1,803 loans and investments totaling $173.9 million in the district in 2022
Stories from the District
Bruno’s Little Italy
Little Rock,
Arkansas
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Since 1949, Bruno’s Little Italy has been Central Arkansas’s premier destination for authentic Neapolitan Italian cuisine. Arkansas Capital partnered with the Bruno family to get additional financing for the kitchen equipment needed to complete the restaurant’s move to downtown Little Rock in October 2013.
On Halloween 2022, Magan Hubbard and her daughter Mackenzie, 16, received the biggest treat of all when they moved into their new home in Little Rock, AR. Hubbard’s monthly payments for the brand new house were about the same amount she had been paying to rent an apartment.
Dustin Gunn, a first-year college student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, realized he needed his own vehicle to maintain a busy schedule with school and work. Working as a lifeguard at the Jess Odom Community Center in a neighboring suburb, he spent his first year “hitching rides from friends and family and getting Ubers.” He came to HOPE in search of a solution. HOPE’s associates welcomed Gunn and provided financial advice tailored to meet his personal needs by helping him navigate the auto loan application. “[HOPE] really made sure that the process went smoothly my first time purchasing a car,” said Gunn. Gunn’s loan application was quickly approved and he purchased a formerly owned Toyota 4 Runner. Now with the freedom to travel on his time table, Gunn remarked, “HOPE has opened doors for me and gave the proper guidance for a young kid like myself.”
"I have been with TruService for several years now and Ms. McDonald is the one that helps us with our loans, and we cannot ask for a better loan officer. She has made the loan process so simple and easy for us. She is extremely helpful and patient with every question we have. She sincerely is the best and we are very thankful for her."
