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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Graycen Bigger of The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority recently completed the Mid-South Basic Economic Development Course offered through Arkansas Economic Developers and Chamber Executives (AEDCE). She joined thirty-seven other participants from 4 different states in the four-day April program. Offered annually in the spring, the Mid-South Basic Course provides an intensive overview of the …
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson signed the largest and most comprehensive highway-funding plan in Arkansas’s history today, which fulfills his goal of implementing a long-range strategy to bring the state’s roads and bridges up to date and to pay for their upkeep into the future. This bill will provide $95 million annually through user fees and dedicated funds from casino revenue. …
POCAHONTAS, AR. (June 8, 2018) – The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority will launch a comprehensive economic development strategic planning project designed to refine the top targeted business/industry targets for the region but as well as uncover emerging or niche business sectors. Additionally, this planning process will focus on establish strategic priorities to further enhance job growth, quality of life …
Peco will be holding a job fair this Tuesday, September 13, 2016, from 10am to 8pm at BRTC in Pocahontas, AR. Openings for: Debone for days and evenings. Evisceration for evenings. Maintenance on evenings and 3rd shift. And many more opportunities!
Tuscaloosa, AL…Today Peco Foods announced plans to build a fully integrated poultry complex in Randolph and Clay Counties in northeastern Arkansas. The new facilities will include a hatchery, feed mill and processing plant. Through both locations, the company plans to invest an estimated, $165 million and create 1,000 new jobs. This morning in Little Rock, Mark Hickman, president and CEO …