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The time to consider Arkansas the place to be for established tech companies and new opportunities for technology businesses is now. Science, technolo...

Tech startups are emerging across Arkansas, almost as fast as new technologies are developing. And while these early stage businesses may be tech in n...

It’s been a rainy Friday here at the AEDC office in Little Rock. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve been reading and discussing this week. Arkansas ...

It was announced last month that the growth of personal income in Arkansas increased 3.2 percent in 2017, which ranked the state 16th in the nation fo...

We spend a lot of time reading about what's going on with business, industry and economic development in Arkansas and around the country. Here are ou...

To keep our business development staff informed about investments taking place in our region, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission collects an...

Though the debate over whether or not a four-year college degree is the right choice for everyone rages on, it is without question that every Arkansan...

Dan Sanker is a man with a vision: for companies of all sizes to have efficient, cost-effective warehousing and distribution systems. For small and mi...

From women’s apparel online to tech hardware that can withstand incredible temperatures, technology-based businesses of all kinds are finding success ...

Nationwide, there were nearly 10 times as many open computing jobs as there were computer science graduates in 2017. As more and more of the economy b...

The Little Rock Port Authority is one of Arkansas’ largest manufacturing bases, with over 40 businesses on site. Get behind the scenes with a video fr...

Nestled in the Ozark Mountains and often referred to as “Razorback Country,” Northwest Arkansas is a booming metro area home to more than half a milli...

Mississippi County is the fourth-largest steel-producing county in the United States, and local leaders are taking the initiative to ensure the growin...

The Venture Center was launched in May 2014 in Little Rock by a group of entrepreneurs and business leaders, who recognized that, at the time, the Ark...

Being startup friendly isn’t limited to major cities like Austin, Chicago, New York, San Jose or Seattle. Some of the best states to do business in ha...

The exciting and magical film industry can seem far away, with most people associating it with Hollywood and New York City, but the Arkansas Film Comm...

Cities across the world have started using geographic information systems (GIS) to attract new business by giving targeted prospects a tool to visuali...

Now that the Little Rock Technology Park Phase One has been open for nearly a year, eyes and efforts have turned to Phase Two.

From manufacturers of firearms, ammunition and supplies, to businesses involved in product sales and distribution, the Arkansas firearms industry is d...

Infrastructure is an essential component to the state’s economic development. The ability to move materials and goods quickly and easily within and ou...