Arkansas Targets Growth Manufacturing, Technology, and Energy

By Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Apr/May 08)

“We finished out the calendar year 2007 with 6,400 announced jobs and new investments of over $1 billion, and those are just the projects that the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) is involved with,” says Joe Holmes, director of marketing and communications for the AEDC. More

An In-Depth Look at the Southern States

By Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Aug 07)

The Southern states are thriving, thanks to entrepreneurs with innovative high-tech ideas, strong public and private investment, and enthusiastic support from state and local governments. More

A conversation with… Mitch Chandler, Communications Director, Arkansas Department of Economic Development

By Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Apr/May 07)

“We are diversified, with relocations and expansions in manufacturing, food processing, aeronautics, distribution, information technology, and customer service centers. Besides recruiting new companies, we pay attention to our existing industries, believing that a job sustained is a job created.” More

A Discussion With Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe

By Jennifer LeClaire (Apr/May 07)

Mike Beebe has represented the people of Arkansas for more than 20 years — first as a state senator, later as Attorney General, and now as Governor. When he announced his candidacy for Governor in 2005, the humble Beebe said, “You can’t come up the way I did and not believe that anything is possible.” More

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Utility Contact

Empire District Electric Co. - www.empiredistrict.com

Empire District Electric Company serves a 10,000-square-mile region with rates that are the lowest in its area.
Marsha Wallace

P.O. Box 127
Joplin, MO 64802
800-874-0383
417-625-5115
Fax: 417-625-5169

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Local Contact

Marion Office of Econ. Dev. - www.marionarkansas.org

Marion, on the Arkansas-Tennessee border, offers a rail-served industrial park and supersite, just 10 minutes from the Mississippi River's port at Memphis.
Kay Brockwell, Dir., Econ. Dev.