In a town revered for its blues music but pitied for its economic blight, nonprofits work to change the tune one business at a time.
Archive: May 2006 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners, Southern Good Faith Fund
Nine proud homeowners are settled into their brand new condominiums at Lucas Gardens. Not only are they first-time home buyers, they are all over 40.
The residents of the project are clients of Group Living Inc., and they are fulfilling Group Living’s goal to help developmentally disabled persons reach their highest level of independence.
Archive: September 2005 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Ben Steinberg, president of Southern Financial Partners, a Southern Bancorp affiliate, chats with Wilma Gill following his presentation at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Arkadelphia.
Archive: July 2005 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Phillip N. Baldwin, president and CEO of Southern Bancorp (Southern), announced today that three rural communities (Elaine, Arkansas and Lula and Lambert, Miss.) will be the collective beneficiaries of a $20,000 grant provided by Southern’s Small Cities Technical Assistance Program.
Archive: June 2005 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners, Sunflower County
A nearly $1 million, 10-unit condominium complex for people with developmental disabilities opened in Arkadelphia last week.
Archive: June 2005 | Section: Clark County, Elk Horn Bank, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Physicians, hospitals and other health care providers in Arkansas have received more than $8.8 million in loans to improve access to health care in rural, medically underserved areas of Arkansas through the Arkansas Rural Health Revolving Loan Fund (RLF).
Because of the success and significant impact of the RLF, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has committed another $500,000 grant to the loan fund.
Archive: June 2002 | Section: Press Releases, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Southern Financial Partners (SFP) has received a $160,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development.
The grant will be used to capitalize a loan fund that will help finance businesses in thirteen counties in eastern Arkansas creating new jobs and providing access to over $1 million in capital to the economically distressed region.
Archive: March 2002 | Section: Press Releases, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Southern Financial Partners received a $200,000 grant and a $1 million loan from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Southern Financial Partners (”SFP”) is a non-profit affiliate of Southern Development Bancorporation.
Southern Financial Partners provides lending services, financial training and technical assistance to small businesses in rural Arkansas and Mississippi to stimulate economic growth.
Archive: February 2002 | Section: Press Releases, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Arkansas Enterprise Group announced today that it will change its name to Southern Financial Partners, effective immediately. Southern Financial Partners is a non-profit affiliate of Southern Development Bancorporation, an Arkansas-based community development bank holding company.
Archive: October 2001 | Section: Press Releases, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
