It is a good time to be Clint O’Neal, executive director at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Last year, the state continued what has become an annual parade of new projects from in-migrating companies and expansion by homegrown firms that ranks in multiple billions of dollars.
The prosperity is literally border to border. Steel is the new cotton in northeast Arkansas, where mill after new mill is popping up almost overnight, and the promise of untold lithium prosperity lies under the ground in El Dorado. Everywhere in between has something positive to report, as well.
Beyond that, the AEDC celebrated major wins in last year’s legislative session, which is expected to make the state even more competitive in growing, attracting and retaining companies creating jobs and providing opportunity for Arkansans statewide…