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The Hot Springs Metro Partnership fundraising efforts are at $1.1 million of the $1.2 million 3-year goal for Vision 2020. Vision 2020, an extension and update of “Forward Together,” a comprehensive strategic plan for economic development in Garland County that was created in 2016. There are 4 levels of investors in Vision 2020, Trustee –…

Glen Barentine & Gary Troutman, Hot Springs Metro Partnership board members & Zac Blann, Image & Growth Manager recently completed the Mid-South Basic Economic Development Course at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. They joined 24 other participants from 3 different states in the four-day program. Offered annually in the spring, the Mid-South Basic…

Arkansas Business recently featured downtown Hot Springs and the development that is taking place. Arkansas Business: The fire that destroyed the historic Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs three years ago helped prompt a wave of development in the downtown district.After the fire that burned much of the vacant Majestic, which had anchored the north end of Central…

The Hot Springs Metro Partnership is set to host two live, complimentary webinars on Thursday, April 20th and Thursday, April 27th from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. CT in the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Community Room. The Webinars are conducted by IEDC (International Economic Development Council) and will offer expert advice from entrepreneurial leaders…

The Hot Springs Metro Partnership’s Annual Meeting presented by CHI St. Vincent is set for March 16th, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Hot Springs Country Club. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $30 each and tables of eight are available for $250. To make your reservation please call…

Tanners Team Sports Inc. has been a strong contributor to the Hot Springs community for over 12 years. They recently invested over $1.4M in a new facility at Mid-America Industrial Park to help accommodate their growth. As a result of this expansion, they are able to hire more employees to support their growing business which…

Texamerican Food Blending Inc., located at 2360 East Grand Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas recently merged with Texamerican Food Marketing of Dallas, Texas and has relocated their corporate offices to Hot Springs, adding jobs to the current operations for a total of 34 employees. “For the employees at the Hot Springs plant, it is a…

Hot Springs, AR, October 6, 2015 Jim Fram, CEO and President of the Hot Springs Metro Partnership, was recognized at the 2015 International Economic Development Council’s Annual Conference for his many years of service in the economic development industry.  With 29 years of economic development experience, Fram is a seasoned veteran of economic development and chamber…

HOT SPRINGS, AR – The City of Hot Springs, West Central Arkansas Planning and Development District and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership will host national economic development consulting firm Thomas P. Miller and Associates (TPMA) as it presents its findings of the Hot Springs Downtown Economic Development and Redevelopment Action Plan, at 6 p.m. on…

August 11, 2015, Hot Springs, AR – The Hot Springs Metro Partnership was honored to welcome the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s new Executive Director, Mike Preston, to its August monthly Board meeting.  During Preston’s visit he spoke of the similarities and differences of his former agency, Enterprise Florida and AEDC.  He said Enterprise Florida is…