$20,000 Grant to Study P.C. Business Incubator (.pdf)

“The Delta Bridge Project has awarded a $20,000 grant to study the feasibility of developing a business incubator at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas’ historic downtown Ohio Street building, Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee Chairman Elijah Mondy announced today.”

View News Clipping (.pdf)

“Though this is the first harvest season and the first year of operation for Arkansas Delta Yams, the management team is already making plans and putting together a proposal to expand their facility in order to double their capacity by the 2008 harvest season.”

City gets DBP grant to upgrade financial system (.pdf)

Dr. Steven Murray, chairman of the Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee, announced $30,000 in grant funding to the city of Helena-West Helena to consolidate and improve the merged city’s accounting and financial systems. The grant will be used to buy hardware, software, and licensing package, as well as to provide the training, consultation, and ongoing technical assistance needed for city officials to use the new systems.

Central Arkansas RC&D Announces a $2 million Sweet Potato Storage and Distribution Facility for Phillips County, Arkansas to Supply Gerber’s in Fort Smith, Arkansas (.pdf)

“Judge Tom Catlett, Chairman for the Central Arkansas RC&D Council, today announced that financing has been secured to construct a $2 million sweet potato storage and distribution facility in Phillips County, Arkansas. Catlett further stated “this project is the hopeful beginning of an industry for Phillips County”. Sweet potatoes from the facility will, in part, supply Gerber’s in Fort Smith, Arkansas, substituting out of state sweet potatoes for locally grown product.”

Chamber Gets a Bio-Diesel Feasibility Grant (.pdf)

“Southern Financial Partners awarded the Phillips County Chamber of Commerce a $30,00 grant to commission a ‘site-specific bio-diesel feasibility study.’ This study will be based on soybean production in the area and how well the integrated processing and manufacturing facility would work in Phillips County.”

Green Space Soon to Replace Blight on Biscoe Street (.pdf)

“A badly blighted section of the corridor that runs along Biscoe Street from the Mississippi River Bridge to historic downtown Helena will soon become a clean, well-maintained area for use by the community as a green space or community park.”

Green Space Soon to Replace Blight on Biscoe Street (.pdf)

“Just weeks after the launch of the Phillips County Strategic Community Plan, Helena-West Helena has received a powerful boost in the implementation of a major component of the plan, heritage-based tourism and economic development.”

Strategic Community Plan Charts Future for Phillips County (.pdf)

“Under the banner of “Together We Can” the Strategic Community Plan for Phillips County 2005-2010 today was unveiled, with the promise of restoring this Mississippi River county to properity and transforming it into a regional economic and cultural force.”

10 More Helena Properties Condemned (.pdf)

“Several properties were condemned at Thursday night’s Helena City Council meeting. The 10 properties were declared a nuisance to the city of Helena. The owners have been mailed over 100 letters concerning the properties and they have either failed or refused to comply.”

Neighborhood Clean-up Initiative receives $50,000
Grant from Southern (.pdf)

“Phillip N. Baldwin, President and CEO of Southern Bancorp (Southern), announced today an award of $50,000 to the City of Helena’s Properts Standards Board for the demolition of abandoned and deteriorating building and the elimination of debris within the city. Fund will be used for the further implementation of housing and redevelopment goals as set out in the Phillips County Strategic Plan.”