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Ben Steinberg Receives Non-Profit Executive of the Year Award
Ben Steinberg came to Little Rock four years ago as a volunteer in Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign and never left the state.
In July 2004, he made a home in Arkansas as the president of Southern Financial Partners in Helena. “Our goal is to revitalize distressed rural communities,” the 40-year-old California native said.
Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative: Progress Report of Activities and Outcomes during Program Year Two
The following report includes sections on the growing popularity of career pathways strategies nationally, the need for the Career Pathways Initiative in Arkansas, the objectives and design of CPI in Arkansas, and descriptive outcomes from the second year of the initiative. The report ends with a
discussion of opportunities for strengthening the initiative.
Subcommittee considers, “What will sell?”
Members of the housing subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan will contact all the mayors in the county to get their communities involved in a housing study, said Tom Calhoon, co-chairman of the subcommittee.
The main theme of a meeting on Wednesday, Calhoon said, was to find out what kind of housing was needed in the county. “What will sell?” was the question, he said.
Check presented to B&G Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Phillips County is a recent recipient of a grant from the Helena Health Foundation. The purpose of the grant is to assist the Boys & Girls Club in implementing programs in some of the club’s key areas of focus such as health education, fitness and health skills.
Unified plan needed says SBC officials
…Black commented that people often tell him that they want jobs but do not realize just how much goes into bringing jobs to Phillips County.
KIPP receives a HHF grant
The Helena Health Foundation has announced that the KIPP Delta Preparatory School is a recent grant recipient from the foundation. The grant was awarded to the KIPP School to help the school implement a five-year health improvement plan.
New program matches funds for college
The future of Arkansas is in the hands of the children and education officials, along with Sen. Gilbert Baker, visited Sallie Cone Elementary School Friday to present a new way to make the future a little brighter.
City receives another 30 days to provide the documents for state audit
The city of Helena-West Helena have submitted most of a list of documents to state auditors who in turn gave the city another 30 days to finish compiling the list. Mayor James Valley said that only three documents deep the city from fulfilling the order.
CCSP’s economic panel updated on ‘parkway’ project
The economic development subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan heard reports on the aviation program at Henderson State University and on a new university boulevard during its regular meeting Monday night.
Southern Good Faith Fund proposes severance tax increase to finance trust fund for higher education
LITTLE ROCK— Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program today released a report that proposes creating an Arkansas Promise Trust Fund to help more Arkansans go to college, financed by an increase in the state’s historically low severance tax on natural gas.