with others that are planned, will have a direct impact on Maumelle, as well as the rest of Arkansas.
As for the city, the long-planned Gateway Park, is in peril, or at least the crown jewel in the Central Arkansas Regional Greenway, the bike trail that would connect central Arkansas from Conway to Hot Springs along with Cabot to the northeast and most points in between.
A map of the planned Central Arkansas Regional Greenway.
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, asked Sec. Sean Duffy, to “protect federal investments in active transportation in the face of heightened agency scrutiny of previously awarded grants — including those that fund bicycle infrastructure.”
Duffy, whose qualifications for the job include reality television and hosting a Fox News show, said in a Wednesday interview on Fox Business that, “enough with the green, enough with the social justice” but wasn’t pressed on what exactly that meant.
There’s roughly $3 billion in active funding for projects across all 50 states, and that includes the Central Arkansas Regional Greenway, mixed in with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program, Safe Streets and Roads for All program,; Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program; Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program; and the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program.
“More than half of Americans live in a county where trail and active transportation networks are being developed,” said Kevin Mills, the vice president of policy for Rails to Trails in a press release. “These investments are vital to the economic development and mobility plans of hundreds of regions nationwide. Local officials and business leaders are prioritizing these investments because they understand that making it safe to walk and bike is essential. "The projects that this funding supports are saving lives while creating new jobs and delivering the quality of life that Americans deserve."
The letter was signed by more than 175 local officials from 35 states, Arkansas among them, and Washington, D.C.
"Leaders in communities across America are choosing to invest in active transportation to realize the safety, economic and quality-of-life goals we share," Mills said. "We're looking to [the Department of Transportation] for a productive and reliable partnership to invest strategically to connect safe walking and biking routes and benefit communities nationwide."
Other projects with state connections include the Razorback Greenway in northwest Arkansas and the Memphis Walk and Roll, which extends into east Arkansas.
The Center for American Progress identified 106 grants and leases in Arkansas that have been targeted by DOGE.
The bulk of which are in central Arkansas, or the Second Congressional District with 44.
They are:
$5,000,000 grant, Little Rock, Department of Defense, University of Arkansas At Little Rock, Basic Scientific Research
$12,144,894 grant, Little Rock, $9,686,542 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Education, Arkansas Public School Resource Center, Teacher And School Leader Incentive Grants (Formerly The Teacher Incentive Fund)
$987,654 grant, North Little Rock, $248,898 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of State, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, Energy Governance And Reform Programs
$1,454,835 grant, North Little Rock, $1,415,012 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of State, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, Environmental And Scientific Partnerships And Programs
$38,900,000 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$9,996,101 grant, North Little Rock, $6,196,101 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$12,000,000 grant, Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$15,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $10,600,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$16,499,709 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development
$14,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $11,650,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$13,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $2,849,579 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$6,500,000 grant,Little Rock, $4,072,938 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$48,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $42,507,888 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$11,300,000 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$15,000,000 grant, Little Rock, $10,700,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$27,400,000 grant, North Little Rock, $18,500,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$4,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $1,000,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$22,460,000 grant, North Little Rock, $3,311,920 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$8,500,000 grant , North Little Rock, $5,445,744 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, John Ogonowski Farmer-To-Farmer Program
$4,880,223 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, John Ogonowski Farmer-To-Farmer Program
$429,725 grant, state-wide, $236,869 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Service, Department of Human Services
$7,229,333 grant, state-wide, $560,134 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Department of Human Services
$12,487,030 grant, state-wide, $6,826,024 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Department of Human Services
$2,928,174 grant, state-wide, $168,756 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$1,120,813 grant, state-wide, $205,979 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$7,194,830 grant, state-wide, $824,842 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$1,063,636 grant, state-wide, $889,896 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$2,583,302 grant, state-wide, $908,244 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$6,043,140 grant, state-wide, $4,257,940 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$40,411,710 grant, state-wide, $22,386,319 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$78,177,470 grant, state-wide, $26,852,250 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$173,699,918 grant, state-wide, $74,068,018 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$757,298 grant, state-wide, $312,278 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$21,230,264 grant, state-wide, $9,589,090 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$32,950,719 grant, state-wide, $22,045,324 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$12,676,621 grant, state-wide, $746,210 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Human Services, Arkansas Department of
$10,947,991 grant, state-wide, Department of Health And Human Services, Human Services, Arkansas Department of
$3,019,980 NIH grant, state-wide, $1,220,142 cut claimed by DOGE, National Institutes of Health, UAMS
LEASES
Little Rock: Agricultural Marketing Service
Conway: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Little Rock: United States Trustees
Little Rock: Small Business Administration
Little Rock: Geological Survey
Little Rock: Occupational Safety And Health Administration
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The wrecking ball that is the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, has mostly been felt elsewhere but those cuts, along with others that are planned, will have a direct impact on Maumelle, as well as the rest of Arkansas.
As for the city, the long-planned Gateway Park, is in peril, or at least the crown jewel in the Central Arkansas Regional Greenway, the bike trail that would connect central Arkansas from Conway to Hot Springs along with Cabot to the northeast and most points in between.
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, asked Sec. Sean Duffy, to “protect federal investments in active transportation in the face of heightened agency scrutiny of previously awarded grants — including those that fund bicycle infrastructure.”
Duffy, whose qualifications for the job include reality television and hosting a Fox News show, said in a Wednesday interview on Fox Business that, “enough with the green, enough with the social justice” but wasn’t pressed on what exactly that meant.
There’s roughly $3 billion in active funding for projects across all 50 states, and that includes the Central Arkansas Regional Greenway, mixed in with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program, Safe Streets and Roads for All program,; Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program; Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program; and the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program.
“More than half of Americans live in a county where trail and active transportation networks are being developed,” said Kevin Mills, the vice president of policy for Rails to Trails in a press release. “These investments are vital to the economic development and mobility plans of hundreds of regions nationwide. Local officials and business leaders are prioritizing these investments because they understand that making it safe to walk and bike is essential. "The projects that this funding supports are saving lives while creating new jobs and delivering the quality of life that Americans deserve."
The letter was signed by more than 175 local officials from 35 states, Arkansas among them, and Washington, D.C.
"Leaders in communities across America are choosing to invest in active transportation to realize the safety, economic and quality-of-life goals we share," Mills said. "We're looking to [the Department of Transportation] for a productive and reliable partnership to invest strategically to connect safe walking and biking routes and benefit communities nationwide."
Other projects with state connections include the Razorback Greenway in northwest Arkansas and the Memphis Walk and Roll, which extends into east Arkansas.
The Center for American Progress identified 106 grants and leases in Arkansas that have been targeted by DOGE.
The bulk of which are in central Arkansas, or the Second Congressional District with 44.
They are:
$5,000,000 grant, Little Rock, Department of Defense, University of Arkansas At Little Rock, Basic Scientific Research
$12,144,894 grant, Little Rock, $9,686,542 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Education, Arkansas Public School Resource Center, Teacher And School Leader Incentive Grants (Formerly The Teacher Incentive Fund)
$987,654 grant, North Little Rock, $248,898 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of State, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, Energy Governance And Reform Programs
$1,454,835 grant, North Little Rock, $1,415,012 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of State, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, Environmental And Scientific Partnerships And Programs
$38,900,000 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$9,996,101 grant, North Little Rock, $6,196,101 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$12,000,000 grant, Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$15,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $10,600,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$16,499,709 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development
$14,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $11,650,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$13,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $2,849,579 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$6,500,000 grant,Little Rock, $4,072,938 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$48,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $42,507,888 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$11,300,000 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$15,000,000 grant, Little Rock, $10,700,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$27,400,000 grant, North Little Rock, $18,500,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$4,000,000 grant, North Little Rock, $1,000,000 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$22,460,000 grant, North Little Rock, $3,311,920 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, USAID Foreign Assistance For Programs Overseas
$8,500,000 grant , North Little Rock, $5,445,744 cut claimed by DOGE, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, John Ogonowski Farmer-To-Farmer Program
$4,880,223 grant, North Little Rock, USAID, Winrock International Institute For Agricultural Development, John Ogonowski Farmer-To-Farmer Program
$429,725 grant, state-wide, $236,869 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Service, Department of Human Services
$7,229,333 grant, state-wide, $560,134 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Department of Human Services
$12,487,030 grant, state-wide, $6,826,024 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Department of Human Services
$2,928,174 grant, state-wide, $168,756 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$1,120,813 grant, state-wide, $205,979 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$7,194,830 grant, state-wide, $824,842 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$1,063,636 grant, state-wide, $889,896 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$2,583,302 grant, state-wide, $908,244 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$6,043,140 grant, state-wide, $4,257,940 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$40,411,710 grant, state-wide, $22,386,319 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$78,177,470 grant, state-wide, $26,852,250 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$173,699,918 grant, state-wide, $74,068,018 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$757,298 grant, state-wide, $312,278 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$21,230,264 grant, state-wide, $9,589,090 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$32,950,719 grant, state-wide, $22,045,324 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Arkansas Department of Health
$12,676,621 grant, state-wide, $746,210 cut claimed by DOGE, Department of Health And Human Services, Human Services, Arkansas Department of
$10,947,991 grant, state-wide, Department of Health And Human Services, Human Services, Arkansas Department of
$3,019,980 NIH grant, state-wide, $1,220,142 cut claimed by DOGE, National Institutes of Health, UAMS
LEASES
Little Rock: Agricultural Marketing Service
Conway: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Little Rock: United States Trustees
Little Rock: Small Business Administration
Little Rock: Geological Survey
Little Rock: Occupational Safety And Health Administration