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The Venture Center and the Little Rock Regional Chamber Team Up for Spark!

The Venture Center and the Little Rock Regional Chamber Team Up for Spark!

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. August 13, 2019 –  The Venture Center  and Little Rock Regional Chamber today announced  Spark! , a pre-accelerator program offering free office space in The Vent...

Priority1 Inc. Announces New Little Rock Corporate Positions

Priority1 Inc. Announces New Little Rock Corporate Positions

LITTLE ROCK, AR (July 9, 2019) –  Priority1 Inc., a Little Rock, Arkansas, based company offering third-party logistics services including truckload, less-than-truckload and wareho...

Metro Little Rock Alliance Launches New Website

Metro Little Rock Alliance Launches New Website

LITTLE ROCK, AR (July 1, 2019) –  The Metro Little Rock Alliance (MLRA) has launched a new brand and website to market the 12-county region to corporate executives, site selection...

Chamber to Partner with SCORE

Chamber to Partner with SCORE

Little Rock, Ark.  (April 24, 2019) – The Little Rock Regional Chamber announced a new partnership with the local SCORE chapter of Little Rock.  Little Rock SCORE is a resource par...

CZ-USA Chooses Little Rock for Headquarters

CZ-USA Chooses Little Rock for Headquarters

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 23, 2019) –  CZ-USA , the U.S.-based affiliate of Czech firearms manufacturer Česká zbrojovka a.s. Uherský Brod (CZUB), announced today plans to locate the...

AEDC Designates Little Rock as its Newest 'Competitive Community'

AEDC Designates Little Rock as its Newest 'Competitive Community'

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 16, 2019) – Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and local officials today announced Little Rock has completed the Competitive Communities Initi...

COUNCIL HEARS UPDATE ON MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GTL PROJECT

COUNCIL HEARS UPDATE ON MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GTL PROJECT

A good crowd of members, along with several guests, attended the March 20 meeting of the Jefferson County Manufacturing Council (JCMC) held at the Economic Development Alliance. Al...

AFTERGLOW Aircraft Solutions to expand in Little Rock

AFTERGLOW Aircraft Solutions to expand in Little Rock

Little Rock, Ark. (January 15, 2019) – The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission, the governing body of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, has approved business terms th...

Two FinTech Announcements Celebrated in October

Two FinTech Announcements Celebrated in October

Little Rock, Ark. (October 25 & 31, 2018) – Little Rock celebrated two FinTech announcements in October. On October 25,  Gas Pos , a new technology platform for the fuel business,...

Little Rock Port Adds 600 Acres Since 2016

Little Rock Port Adds 600 Acres Since 2016

In 2011, the citizens of Little Rock overwhelmingly passed a sales tax initiative for the community. As a part of the initiative, the Little Rock Port Authority received $10 millio...

Caterpillar Expands with 250 New Jobs

Caterpillar Expands with 250 New Jobs

Little Rock, Ark. (July 5, 2018) – Arkansas Governor, Little Rock Regional and North Little Rock Chambers of Commerce join Caterpillar to detail investment in North Little Rock fac...

Chamber Announces Ben France as New Vice President of Economic Development

Chamber Announces Ben France as New Vice President of Economic Development

Little Rock, Ark. (May 18, 2018) – The Little Rock Regional Chamber is pleased to announce that Ben France has been named Vice President of Economic Development. In this capacity B...

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