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For more information:Lou Ann Nisbett President and CEO 510 Main Street P.O. Box 5069 Pine Bluff, AR 71611 p: (870) 535-0110 f: (870) 535-1643 nisbett@pinebluffchamber.com |
About The Alliance Economic Development Division Jefferson County Industrial Foundation The Jefferson County Industrial Foundation is a non-profit Arkansas corporation chartered September 22, 1964. Since its inception, the Industrial Foundation has consistently sought to meet original objectives as stated in its charter: "...to promote commercial and industrial development in Jefferson County, Arkansas, and the surrounding territory by furnishing and developing industrial sites and by assisting industrial, business and civic enterprises on an economically sound basis..." A board of directors governs The Industrial Foundation. This board serves without compensation. Directors for 2008 are: David R. Bridgforth, Chairman; attorney at law and partner, Ramsay, Bridgforth, Harrelson and Starling LLP F. M. (Mac) Bellingrath, Vice Chairman; president, Automatic Vending of Arkansas, Inc. Lester Melton, Secretary; vice president and general manager, United Water Arkansas Mike Carter, Treasurer; president, First Arkansas Insurance Robert P. (Bob) Atkinson, Director; president and CEO, Jefferson Regional Medical Center David C. Bush, Ex-officio Director; senior vice president-Credit Card Division, Simmons First National Bank Ed W. Copeland, Director; chairman of the board, Central Moloney, Inc. Ted N. Drake, Director; attorney at law and partner, Bridges Young Matthews & Drake PLC Craig Hunt, Director; executive vice president-specialty banking, Simmons First National Bank Eugene Hunt, Director; attorney at law/owner, The Hunt Law Firm Calvin Johnson, Ph.D., Director; dean-School of Education, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Brian McGeorge, Director; Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co. Lou Ann Nisbett, Ex-officio Director; president and CEO, The Alliance Joe D. Ratliff, Director; partner, Ratliff Brothers, LLC H. F. (Ford) Trotter III, Ex-officio Director; general manager, Trotter Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Effective January 1, 2008, Industrial Foundation advisory directors are: Bill Bridgforth, Jean Edwards, John Garrison, Tommy May, Scott McGeorge, Jack McNulty and Henry Trotter. The Industrial Foundation is the developer and manager of Jefferson Industrial Park, an 850-acre complex owned by The Alliance and located in the northwestern portion of the city. The industrial park is home to some of the area's largest employers as well as numerous small and intermediate-sized facilities of local, regional and national firms. Protective covenants govern land use in the park and assure that it will continue to be known as one of the state's premier locations. In addition, The Alliance has transferred to The Industrial Foundation the responsibility for planning, developing and marketing a 1,500-acre technology and research campus, The Bioplex, on property flanking the FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research in northern Jefferson County. The property, formerly a part of the Pine Bluff Arsenal, was deeded to The Alliance in 2001 by the Department of Defense for the specific purpose of creating The Bioplex. |
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