Paragould 1st to Receive CCI Recognition
AEDC announces an industrial site certification!
Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and local officials today announced that Paragould is the first in the State of Arkansas to have completed the Competitive Communities Initiative (CCI) evaluation that aims to ensure the preparedness to successfully compete for jobs and investments.
The program is designed to identify ways a community can be more competitive with regard to their economic development organizational structure, their economic development funding, their workforce and their product readiness.