Current:Home > FinanceCity of Marshall getting $1.7M infrastructure grant to boost Arkansas manufacturing jobs -GrowthProspect
City of Marshall getting $1.7M infrastructure grant to boost Arkansas manufacturing jobs
View
Date:2025-04-13 19:29:34
MARSHALL, Ark. (AP) — A rural Arkansas city has been tapped to get a $1.7 million federal infrastructure grant designed to boost manufacturing jobs in the state.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that Searcy County would receive the grant to renovate an existing building in Marshall to be used as a frozen food manufacturing facility, KARK-TV reported.
Searcy County Chamber of Commerce Director Darryl Treat said obtaining the grant was the joint effort of the Chamber of Commerce, Northwest Arkansas Development District, County Judge Tony Horton and Marshall Mayor Kevin Elliot.
The grant will be used to renovate the county-owned former Flintrock Shirt Company building on Highway 65, Elliot said. The plant, which once employed hundreds, shut down in 2019.
Treat said Ozark Food Group would use the building to manufacture pie shells and sandwiches to be resold by grocery stores.
The new plant is expected to bring between 70 and 80 jobs to the city, something Treat said the city and county have needed for a long time. In addition to the shirt factory closing, a fiberglass company in the city closed about two years ago and a furniture manufacturer in the northern part of the county recently closed, he said.
“The Ozark Food Group is the best economic news we have received in a long time,” Treat said. “We need jobs.”
Building renovations will soon begin, with manufacturing expected to begin in 2025, Treat said.
Marshall is the largest city in and county seat of Searcy County. It is located in the Ozarks at the foot of the Boston Mountain Range 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometers) south of the Buffalo National River.
veryGood! (84267)
Related
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Golden Bachelor's Theresa Nist Shares Source of Joy Amid Gerry Turner Divorce
- Kim Kardashian Shares Photo With Karlie Kloss After Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Album Release
- Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- A look at the Gaza war protests that have emerged on US college campuses
- Khloe Kardashian Has Welcomed an Adorable New Member to the Family
- Weapons chest and chain mail armor found in ancient shipwreck off Sweden
- Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
- Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
Ranking
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- Fast-food businesses hiking prices because of higher minimum wage sound like Gordon Gekko
- Plane crashes after takeoff in Alaska, bursts into flames: no survivors found
- Plane crashes after takeoff in Alaska, bursts into flames: no survivors found
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- The summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course
- Jury sides with school system in suit accusing it of ignoring middle-schooler’s sex assault claims
- How airline drip pricing can disguise the true cost of flying
Recommendation
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
Tennessee legislature passes bill allowing teachers to carry concealed guns
Pelosi says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should resign
More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds
Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
74-year-old Ohio woman charged in armed robbery of credit union was scam victim, family says
More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds
Cowboys need instant impact from NFL draft picks after last year's rookie class flopped