... million. This land was purchased in two separate transactions from the Willaims and Hendrickson families. CDC economic development director Brad Lacy said acquiring the rest of the land will wait until the FAA funding stream materializes. If the ...

... tech employers in the world. That's all he would say, not wanting to pre-empt Gov. Mike Beebe and his economic development director, Maria Haley. "The governor's efforts have been positively Herculean," Adams said. As it happened ...

... Mike Beebe on down declined on-the-record comment for the rest of the week. - Advertisement - Arkansas Economic Development Director Maria Haley appeared to criticize media for reporting on the development before it was announced, calling ...

... carry their message. She dropped plans to support a new state agency for farmers. Arkansas Department of Economic Development director Barbara Pardue said her department could help the farmers in some areas with business development and finding ...

... from Blytheville. Lacy has been named the economic development director of the Conway Development Corporation, which ... It looks like a job for a new full-time economic development director." n n n This is so far-fetched that it ...

... centers -- and no ready pool of money in Arkansas to help start-up businesses. Arkansas Department of Economic Development director Barbara Pardue said one of the state's biggest disadvantages is its lack of a fund to help businesses become ...

... announced Oct. 18 that it is shutting down its paper bag plant in Camden and laying off 580 employees. State economic development director Barbara Pardue, who was dispatched last week to Camden, said she would visit Monticello on Thursday to meet ...

... to court Hyundai when it said in October 2000 that it wanted a North American home. The state's former economic development director said Wednesday she could not recall Hyundai being "a big project" to pursue. Her successor, Jim Pickens ...

... includes offices for the mayor, police chief, code enforcement officer, city clerk/treasurer and assistant, economic development director, a large breakroom, a boardroom, and a community center that can double as a shelter should the need arise ...

... way to do business. "Theirs is the Wal-Mart plan: Bring us your tab and we'll beat it," said state Economic Development director Jim Pickens. A study of state economic development incentives ordered by the Legislature was released in ...