Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced at a press conference recently that the inaugural Arkansas Graveler bike ride will be held next year from June 23 through 29, taking participants down 336 miles of gravel roads across northern Arkansas from Fayetteville…
Delta Dirt Distillery
Delta Dirt Distillery is built on a foundation of generations of family farming. The great-grandfather of CEO Harvey Williams first worked land in the Arkansas delta as a sharecropper. Harvey’s grandfather bought the land out of sharecropping in 1949 using…
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Arkansas Money & Politics – Black-Owned Business Spotlights
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Natural State is full of extraordinary businesses, and with Black History Month upon us, there is no better time to shine a spotlight on the amazing Black-owned businesses that help make our state great. In 2021, the United States…
AMP shines a positive light on businesses across Arkansas and the leaders behind them, and this is one of my favorite things that we do for our state. This month, we’re bringing back Fifty Over 50, which showcases business and…
Thomas Williams Head Distiller, Delta Dirt Distillery Thomas Williams is the head distiller at Delta Dirt Distillery, a family-owned craft distillery located in the richest farmland of the Arkansas Delta. Williams graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville…
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New Distillery Bringing Life Out of the Dirt
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaEverything you need to know about the origins of East Arkansas’s newest distillery is summed up in the name: Delta Dirt. In two simple words, the moniker tells a story – past present and future of a family-run enterprise, generations…