Grant and additional financing will fund $196,215 redevelopment of substandard housing, coordinated with city clean-up program funded in 2007 through Delta Bridge Project.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is experiencing growing pains. On Monday, the national organization, based in San Francisco, announced some changes and additions to help with that growth.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
Brian Miller set the tone for his investiture as federal judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas when he appeared in the Richard Arnold Courthouse Friday morning.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and Representative Marion Berry announced Wednesday that Southern Financial Partners in Arkadelphia will receive a $150,000 USDA Rural Development Grant to create a revolving loan fund to support the redevelopment of downtown Helena-West Helena. The money will help businesses that relocate or establish themselves in the downtown area.
Archive: June 2008 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Arkansas Delta Yams, which experienced a bumper crop in its first year of operation in 2007, has been awarded $1 million in state-federal funding, Phillips County Judge Don Gentry announced Wednesday.
Archive: June 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
Southern Bancorp’s comprehensive community revitalization efforts in Helena-West Helena were featured on an award winning AETN documentary titled “Delta Dreams.” The documentary won a Silver Screen Award in the social issues category of the U.S. International Film and Video Festival.
Archive: June 2008 | Section: Phillips County, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern CDC, Southern Financial Partners, Southern Good Faith Fund
LITTLE ROCK - Further consolidation in Arkansas’ banking community likely is already under way, the CEO of Southern Bancorp said Tuesday.
“I think you’ll see probably massive consolidation here in Arkansas and I think that that’s probably under way right now and will continue,” Phillip Baldwin said after a speech at the Arkansas Small Business Awards luncheon.
Archive: June 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp
“The name will change, but everything else will be the same,” said Bill Wright, chairman and CEO of Elk Horn. “Our customers can keep using their Elk Horn Bank checks and ATM cards and debit cards.”
Archive: May 2008 | Section: Clark County, Elk Horn Bank, Southern Bancorp
Entergy Corporation today announced a new name for the customer assistance funds operated by the company’s utility subsidiaries: The Power to Care. The new name replaces Project Deserve, a program that for 26 years has collected more than $5 million from Arkansas employees, customers and shareholders to help elderly and handicapped customers pay their electric bills during times of financial crisis.
Archive: May 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
…”Helena has it all,” said Ruskey as he prepares to open the second outlet of Quapaw Canoe Co. on Cherry Street. The grand opening celebration is scheduled for June 27 and Ruskey seems excited to make Helena the canoe capital of the lower Mississippi River.
Archive: May 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
