Registration open for 2020 Rural Development Conference
March 03, 2020Registration is now open for the 2020 Arkansas Rural Development Conference, the state’s annual event geared toward anyone interested in improving the...
Read >UCA and ACS partner to bring Seed and Spark Creative Sustainability Summit to Central Arkansas
February 13, 2020The University of Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Cinema Society will welcome the film crowdfunding/distribution platform Seed&Spark founder and CEO...
Read >Cassandra Caldwell named Waterways Commission Executive Director
February 11, 2020Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston announced today the appointment of Cassandra Caldwell as the new Arkansas Waterways Commission Executive Director. ...
Read >Central Arkansas named a 2020 ‘Great American Defense Community’
January 14, 2020The Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council, representing Central Arkansas, is one of five communities across the country recently named to the 2...
Read >Rural Services awards $444K in AGFC funds from fines to schools
January 13, 2020The Arkansas Economic Development Commission Division of Rural Services has awarded grants totaling $444,230.34 to promote wildlife education and impr...
Read >AEDC to host two free minority, women-owned business workshops Jan. 15
January 10, 2020The Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWOBE) division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will host two free workshops ...
Read >SFI Arkansas announces expansion of Conway facility
December 12, 2019Conway-based manufacturer SFI Arkansas announced plans to expand its facility and hire up to 75 new employees over the next 18 months.
Read >Structurlam Selects Conway, Arkansas, for Its First U.S. Plant
December 09, 2019Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, the leading mass timber manufacturer in North America, announced it will expand its operations into the United St...
Read >Radius Aerospace expands facility, adding 65 jobs
November 25, 2019Radius Aerospace, formerly a Triumph Group Division, with its newly established corporate headquarters in Hot Springs, Arkansas, celebrated its Hot Sp...
Read >Cornerstone Processing to open poultry processing plant in Pine Bluff
November 25, 2019Cornerstone PB holdings LLC and Cornerstone Processing LLC announced they will open a poultry processing plant in Pine Bluff.
Read >Express Rx to Locate Headquarters in Little Rock
November 18, 2019Express Rx., a pharmaceutical retailer with stores across the southeastern U.S., has decided to locate its new headquarters in Little Rock.
Read >AEDC to host two free minority, women-owned business workshops Wednesday, Nov. 20
November 14, 2019The Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWOBE) division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will host two free workshops ...
Read >Superior Group of Companies™ Expanding Its Arkansas Distribution Center
November 12, 2019Superior Group of Companies will invest $10 Million in the next three years and add 125 additional jobs over the next five years in Arkansas.
Read >HMS Mfg. Co. Chooses Little Rock for New Facility
October 30, 2019The Michigan-based company plans to start production at the 550,000 sq. ft. facility in the summer of 2020 and create new jobs
Read >Nucor Steel holds ribbon cutting for new specialty cold mill complex at Hickman facility
October 25, 2019Nucor Steel Arkansas held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new $230 million specialty cold mill complex at its Hickman, Arkansas, facility.
Read >Gov. Hutchinson, AEDC award 78 community grants totaling more than $8.8M
October 24, 2019Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other state officials presented grants totaling more than $8.8 million to 78 Arkansas communities and counties at a ceremony h...
Read >Hefei Risever cuts ribbon on Jonesboro facility
October 23, 2019Almost two years to the day after Hefei Risever Machinery Co. Ltd announced it would open a heavy equipment parts manufacturing facility in Jonesboro,...
Read >Governor Announces DXC Technology To Expand in Conway, Create 1,200 Jobs
October 22, 2019DXC Technology, a global IT company with offices in Conway, will expand its operation and create 1,200 jobs over the next three years, Governor Asa Hu...
Read >Carvana to open inspection, distribution center in West Memphis
September 20, 2019Carvana inspection centers – like the facility planned in West Memphis – are where Carvana’s inventory is inspected, reconditioned, photographed and s...
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