Best Park. . . Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday

The "Best Park" seeds were planted decades ago. Jeff Duncan began working as a valet parking attendant in Little Rock back in 1970 with a company called National Garages. Meanwhile, David Bogard started as a parking lot attendant in Houston, Texas for Allright Parking in 1980. Jeff switched over to Allright Parking in 1982 and became the City Manager of Little Rock and a couple of years later, David moved to the West Coast to become the City Manager of the San Francisco Bay area.

Jeff continued to build the Allright business in Little Rock while David built a Region on the West Coast and it was through the companywide Allright Parking outings and meetings that Jeff and David formed an instant friendship of mutual respect. David was relocated to Dallas to assume to Mid-South Region and got a chance to work with Jeff on a continual basis.

In a fitting bit of irony, Allright eventually bought out National Garages' entire company in the mid 1990's and Jeff was reunited with a few people he had worked with years before here in Little Rock. Central Parking Systems and Allright Merged in 1999 and David relocated again to St. Louis to takeover the Midwest Region, which still included Little Rock.

Jeff and David decided to form a new company called Best Park, and on July 1, 2004, they started all over again, back on the parking lots, back where it all began.

Today

Best Park has established itself as the company of choice here in Little Rock . We have remained focused on serving our customers, clients and landlords and we always try to "under-promise and over-deliver". We treat our employees fairly and we let everyone know how important they are to the "Team", whatever role they may have.

Our own expectations for Best Park remain high and we continually stress the service aspect of our business. Treating customers, clients, landlords, fellow employees and vendors with the respect that you would wish to receive is critical. We're not perfect and we have "off" days like everyone else, but our integrity and commitment to purpose never wanes.

We are proud of what Best Park has accomplished and the valuable service that we provide to thousands of customers each and every day.

Tomorrow

Small and nimble companies like ours where the "Owners" are personally involved every day will always be best suited to meet the challenges of fast changing times. Relationships, integrity, stability and trust will become more important again in the future and that's something in which we have spent years building. Best Park will continue to invest in our customers by trying to provide as many parking options as possible for them and we will continue to invest in our clients by providing them with services and answers to their requests in a responsive and timely fashion. Best Park will continue to invest in our employees by maintaining a fair and respectful working environment and giving them recognition and a pat on the back when they deserve one. We will invest in new technology when it is proven and appropriate. We will not jump on every new trend nor will we panic during dramatic business or cultural shifts. Jeff and David will adapt their business model to meet changes the future may hold but they will not change just for the sake of change. Best Park decisions are generally based on "good or bad", "appropriate or not appropriate"... and not necessarily on "new or old".

Jeff and David have parked cars collectively for nearly 70 years and during that time they have experienced many business cycles. If it's happened, they are probably aware of it, and if it's going to happen, they are probably prepared to deal with it. That's just one more reason to rely on Best Park for your parking needs.