Eldridge wants politics removed from development
Conner Eldridge said he was proud to become part of “a great group” like the board of the Economic Development Corporation of Clark County.
Conner Eldridge said he was proud to become part of “a great group” like the board of the Economic Development Corporation of Clark County.
The ultimate goal of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County is to help all of Clark County grow, said Euodias Goza, one of the five board members of the corporation.
Photo: Cyclists pedal over a small hill outside Perry on the first 75-mile day of the 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan MS 150 Bike Tour, Sept. 8. The annual Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraiser drew 160 riders and raised more than $100,000. Its second day was canceled because of a thunderstorm, but participants still had a picnic atop Petit Jean Mountain.
Delta Regional Authority Chairman Pete Johnson of Clarksdale, Miss. was in Helena Monday to present a check totaling $534,128.54 to the Delta Area Health Center.
County Judge Ron Daniell and Arkadelphia City Manager Jimmy Bolt aren’t sure what to do, they said, about the results of a county-wide survey done as part of the Clark County Strategic Development Plan committee.
Clark County Judge Ron Daniell filed the articles of incorporation Tuesday at the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office to officially create the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County, also known as the EDCCC.
The Business Development Center, a program of the Southern Good Faith Fund, is co-sponsoring a “child care licensing” workshop. The workshop will be presented by a Department of Health and Human Services licensing specialist and will inform childcare workers of the requirements needed in order to start or expand a home-based or commercial child care business.
Members of the Clark County Quorum Court unanimously approved in a meeting Monday night the appointment of five persons to lead the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, along with Representative Mike Ross announced Monday that the Southern Good Faith Fund in Pine Bluff has been awarded a $48,500 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) Program.
Members of Arkadelphia’s Board of Directors spent most of the day Saturday meeting in special session to discuss the future of Arkadelphia. Sessions included discussion of the Clark County Strategic Plan and its applications to the city and a discussion of revenues and the allocation of funds.