City of North Little Rock
Billy McCurley currently serves as the Manager of Application Development and Project Management at the City of North Little Rock since November 2018, with previous roles including L3 System Engineer and Manager of Enterprise Services. From November 2010, Billy has also worked as a Promoter for the Unity Project, organizing music events. Prior experience includes positions as a Network Engineer at Business Network Solutions from November 2013 to November 2018, Technology Consultant at Innovative Systems, Inc. from August 2011 to November 2013, and Network Analyst at ClearPointe from January 2009 to August 2011. Early career roles included Driver at Conway Winnelson from 2007 to 2009 and Apartment Manager at Tesco Properties from 2004 to 2007. Billy holds an Associate degree in Computer Networking from Remington College, completed between 2006 and 2009.
City of North Little Rock
Known only as "opposite Little Rock" until the Civil War, North Little Rock grew as a crossroads that linked river and overland traffic. In 1866, surveyed and platted, an unincorporated town of mills, factories, hotels and saloons became known as the town of Argenta. In 1890, the community of Argenta filed papers to incorporate as a city. However, Argenta's southern neighbor, across the Arkansas River, quickly passed legislation to annex the little town and make it the eighth ward of that city. Years later a group of north side businessmen led by William C. Faucette (who was elected to the Arkansas state legislature) introduced a bill to allow a new city to be created by annexing the eighth ward of Little Rock. In 1903 North Little Rock and Argenta town residents voted to merge. Little Rock mounted a court challenge, but on February 6, 1904, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 1903 merger of North Little Rock and Argenta (named for silver mines), with more than 8,000 residents. In January of 1906 North Little Rock changes its name to Argenta, but in October 1917 renamed itself back to North Little Rock. Visit the History and Historic Commission's page for information on historic buildings, landmarks and sites, learn more about the colorful stories of the people and places that shaped the North Little Rock of today.