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Tactic – Organize a “Business Executives Roundtable” group that
can meet occasionally to compare common issues, voice

concerns, and keep the Partnership informed on challenges.
This could be a “meal” event, breakfast, lunch, or drinks after work.
Banks and other Chamber members often like to “host” or “sponsor” these
types of gatherings.

Bring the Mayor, County Judge, or other officials into these
gatherings occasionally as a guest speaker, or to just listen.

Tactic - Get new signage up along Interstate 49 and on local

streets directing traffic to the Business Park. Design attractive
signage for the entrances of the Business Park. $

Include a directory of tenants and possibly a site map. If a local
utility(s) has infrastructure in the park, there may be an opportunity to ask
them to sponsor signage. Turn the Industrial Park into a “place of pride” for
tenants and workers.

Tactic – Through the Partnership’s BR&E program, be sure that
the tenants in the Business Park are taking full advantage of the

benefits of the Opportunity Zone.
There are many benefits to being located in one of Arkansas’
Opportunity Zones. Taking advantage of these benefits is sometimes

complicated and fraught with bureaucratic hurdles. Interviewing and

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