A total of $472,420.00 was awarded to seven cities and counties under the Rural Services Block Grant Program to fund new construction or renovation of community centers, fire stations, or multi-purpose buildings, as well as the purchase of fire trucks.
Registration is now open for the 2022 Arkansas Rural Development Summit, the state’s annual event for anyone interested in improving the quality of life in Arkansas’ rural communities.
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) has awarded $4,753,478 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to 30 Arkansas cities and counties.
“The biggest change” made to the draft, Jester pointed out, was the addition of a category allowing a company to be eligible by producing one job with a capital investment as low as $5,000.
The Clark County Workforce Training Group (CCWTG) was awarded $421,315 for regional Millwright and Industrial Maintenance Training.
The Arkadelphian learned in February’s EDCCC meeting that “Innovex” is a company that has developed a new technology used in fracking. “They build a charge that goes underground that is used in the oil and gas industry,” said Kevin Jester, chair of the EDCCC.
Trade publication Baking Business named Hostess Brands, Inc., as the company that acquired the former Danfoss facility in the Clark County Industrial Park to turn the plant into a “bakery of the future.”
