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Spanish Economic Corp. officially formed
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.
BDC to co-sponsor child care licensing workshop
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.
Quorum Court OKs judge’s appointees to Economic Development Corp.
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.
Delegation Announces $48,500 Grant For Southern Good Faith Fund in Pine Bluff
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.
City Board asked ‘What can be?’
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.
Horne: Both Ouachita, Henderson will benefit from CCSP
The list of projects in Clark County’s Strategic Plan that will benefit Ouachita Baptist University is “very exciting,” said Dr. Rex Horne, president of Ouachita.
Horne said he was pleased that OBU and Henderson State University partnered with Southern Bancorp and other entities to sponsor the strategic planning process. The 15 months of work have created valid ideas for improvements, he said.
Southern board member receives Amazing Spirit Award
Baptist Health salutes Dorothy Stuck with the Amazing Spirit Award. The award goes to those who embrace life by remaining active, healthy, and focusing on personal growth at 55 and beyond.
NLR looks at a delay on cashers
A move to add zoning restrictions on businesses that make “payday loans” has North Little Rock officials looking at a two-year, citywide moratorium on new check-cashing businesses.
County Magazine Highlights Southern Bancorp’s Rural Innovation
…The idea was formed to “take a bank and make it more than just a bank,” Baldwin said. The bank’s main shareholders are nonprofits. It moved into the Delta and began focusing on community development in the most impoverished areas. In Phillips County, Ark., the bank paid to bulldoze a dangerous abandoned downtown building and turned it into a park for kids to play in.
Town’s mayor asks how plans will be funded
This is the 11th story in a series about the Clark County Strategic Plan. The focus is on Caddo Valley.
Caddo Valley Mayor Alan Dillavou is pleased with all the projects for his city in Clark County’s Strategic Plan, but he’s concerned about the funding.