In a brief special-called meeting Friday morning in Arkadelphia, the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County formally terminated an agreement to sell a 1,000-acre site for the development of a data center in Gum Springs
It appears that a data center will not be built in Clark County after all, as the buyer failed to make the first deposit of earnest money within a timeframe under an agreement between buyer and seller
Clark County is among 22 other communities throughout Arkansas set to receive a site development grant through the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), state officials announced Wednesday
The celebration will feature live music from Los MX, a variety of authentic taco trucks, and a Kids Zone — complete with a Ferris wheel, bounce houses, temporary tattoos, and a piñata zone
Shelley Short, CEO of the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance, admits that she anticipated public pushback following news of a proposed data center
The Arkadelphian transcribed what was said at Thursday’s meeting of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County regarding a potential land buy for a data center. The transcription and an audio recording are available in our latest report.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced the following appointments:
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