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Growing Our Businesses & Community
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Committee Members
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Marketing Opportunities Guide
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Marketing Opportunities Guide
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Put your business front and center by sponsoring a Chamber event, annual program, or digital media.
New network building events in 2022 include the Battle of the Business Bowling Tournament and the Local Lunch for restaurants. BE PRO BE PROUD and Connecting Educators in Industry are focused on building the workforce pipeline for our community. Also new this year are two annual program sponsorships, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Chamber Ambassadors, both focused on advocacy for a strong, business friendly climate in our community, county, and state.
Or promote your business utilizing the Chamber website, which received more than 145,000 visits in 2021. And don't forget the long running favorites; the Annual Meeting & Business Expo, the Golf Classic, Business After Hours, and the Arkansas Scholars Award Ceremony.
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Growing Our Businesses & Community
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Committee Members
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Marketing Opportunities Guide
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Marketing Opportunities Guide
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Put your business front and center by sponsoring a Chamber event, annual program, or digital media.
New network building events in 2022 include the Battle of the Business Bowling Tournament and the Local Lunch for restaurants. BE PRO BE PROUD and Connecting Educators in Industry are focused on building the workforce pipeline for our community. Also new this year are two annual program sponsorships, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Chamber Ambassadors, both focused on advocacy for a strong, business friendly climate in our community, county, and state.
Or promote your business utilizing the Chamber website, which received more than 145,000 visits in 2021. And don't forget the long running favorites; the Annual Meeting & Business Expo, the Golf Classic, Business After Hours, and the Arkansas Scholars Award Ceremony.
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2024 Economic Impact of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
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- Transportation Impacts: More than 380,000 semi-trucks or 99,000 railcars would be needed to transport the MKARNS annual tonnage.
- Commodities with Highest Share of Tonnage: Sand, Gravel & Rock; Food & Food Products; Chemical Fertilizers.
- Sales Impacts:
- Largest Contributors: Port Activities ($8.4 billion), Transportation Cost Savings ($5.268 billion), Shippers Activities ($3.229 billion).
- Total Sales Impact: $22.7 billion nationwide, with $17.2 billion in the AR Segment and $5.6 billion in the OK Segment.
- Individual States: AR = $5.5 billion, OK = $1.9 billion, KS = $1.71 million.
- Employment Impacts:
- Largest Contributors: Port Activities, Transportation Cost Savings, Recreation.
- Total Jobs: 137,621 nationwide, with 104,095 in the AR Segment and 33,526 in the OK Segment.
- Individual States: AR = 40,558 jobs, OK = 12,587 jobs, KS = 902 jobs.
- Business Tax Impacts:
- Largest Contributors: Port Activities, Transportation Cost Savings, Recreation.
- Total Business Taxes: $806 million nationwide, with $609 million in the AR Segment and $197 million in the OK Segment.
- Individual States: AR = $185,300,490, OK = $76,629,730, KS = $4,486,413.