Heartland Fund of Little Rock Invests $10M in SGL’s Ozark Plant
Heartland Renaissance Fund of Little Rock announced Tuesday that it will invest $10 million in a new SGL Group facility in Ozark. SGL manufactures graphite and carbon electrodes and other carbon-based products. Its Ozark operation, opened in 1981, employs roughly 90. Heartland’s... Read More →
SGL Group Invests Through Use of New Markets Tax Credit Program
Heartland Renaissance Fun, an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, is set to provide $10 million in New Markets Tax Credits to SGL Group’s Ozark, Ark. manufacturing facility to replace the current operations with a new state-of-the-art graphitization process... Read More →
ACC Customer Spotlight: NLR police officer opens 24/7 daycare
One of our recent lending customers, Lil Heroes, was recently featured in the news. A North Little Rock police officer dedicates their time to the public, but one officer is taking that a step further.
CDFI Fund Releases Public Data on New Markets Tax Credit Investments
New Markets Tax Credits were utilized in over 2,600 businesses and 3,990 real estate investments across the country between 2003 and 2011, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today. In addition, over... Read More →
UCA Team Headed to Russia for Microsoft Imagine Cup Finals
An ongoing research project at the University of Central Arkansas could turn into a big deal on the international business stage later this month. Bears Unlimited, a team of four UCA computer science students, will compete in the world finals... Read More →
Does your project qualify for NMTC funding?
One of the first questions we often hear from prospective borrowers is “Can I use New Markets Tax Credits for my project?” The NMTC program is a very powerful incentive to attract private capital for the right projects. To understand... Read More →
Sam Walls Welcomes Educators at the First “E3: Empowering Entrepreneurial Education” Teacher Inservice Training
Sam Walls welcomes more than 70 Arkansas k-12 educators at the first “e3: Empowering Entrepreneurial Education” teacher inservice training this morning at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Rogers.
Arkansas Capital Names Marie Bruno Executive Director of Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation
The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group (ACCG) is pleased to name Marie Bruno as executive director of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of ACCG. Bruno’s role as executive director will focus on improving and expanding the education-based initiatives... Read More →
Picasolar Ties for Second at National Clean Energy Contest
University of Arkansas startup Picasolar, which developed a way to make solar cells more efficient, tied for second at the National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition this week in Washington, D.C. The event, in its second year, is put on by the U.S.... Read More →
Trusted Wills, 2013 Governor’s Cup Pitch Winner, Is Live
Arkadelphia’s TrustedWills.com went live this month. Trusted Wills, you may remember, is the Ouachita Baptist startup that won the elevator pitch competition in the undergraduate level at the 2013 Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup.