Arkansas Business City of Distinction 2011

The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas' annual leadership class is a program that acquaints the state's business, community and elected leaders with statewide and regional challenges that need to be addressed in local communities, the state and the nation. The mission: to build a strong, diverse statewide network of leaders with a shared commitment to connect our communities and to make Arkansas a better place in which to live and prosper.

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From the State Chamber of Commerce President Randy Zook

The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas strives to promote a pro-business, free-enterprise agenda and prevent anti-business legislation, regulations and rules. Now more than ever, business matters to our nation's future. In the global economy, our competitive capacity must be all it can possibly be – and the State Chamber/AIA works every day to make that happen. read more >

From the Leadership Arkansas Program Coordinator Susie Marks

The participants in the Leadership Arkansas program get stronger and stronger each year. As one of the youngest statewide leadership programs in the country, we still have work to do to further accomplish our mission of building a strong, diverse, statewide network of leaders with a shared commitment to connect our communities and make Arkansas a better place in which to live and prosper. read more >