Ethanol refiner sets sights on Delta
The U.S. ethanol industry is booming, and enthusiasm for the renewable fuel is spreading beyond the Corn Belt.
Taimerica Management chosen to facilitate plan for Clark County growth
The strategic planning process can move forward; Taimerica Management Co. has been chosen, at a meeting on Tuesday, as the facilitator for Clark County’s Strategic Development Plan.
Ground broken for new apartment complex
Imagine affordable housing in Helena-West Helena. Imagine fewer and fewer people in the so-called “slums.” Imagine a place where families can meet, learn about computers, the Internet and have the room to host birthday parties for their children. Now imagine all of these things in one location.
Board hears new bay finished; inaccessible to the ladder truck
The finishing touches on the new bay built at Arkadelphia’s fire station #2 are near completion, but there’s one catch – the truck for which the bay was built won’t fit.
Local Businessman Receives Award From the Small Business Administration
An Arkadelphia resident was recently cited for his contribution to the business world, but Paul Sheffield Jr. prefers to concentrate his energy on the community in which he lives.
City Receives Grant to Help Cleanup Unsightly Properties
Dilapidated building and structures may soon be a thing of the past in Arkadelphia, thanks to a grant from Southern Bancorp. Arkadelphia’s Board of Directors is expected to discuss a list of properties in need of attention during its meeting Thursday night.
The need to grow: Citizens offer solutions to move Print Page
This is the last of a three-part series on the strengths, needs and solutions regarding the growth of Arkadelphia and Clark County. This report was compiled. researched and written by students in the Advanced Reporting class at Ouachita Baptist University.
As far as solutions to the needs of the Arkadelphia area concerning growth, a survey revealed widespread interest in creating more jobs and industrial growth, developing and maintaining a…
What is needed for Arkadelphia to grow?
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on the strengths and needs of the Arkadelphia area researched and written
by students in the Advanced Reporting class at Ouachita Baptist University. The third part of the series will identify the suggested
solutions to the needs and how these solutions can be carried out.
First strategic planning session is held
A “workable and visionary plan” is what’s needed for Arkadelphia and Clark County to grow, said Dr. Charles Dunn, president of Henderson State University.
Survey, interviews serve as basis for in-depth report
That’s how the entrance signs to the city have read for more than 30 years. Why doesn’t Arkadelphia grow? That was the question I posed to students as a class project this spring for the Advanced Reporting class.