The Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance and Area Chamber of Commerce joins our regional partners in celebrating Southwest Arkansas’ achievement of an ‘AA’ Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone rating for woody biomass.
This designation reflects a strong regional partnership across Southwest Arkansas. Communities and economic development organizations throughout the region worked together with the Southwest Arkansas Development Alliance (SADA), Ecostrat, and the BDO Zone Initiative to provide the information, insight, and local support needed to complete the evaluation and achieve this designation.
The national rating provides rigorous third-party verification of the region’s dense, reliable timber supply and confirms Southwest Arkansas as an attractive destination for clean energy, advanced bioproducts, wood-related manufacturing, and other biomass-dependent industries…