Main Street Director: Downtown Searcy above average in business retention
BY JEANNI BROSIUS Staff Writer – Ark DemGaz
At one time, the courthouse square was the hub of the county. People not only took care of their legal business, but did some shopping and maybe stopped for lunch before returning to their cars. Today, many [...]
September 14, 2009
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK — The Kohler Co. announced plans Monday to shutter its stainless steel sink manufacturing plant in Searcy at the end of November and move production to a newer company plant in Mexico.
The Searcy plant employs 57 workers. Their last day will be Nov. 25, Wisconsin-based Kohler Co. said.
“We explored [...]
Kohler Company’s stainless-steel sink plant in Searcy laid off 41 employees this week, the company said Tuesday. The layoffs include production and administrative personnel at the manufacturing plant.
The workers were laid off as a “cost containment strategy to properly align the business with the decrease in sales activity,” the company said. “This action [...]
Main Street Searcy and CAFM Announce the Searcy Farmers’ Market
Jun 03, 2009
Main Street Searcy and the Certified Arkansas Farmers’ Market (CAFM) announce the opening of the Searcy Farmers’ Market on Saturday, June 6.
The Searcy Farmers’ Market will be open every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the summer, from 7 a.m. until noon. The south side of [...]
Mar 27, 2009
The Searcy Fire Department is now the only fire department in Arkansas to have national accreditation, meaning an A-1 rating from a panel of their peers from across the US and Canada. The rating comes about for excellence in training, equipment and personnel among other things and for local business owners it could [...]
Reported by: KARK 4 News
Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 @01:30pm CST
A Chicago-based company that makes wholesome snacks is bringing a new toaster pastry facility to Searcy that will put 250 people to work.
The Schulze and Burch Biscuit Co. plant will move into the 500,000-square-foot building once occupied by Maytag, and production could begin in a matter [...]
SEARCY — Chesapeake Energy Corp., the largest gas producer in the United States, says it will make the Arkansas State University-Searcy campus its national training center.
The Oklahoma City-based company announced its plans, along with a $150,000 donation to the campus, at a dedication ceremony Friday for the school’s new technology center.
Chesapeake Energy has built a [...]
Warren Watkins – The Daily Citizen – 11/21/08
Searcy’s unemployment rate has dropped more than a full percentage point from last year, a change officials are linking to the development of the Fayetteville Shale Play.
According to figures published by Talk Business Quarterly magazine, 5.53 percent of Searcy workers were unemployed in May, June and July, down [...]
The Searcy Fire Department received a recommendation for national accreditation from a team of assessors in Searcy this week to evaluate the fire department.
If the accreditation is ratified by Center for Public Safety Excellence officials, the designation is expected by some to lower the city’s Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating, used to determine property insurance [...]
Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:26 PM CDT
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) recently recognized three Searcy health care facilities, among 60 facilities statewide, with Quality Awards for their commitment to excellence in health care. The awards were presented during AFMC’s 15th Quality Conference, held May 22 at the Hot Springs Convention [...]
