Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce

Vince Palermo & Casey Jacuzzi have been hired iProv LLC of Little Rock. read more >

Brown has more than two decades of banking experience and will lead efforts to expand relationships in Jonesboro. read more >

A global pandemic delayed but couldn’t stop the $100 million expansion of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs. read more >

The greater Hot Springs area has seen significant growth in the past few years, and this growth is accentuated by the improved roads and highways in and out of Hot Springs. read more >

The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership on Wednesday annnounced the hiring of Gary Troutman as the new president and CEO of both organizations, effective Sept. 18. read more >

Pat McCabe was appointed mayor by the Hot Springs Board of Directors in April after the resignation of Mayor Ruth Carney in March. read more >

Audria Strain has been hired as director of special events at Centers for Youth & Families in Little Rock. read more >

Tiffani Foltz has been named a director of development for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, where she will focus on fundraising activities for the Myeloma Institute. read more >

At the beginning of last week, a major meeting had been scheduled for public and private interests concerned about the deterioration of the 480-room, nearly 400,000-SF building. Within a couple of days, all of that had been scratched. read more >

The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership recognized after the Majestic Hotel fire that they should embrace the adage to "never let a crisis go to waste," commissioning the Downtown Game Plan Task Force to study all aspects of downtown development. read more >

To move forward with the revitalization of downtown Hot Springs, the Downtown Game Plan Task Force recommended hiring a full-time downtown development director and seeking assistance from various national groups, among other suggestions. read more >

Eric Jackson has worked in an administrative capacity at Oaklawn since 1978. In the 1980s, he helped develop the park’s interstate full-card simulcasting with merged pool wagering system. Simulcasting of this type now accounts for 80 percent of wagering placed on horse racing in North America. He became Oaklawn's general manager in 1987 and has served on Oaklawn’s board of directors since 1994. read more >

To celebrate Arkansas Business’ 30th anniversary, the staff decided to pull out and reprint some of the stories that we felt were the most important, the most interesting and the most fun. Arkansas Business is still reporting on the state economic scene with business executives as its readership, sticking to its mission of providing the revealing, memorable and important business news available in Arkansas. read more >

The February fire that destroyed the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs has focused concerns on two troubling issues facing the resort city’s historic downtown: the fire danger posed by other largely vacant properties and the failure of building owners to maintain their properties. read more >

Jim Fram has returned to his home state to lead the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, which, at 116 years old, is one of Arkansas’ oldest businesses. read more >

It’s a vibrant and strong business and industry sector for which residents are thankful for and vacationers don’t always notice. Together, the five counties that make up the Greater Hot Springs region create one of the most diverse economies in Arkansas. read more >

Historic city has plenty to attract cutting edge business, young workers. read more >