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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on the strengths and needs of the Arkadelphia area and suggested solutions to these needs. This report was compiled, researched and written by students in the Advanced Reporting class at Ouachita Baptist University.
In a town revered for its blues music but pitied for its economic blight, nonprofits work to change the tune one business at a time.
On the banks of the Mississippi River in eastern Arkansas’ Phillips County lies Helena — technically Helena-West Helena after the cities’ merger in January — a rural town about a half-century removed from its economic high-water mark.
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