Graycen Bigger is also a board member of the Black River Technical College Foundation and the executive director of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority. read more >
The Chinese company behind the planned $1.8 billion Sun Paper plant in Clark County has officially canceled the project, Arkansas economic developers confirmed Monday. read more >
The Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance announced on Facebook that it's preparing to market a 1,000-acre industrial property described as "the former Sun Bio site." read more >
The Sun Bio Materials project in Clark County has emerged from a period of halting progress with a new profile expected to increase investment, employment and wood consumption. read more >
Construction could start late this year on the billion-dollar Sun Bio Material pulp mill near Gum Springs. But the building process for the sprawling Clark County complex is expected to begin in earnest early next year. read more >
Construction is expected to begin in March for a planned $1 billion pulp mill in south Arkansas. read more >
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 >
Through a program made possible by a half-cent county sales tax, the Economic Development Corporation of Clark County awarded $60,000 in May to Danfoss for moving a production line from Mexico to Arkadelphia. read more >
The Diamond Agency of El Dorado has been chosen to publish the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance & Chamber of Commerce 2016 Visitors & Relocation Guide. read more >
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 >
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 >
The Hot Springs metro region is home to top-notch public schools that offers unique educational opportunities for students. read more >
