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mazon’s NLR facility opened with an eye on diversity, equity and inclusion being a top priority! Sunday, September 5th, at 6:30 am, the new Amazon non-sort facility located off Highway 70 at the Galloway exit opened its doors. Gospel recording artist and Shorter College SGA President, Ms. Dottie Racy Wilson, belted out the National Anthem as the Color Guard from Harding University raised the American Flag to kick off the opening. Amazon announced the project in late 2020 even though construction had already begun in September of 2020. This is the second distribution facility to open in Central Arkansas, after the robotic sort facility opened in late summer at the Little Rock Port. Unfortunately, the big opening the Amazon team planned had to be pushed back due to a delay. There will be an event planned soon that will include the North Little Rock Mayor, NLR PROUD
City Council Members, as well as North Little Rock High School. There will also be an event in early 2022 to celebrate both central Arkansas distribution centers with state and local officials.
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The facility and its sister facility at the Little Rock Port, combine for over 1,800,000 square feet of building footprints. The North Little Rock Facility has 1,078,342 square feet and 1.3 million square feet of warehouse
