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Economic Development Corporation of Clark County

Business Services / Construction / Government & Politics

AEDC-Backed Industrial Site Breaks Ground in Clark County

The $2.14 million Southwest Arkansas Mega Site aims to attract to new and expanding businesses. read more >
A Google Street View image of the Anthony-Higgs Lumber Co. sawmill in 2013. McKenzie Farms Excavating and Trucking is looking to purchase the site in Gurdon to expand operations.
Business Services / Construction / Manufacturing

McKenzie Farms Plans Expansion in Gurdon

The project will add two new business lines: specialty pallet manufacturing and wood post manufacturing. read more >
Left: The Clark County Courthouse, where positive results of a voter approved sales tax are in evidence. | Right: Henderson State University student union.

Clark County Tax Vote Beginning To Pay Off

In March 2014, Clark County residents voted to continue a one-half cent sales tax for economic development and are now beginning to see results. read more >
The cooling room at the Arkadelphia plant producing Hillstern Farms’ ShunTuJee chicken.
Agriculture & Poultry / Restaurants & Food

Specialty Chicken Roosts In Southwest Arkansas

A poultry company outside Arkadelphia has partnered with several southwest Arkansas counties to hatch, grow and process a “specialty chicken” popular in Asian markets across the western United States. read more >
Mitch Bettis
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Construction

The Glass Is Half Full (Mitch Bettis Publisher’s Note)

Arkansans and Americans in general seem to be feeling blue these days. Maybe a deluge of negative political advertising bludgeoned us into sadness. Perhaps I’m a “glass half-full” guy because I keep noticing that, nationally and within Arkansas, there are positive economic indicators. read more >