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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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