Gary Pomerantz, P.E., Senior Vice President, Flack + Kurtz, Inc., New York

Presidential LEEDership

Although he currently resides in Manhattan, former President Bill Clinton hasn't forgotten his Arkansas roots. When it came time to be part of a larger effort to revitalize Little Rock's downtown and riverfront, the city became an easy choice for the location of the library and museum that would preserve and reflect the eight-year history of Clinton's service as 42nd president of the United States. Nestled along the south bank of the Arkansas River inside a new 27-acre city park, the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center opened its doors this past fall and houses not only a replica of the Oval Office, but more than 77 million documents, 75,000 artifacts, 1.8 million photographs and 40 million e-mail messages. All presidential libraries have to meet environmental, operational and redundancy standards of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).