Our Impact
If you integrate educational experiences, both formal and informal, and the right exposure, both intentional and unintentional, over a period of time, you can achieve transformational change.
Makers Reached since 2014
Our Educational Impact Across the State
We realize that many individuals are not able to visit the Innovation Hub possibly due to cost or distance. By creating our mobile unit, we can bring a makerspace into Arkansas classrooms and communities to provide hands-on education utilizing a variety of state-of-the-art tools. Our Mobile Makerspace is designed to bring hands-on STEAM learning into your community!
From our Mobile Makerspace program and field trips to summer camps and other youth-education-focused opportunities, we continue to engage young minds and inspire them to explore the wonders of STEAM fields. Click here to learn more about our Mobile Makerspace.
WE’VE INTERACTED IN MORE THAN…
%
OF ARKANSAS COUNTIES
Counties We Have Visited Since 2018
- Ashley
- Benton
- Bradley
- Chicot
- Craighead
- Crawford
- Crittenden
- Cross
- Desha
- Faulkner
- Fulton
- Garland
- Grant
- Independence
- Izard
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Lafayette
- Lonoke
- Madison
- Marion
- Monroe
- Perry
- Phillips
- Polk
- Pope
- Pulaski
- Saline
- Searcy
- Sebastian
- Sharp
- Union
- Washington
- White

2014-2022 Data
Access
“Making doesn’t have a limit. You can make any way you want to. Opportunities come up and it’s up to you to take them or let them go. Don’t let people discourage you for being a woman or a minority.”
Alicia, NWA Community Innovator
13,917 field trip attendees
1,432 summer camp participants
553 after-school workshop participants
Empowerment
“I’m building shelves to hold glazes and finishing a last-minute Christmas berry bowl with mugs. Thanks to the Innovation Hub for the basic skills to develop a wonderful, fulfilling hobby. You have truly been a lifesaver.”
Ginger, Hub Member
By offering diverse resources to meet, make, and learn, the Hub remains a leader in supporting creativity and development for people of all ages.
1,921 members
747 Completed Production Jobs
Community Projects
“If I hadn’t gone through the program, I would not be where I am today. I achieved so much in such little time and was able to secure a job opportunity and immediately begin using the skills I had learned in class.”
Aidan Dufner, Skills to Launch Cohort IV Graduate
Skills to Launch Program
As of 2022, 82 students have graduated.
85% of our graduates are employed thanks to this program.
“I think the She Thrives Program was beneficial to my daughter because it exposed her to the field of STEAM in a way that she had not been exposed to it before. It was great for her to learn about STEAM because now she knows that she can be an engineer if she wants to.”
Matthew Stallins, She Thrives Program Parent
She Thrives Program
Our first cohort received hands-on instruction in the areas of mechanics, 3D Design and 3D printing, Chemistry, Engineering, Woodworking, Zoology, and Farming/Botany.
Digital Literacy Program
Arkansas Maker Task Force
13,388 PPE Units Delivered
267 Arkansas Task Force Members in Total
35 Organizations Received PPE

The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub is a proud affiliate of Winrock International.
FIND US IN NLR
Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
204 E 4th St
North Little Rock, AR 72114
OUR HOURS
- MWF 9AM to 5PM
- TTH 9AM to 8PM