PAgis Hosts Annual GIS Day Event at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas

“Developing Central Arkansas Using GIS”, theme for PAgis’ event focusing on GIS data technology as strategic resources for economic development.  Presentations included Entergy Arkansas, web based application site consultants use for locating new industries. Arkansas Senator Broadway, relied heavily on GIS to provide quick reports, maps to site consultants relocating the National Boy Scout Jamboree site. Arkansas Geocachers Assocation's fun presentation about geocaching.  Environmental And Spatial Technology schools attended from around Arkansas. Special announcement from Arkansas Dept of Education and EAST Initiative, “ESRI will provide access of ESRI software to ALL schools in Arkansas”.  Picnic style lunch, cake symbolic of dollar bill replacing standard images, text with maps, coordinates, directions, and GIS related phrases.

Our GIS Day event was held at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  A group shot of the audience in our presentation room. Senator Shane Broadway, our Guest Speaker talked about relying heavily on GIS for a proposed multi-million project for consultants looking to relocate the National Boy Scout Jamboree. Students from Brinkley High School E.A.S.T. Lab talking to a visitor about their project. Our keynote speaker, Heather Hendrickson from Entergy Arkansas Dept. of Economic Development demonstrating the Arkansas Site Selection Website. Some of our many visitors in our vendor room networking with our GIS Professionals who participated. Lunch was a picnic style menu. Mmmmm Good ! Our Cake!  Symbolic of a dollar bill representing the economic impact of development using GIS.