The Peabody is a privately owned hotel that sits atop part of the Statehouse
Convention Center which is owned by the City of Little Rock. Jo and I began exhibiting at the Arkansas Craft Guild's Christmas Showcase in 1987. Since that time, the hotel has changed ownership three or four times and undergone a major renovation. The Peabody group is originally out of Memphis and has long been associated with ducks.
Since Jo and I have been doing Showcase, the Convention Center itself has just about doubled in size. Back in 1987, it consisted of three large conventions halls (separated by movable walls), a lobby, and various offices and small meeting rooms. The only entrance was through the side of the hotel lobby. The expansion eight or so years ago added a couple more large halls (one connected to the other three and one on an upper level) plus several smaller meeting rooms and a large entrance lobby accessible directly from Markham Avenue.
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