by - October 15, 2025 8:16 pm
Companies seeking to invest in large projects are looking for ready sites and available energy. Financial incentives act as a “coupon” to encourage them to select a site over their…
by - April 6, 2025 9:01 pm
A package of economic development reform bills is making progress through both ends of the State Capitol as the 95th General Assembly counts down its final full week. Two measures…
by - February 24, 2020 6:06 pm
The second decade of this century didn’t begin, for me, until Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Working in then-Gov. Mike Beebe’s office, I received a call that Georgia-Pacific would be idling…
by - September 9, 2016 2:16 pm
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jay Chesshir told members of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce that Arkansas is not where it needs to be…
by - June 16, 2016 7:06 pm
The old model of economic development in cities is giving way to a newer, place-based version, attendees of the Arkansas Municipal League’s Annual Convention in Little Rock were told Thursday…
by - April 6, 2014 10:12 pm
Chuck Marohn’s recent three-hour presentation delivered to more than 160 Arkansas elected and development officials – including between 15 and 20 such persons from the Fort Smith-Greenwood-Van Buren area –…
by - June 3, 2013 12:27 pm
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe and officials with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock announced Monday (June 3) the opening of a more than $5 million analytics center that is…
by - January 29, 2013 11:04 am
Arkansas landed its first official "superproject" as Big River Steel announced plans to construct a $1.1 billion-plus steel mill in Mississippi County near Osceola. The mill will employ 525 workers…
by - July 2, 2012 11:32 am
Gov. Mike Beebe’s week-long trade mission to France should result in expansions of existing French firms doing business in Arkansas and could result in research collaborations for food safety and…
by - January 24, 2012 6:11 pm
Arkansas Rep. Tracy Pennartz, D-Fort Smith, has gained Joint Budget Committee approval for a plan designed to help support regional groups focused on economic development. On Tuesday (Jan. 24), the…
