Pictured above: In 2023, Dassault Falcon Jet announced a $100 million expansion of its Little Rock completion center. (Photo provided) From ammo to airplanes, central Arkansas is in business. The arrival of new companies and the expansion of local mainstays…
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Back in the third grade was the first time I can remember thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up. At the impressionable age of 10, I wanted to be an architect. My mother wanted me to…
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Think Rubix Marketing Manager Completes Leadership Greater Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThink Rubix, a strategic agency aimed at social, cultural and brand innovation, announces that Marketing Manager Ally Washington has successfully completed the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce’s annual leadership program, a nine-month course intended for emerging leaders in the state’s capital…
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Celebrating Economic Development Week in Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMay 9 – 13 is Economic Development Week in Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson met with state and local economic developers earlier this month to present the proclamation to Mallory Darby, project manager at West Memphis Economic Development and 2022 president…
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Reddish Joins Trex as Little Rock Engagement Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffTrex Company, the decking and outdoor products manufacturer that moved into Little Rock last fall, recently appointed James Reddish as its Director of Little Rock Workforce Development and Community Engagement. In this newly created role, Reddish will lead and facilitate…
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U.S. Steel Doubles Down on Arkansas
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaThere’s a lot about the new $3 billion U.S. Steel plant, bound for Osceola in Arkansas’ Mississippi County, that’s just this side of surreal. The growing presence of steel, an industry that’s cropped up in this flat, open corner of…
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Economic Development Wins in Arkansas
by AEDCby AEDCEconomic Development Wins in Arkansas 2015 February 2015: $102 million tax cut 2016 May 2016: SIG Sauer, Jacksonville, 50 jobs SIG Sauer relocated its Elite Performance Ammunition manufacturing operation to an existing building in Jacksonville that allowed for future…
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Steel Industry Heats Up in Arkansas
by AEDCby AEDCSteel production is heating up in Arkansas. In January 2022, Arkansas unveiled the biggest economic development deal by capital investment in the state’s history: U.S. Steel’s announcement that its “steel mill of the future” would be built in Osceola. This…
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Economic Development in Arkansas: Reaching New Heights
by Mike Prestonby Mike PrestonAcross the great state of Arkansas, businesses are producing goods and services that are helping to drive the global economy. Arkansas produces materials for the aerospace industry, parts for the automotive industry, food products, ammunition, timber and much more. Arkansas’…
Economic Development 2022: A Q&A with Jennah Denney, EV Charging Infrastructure Program Manager, Today’s Power What kind of impact has the renewable industry had on Arkansas’ economy? In the six years that I’ve had the opportunity to work in renewable…