October 13th, 2006
Southern Financial Partners awarded a $30,000 grant to the Phillips County Chamber of Commerce to commission a site-specific biodiesel feasibility study to capitalize on the rapidly growing biodiesel industry. The feasibility study is expected to determine the feasibility of the opening of an integrated soybean processing and biodiesel manufacturing facility, capable of producing at least 10 million gallons of biodiesel per year.
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Archive: October 2006 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
October 13th, 2006
Southern Property Corporation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Southern Place Apartments today. Representatives from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Rural Development, and Senator Blanche Lincoln’s office spoke at the event marking the start of the largest multi-family housing development in Phillips County in several decades.
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Archive: October 2006 | Section: Southern Bancorp, Southern CDC, Southern Financial Partners
October 13th, 2006
Judge Tom Catlett, Chairman for the Central Arkansas RC&D Council, today announced that financing has been secured to construct a $2 million sweet potato storage and distribution facility in Phillips County, Arkansas. Catlett further stated “this project is the hopeful beginning of an industry for Phillips County”. Sweet potatoes from the facility will, in part, supply Gerber’s in Fort Smith, Arkansas, substituting out of state.
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Archive: October 2006 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
October 12th, 2006
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS -Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program today released its latest report, Helping Arkansas Katrina Evacuees Rebuild Their Lives. The report proposes several strategies the state of Arkansas can adopt to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees in the Natural State establish a stable and financially secure future.
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Archive: October 2006 | Section: Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
September 26th, 2006
Several organizations in the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District states are among 73 recipients of federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund awards.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
September 25th, 2006
The City of Arkadelphia is the first recipient of the Arkansas Entrepreneurial Community of the Year Award presented by the Arkansas Small Business Development Center (ASBDC). The award recognizes Arkadelphia’s organized efforts to assist and encourage entrepreneurial activities.
Arkadelphia’s community and economic development strategy includes nurturing new and existing small businesses.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
September 13th, 2006
The six subcommittees of the Clark County Strategic Plan are prepared to begin working, thanks to a training session Monday afternoon. Ed Bee, director of Taimerica, the firm hired to facilitate the planning process, gave the leaders of the subcommittees some guidance about their duties.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp
September 13th, 2006
Clark County has seen virtually no population growth in the last 10 years, according to information gathered by Taimerica, a consulting company hired to facilitate the Clark County Strategic Planning process.
Ed Bee, president of Taimerica, presented the information to the planning committee Tuesday night at Central Primary School.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp
September 12th, 2006
Residents of Clark County feel the community has many strengths, including low crime rate, air quality and adequate health care, but are dissatisfied with local government and leadership. The results of a survey were announced Tuesday evening during the county’s Strategic Planning Committee meeting at Central Primary School.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp
September 11th, 2006
The first of a series of subcommittee meetings of the Clark County Strategic Plan Committee will be at 6 p.m. today in the Caplinger Airway Science Lecture Hall at Henderson State University.
According to Dr. Wesley Kluck and Dr. Alan Wright, the first session will allow subcommittee chairmen and advisors to meet with the plan’s facilitator, Ed Bee.
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Archive: September 2006 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp
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