Little Rock Zoo nets $1.2M donation, hires new higher-ups
With a big honking donation in their coffers and new people in new positions, it’s been a big week for the Little Rock Zoo. On Tuesday, the Arkansas Zoological Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the Little Rock Zoo, announced a $1.2 million donation to ongoing renovations at the zoo, an undertaking dubbed “Project Zoo: Wildly Reimagined.”
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