Update: Venture Center Sparking New Entrepreneurship Program
The Venture Center says it's launching a new offering in partnership with the Little Rock Regional Chamber. read more >
Tagged: Little Rock Regional Chamber
Priority1 Inc. to Add 50 Employees in Little Rock
Priority1 Inc. of Little Rock, a privately held third-party logistics services company, says it will hire at least 50 new corporate headquarters employees as a result of its continued national growth. read more >
Little Rock Chamber Announces Partnership with SCORE
The Little Rock Regional Chamber announces a new partnership with the local SCORE chapter of Little Rock. read more >
'Love, Little Rock' Gets PRWeek Affection
Millie Ward spurned Amazon in 2017, and now she’s getting some love for “Love, Little Rock.” read more >
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Little Rock
With the presence of the Little Rock Tech Park, The Venture Center, FIS FinTech Accelerator program and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, among other assets, the Little Rock Region is becoming known and respected in the startups/innovation sector. read more >
Education & Learning: How Little Rock Gets Ahead
Little Rock not only offers but promotes a lifetime of learning. From innovative, public pre-K for all to graduate-level offerings unique on the planet, the region values education and economic development as inseparable. read more >
Employing a Superior Workforce in Little Rock
The sustained strength of the Little Rock region's nationally recognized economy and its ability to weather national or global economic downturns is directly attributable to a regional approach to development and the diversity of its business community. read more >
PRWeek Awards Honor 'Love, Little Rock' Campaign
Amazon ended up with two brides last month in its search for a mate to its Seattle headquarters, dividing its HQ2 between New York City and northern Virginia. But months before, it got jilted by Little Rock, and quite publicly. read more >
Little Rock Chamber Hires Director of Small Business, Diversity
The Little Rock Regional Chamber has hired Brandon Campbell as director of Small Business & Diversity Initiatives. read more >
Sizing Up the Startup Ecosystem Movement in Arkansas
Over a decade, Arkansas has fallen in line with the national trend of embracing and publicly funding a relatively new form of economic development: structured help for entrepreneurs. read more >
Future View of Little Rock Region Holds Big Rewards
From the Main Street revival to new technology hubs to modern remodels of local landmarks, the Little Rock area is embracing the future while revitalizing its past. read more >
Little Rock: A Headquarters for Commerce
The Little Rock region is the headquarters of many diverse national and multi-national businesses and organizations, both homegrown and relocated. read more >
Foreign Companies Feel At Home in Arkansas
Positioned for commerce and economic growth by being in the heart of America, Little Rock is structured for business with the most cooperative, pioneering and spirited people, with all the facilities and infrastructure to prosper together. read more >
Infrastructure: Building Bridges to the Future and More
Air, rail, water, Interstates and available land plus office space converge to give the region an ideal intermodal network, near the country’s geographic and population centers. read more >
Landing in Little Rock with Incentives to Stay
Arkansas’ performance-based incentives are nationally competitive and easy to use. The City of Little Rock has also funded performance-based incentives to complement those of the state. The chamber, in partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and city, focuses on a business’ specific needs and designs a tailored incentive package unique to that business. read more >
Little Rock Life: Diversity in People, Geography, Culture
Little Rock is where the Delta meets the foothills of the Ozarks, offering an incredible, diverse landscape of hills, valleys and flatlands to build whatever style home is desired. read more >
Leslie Rutledge Names Nicole Waugh as AG Communications Director (Movers & Shakers)
Nicole Waugh was named communications director for the office of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in Little Rock. read more >
Carr Heads to Sherwood Chamber; Shenep Moves to AEDD (Movers & Shakers)
Colleen Carr has been hired as economic development director by the Sherwood Chamber of Commerce. Chris Shenep has been hired as the business development, marketing and communications director at Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled in Little Rock. read more >
When Little Rock Jilted Amazon: Tale of a Breakup Letter
The whirlwind week of #lovelittlerock started when Millie Ward got a call from Little Rock Regional Chamber's Jay Chesshir, who thought that while 238 cities were pitching to land Amazon, Little Rock could make some noise by saying no. read more >
Graham Cobb Named CEO of Greater Bentonville Chamber of Commerce
Graham Cobb, the chief operating officer of the Little Rock Regional Chamber, has been named president and CEO of the Greater Bentonville Chamber of Commerce. read more >
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