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Hostess Brands Unveils Sign on New, Sustainability-First Bakery in Arkadelphia

Hostess Brands Unveils Sign on New, Sustainability-First Bakery in Arkadelphia

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (Sept. 15, 2022)  – Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), together with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other state and local government officials, today unveiled...

MAUMELLE RECEIVES EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR 2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

MAUMELLE RECEIVES EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR 2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK

Community chosen among 500 submissions from across the United States.

Veolia North America and Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Commemorate Economic Investment and Environmental Innovation at Ceremonial Groundbreaking at Gum Springs

Veolia North America and Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Commemorate Economic Investment and Environmental Innovation at Ceremonial Groundbreaking at Gum Springs

GUM SPRINGS, AR  (Oct. 12, 2022) – Veolia North America, the national leader in delivering environmental services in water, waste and energy, today held a ceremonial groundbreaking...

Fiocchi USA Selects Little Rock, Arkansas for New Primer Manufacturing Facility

Fiocchi USA Selects Little Rock, Arkansas for New Primer Manufacturing Facility

LECCO, Italy, and LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (November 15, 2022) – Fiocchi, a global leader in defensive, target, and hunting ammunition, announced today the selection of a 281-acre site i...

Jack Thomas appointed to Southern Economic Development Council Board of Directors

Jack Thomas appointed to Southern Economic Development Council Board of Directors

Thomas is Vice President of Economic Development at the Little Rock Regional Chamber. In this role, Thomas leads a team of economic development professionals tasked with business a...

Westrock Coffee Announces Development of New Distribution Center

Westrock Coffee Announces Development of New Distribution Center

Westrock Coffee Company  (Nasdaq: WEST) (“Westrock Coffee,” or the "Company”), a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider to the retail...

Arkansas officials celebrate new Dollar General distribution center as a triumph in local economic development

The future 1.2 million square foot Dollar General distribution center has been hailed as an economic development triumph and an answer to food insecurity. Arkansas Governor Sarah H...

Wipro Announces Opening of New Delivery Center in Arkansas

Wipro Announces Opening of New Delivery Center in Arkansas

Sherwood, Ark., New York, USA, and Bangalore, India - August 24, 2021  – Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting, an...

ACE Glass to build cutting-edge recycling plant in North Little Rock

ACE Glass to build cutting-edge recycling plant in North Little Rock

EPIC Glass Recycling, an Arkansas based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is partnering with ACE Glass and Plastics Recycling who is ramping up plans to build a glass recycling pla...

Jack Thomas Wins National 40 Under 40 in Economic Development Award

Jack Thomas Wins National 40 Under 40 in Economic Development Award

Vice President of Economic Development at Little Rock Regional Chamber announced recipient of 2023 Economic Development 40 Under 40.

Little Rock-based Apptegy to create 300+ high-paying jobs over next few years

Little Rock-based Apptegy to create 300+ high-paying jobs over next few years

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (January 6, 2023) –  Little Rock-based Apptegy announced today that it is expanding operations, with plans to create more than 300 new positions over the next...

Little Rock Awarded $2 Million Planning Grant by U.S. Department of Transportation for 30 Crossing Deck Park

Little Rock Awarded $2 Million Planning Grant by U.S. Department of Transportation for 30 Crossing Deck Park

The U.S. Department of Transportation awards $2 million grant for design work on deck park. The U.S. Department of Transportation, as part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Pro...