Harvel presents strategies to county officials

CADDO VALLEY - In one of several meetings on Friday, the executive director of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County met with the mayor and council members of Caddo Valley.

Paul Harvel, Euodias Goza, president of the EDCCC board, and Dr. Wesley Kluck, chairman of the Clark County Strategic Planning committee, met with officials in three towns on Friday.

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 Archive: May 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp

Ground broken for center that will benefit workers

The 7,500-square-foot facility was made possible through a $690,000 grant from the US. Department of Health and Human Services and local loans, said John French, president of Southern Community Development Corp.

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 Archive: May 2008 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp, Southern CDC

Groundbreaking held for Clark County Child Care center

ARKADELPHIA—Groundbreaking was held today for the Clark County Child Care center, a new 24-hour facility that will serve up to 100 children per shift and is scheduled to open by the end of 2008.

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 Archive: May 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern CDC, Southern Financial Partners

Housing, education, jobs, promotion - CCSP committee reviews areas of progress since the inception of the plan

The passage of a ½-cent sales tax last summer is the greatest accomplishment of the economic development subcommittee, said Bill Wright, an advisory member. Thanks to the overwhelming support of the county citizens, that money is now being used to bring new business and jobs into Clark County.

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 Archive: May 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp

Boys and Girls Club discussed for county

The formation of a Boys and Girls Club in Arkadelphia is in its first stages thanks to the leadership subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Planning Committee. The subcommittee and other interested persons met Thursday afternoon with Ben Steinberg and Tim Schuringa of Southern Financial Partners. Schuringa was one of the founding board members of the Boys and Girls Club in Helena.

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 Archive: April 2008 | Section: Clark County, Delta Bridge Project, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp

New economic alliance seen as ‘maximizing dollar’

All economic development organizations in Clark County are now united into the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance.

The decision to unite was made by committees of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County and the Arkadelphia Area Chamber of Commerce.

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 Archive: April 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp

CCSP panel hears about charitable health clinics

…There are 21 charitable clinics in the state, Morrison said. Their purpose is to provide basic health care to persons who have no health insurance, including Medicaid and Medicare.

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 Archive: April 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp

Subcommittee considers, “What will sell?”

Members of the housing subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan will contact all the mayors in the county to get their communities involved in a housing study, said Tom Calhoon, co-chairman of the subcommittee.

The main theme of a meeting on Wednesday, Calhoon said, was to find out what kind of housing was needed in the county. “What will sell?” was the question, he said.

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 Archive: February 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp

CCSP’s economic panel updated on ‘parkway’ project

The economic development subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan heard reports on the aviation program at Henderson State University and on a new university boulevard during its regular meeting Monday night.

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 Archive: February 2008 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners

Construction starts on new Gurdon school complex

It’s a process that has taken more than eight years, but construction has begun on a new auditorium and administrative complex on the Gurdon High School campus.

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 Archive: January 2008 | Section: Clark County, Other Related News, Southern Bancorp