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CHAMBER ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING

CHAMBER ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING

Featured Speaker will be Owner/President/General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones LITTLE ROCK, AR (October 25, 2021) –  The Little Rock Regional Chamber announced today th...

Tractor Supply Company Announces New Distribution Center in Arkansas

Tractor Supply Company Announces New Distribution Center in Arkansas

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2022 –  Tractor Supply Company   (NASDAQ:  TSCO ), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, today announced it intends to build a new d...

Hostess Brands to Add New Bakery in Arkadelphia, Ark., to Meet Increased Demand

Hostess Brands to Add New Bakery in Arkadelphia, Ark., to Meet Increased Demand

LENEXA, Kan. (March 7, 2022)  – Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), a leading sweet snacks company, has announced that it will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia, Ark., into...

Synthesia Technology Inc. Investing $29M in New Facility at Little Rock Port

Synthesia Technology Inc. Investing $29M in New Facility at Little Rock Port

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 29, 2022) –  The Little Rock Port Authority approved the sale of 15 acres to a new manufacturer on Tuesday morning. The Little Rock Board of Directors held...

Bryce Corporation to Expand Operations in Searcy, Create More Than 140 Jobs

Bryce Corporation to Expand Operations in Searcy, Create More Than 140 Jobs

MEMPHIS, TENN. (April 13, 2022)  – Bryce Corporation, a leader in the flexible packaging industry, will invest $80 million to expand its operations in Searcy, Ark., the company ann...

W&W|AFCO STEEL TO EXPAND ARKANSAS OPERATIONS

W&W|AFCO STEEL TO EXPAND ARKANSAS OPERATIONS

Longstanding Little Rock business will add 115 jobs LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 20, 2022) –  W&W|AFCO Steel will be locating a new steel fabrication facility in the former LM Wind Pow...

Bluestem Partners Announces Groundbreaking of New Facility at Port of Little Rock

Bluestem Partners Announces Groundbreaking of New Facility at Port of Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 14, 2022) – Bluestem Partners of Kansas City announced today that Bailey Construction commenced the groundbreaking of the South Port Commerce Center, a one-...

Sequretek, a Global Cybersecurity Company and FIS Fintech Accelerator Alum, Names Little Rock for U.S. Headquarters

Sequretek, a Global Cybersecurity Company and FIS Fintech Accelerator Alum, Names Little Rock for U.S. Headquarters

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Aug. 16, 2022) –- Global cybersecurity provider  Sequretek  announced Tuesday the opening of their U.S. headquarters in  The Little Rock Technology Park  citing...

Tractor Supply Begins Construction on New Distribution Center in Maumelle, Arkansas

Tractor Supply Begins Construction on New Distribution Center in Maumelle, Arkansas

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2022  – Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, today officially announced the groundbreaking o...

GoTextbooks expands operations, acquires second Little Rock facility

GoTextbooks expands operations, acquires second Little Rock facility

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 24, 2022)  — GoTextbooks has recently acquired a warehouse that will help create more than 200 jobs in the Little Rock area, the company announced today....

Bryce Corporation Breaks Ground on Searcy Manufacturing Facility

Bryce Corporation Breaks Ground on Searcy Manufacturing Facility

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (August 24, 2022) – State and local officials joined Bryce Corporation yesterday for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the company’...

Arkana Laboratories to expand Little Rock operations, create 74 new jobs

Arkana Laboratories to expand Little Rock operations, create 74 new jobs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 7, 2022) –  Arkana Laboratories, a global leader in diagnostic pathological services, today announced plans to expand its Little Rock operations, creat...