entrepreneurship
AEDC combines divisions to focus on tech, entrepreneurship and minority-owned businesses
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission is folding its Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Division into its small business division as part of an initiative to focus on the state’s entrepreneurs, officials announced Tuesday. According to a press release, AEDC will consolidate resources as it restructures the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development Division to focus on […]
Child care access a barrier to women’s workforce participation in Arkansas, study finds
Access to quality child care and health services are challenges facing Arkansas women, according to a study by the Arkansas Commission on the Status of Women. The 19-member commission formally presented its final report to Gov. Asa Hutchinson Wednesday. It was the first report produced by the group in nearly half a century. The challenge […]