Total Quality Logistics, an Ohio-based freight company, announced a recent expansion to Little Rock. The company opened its first Arkansas office in Fayetteville about 10 years ago.
Though nearly 700 applicants have submitted their resumes to the “Love, Little Rock” campaign since May, only about 65 have made it to the hiring process.
Nearly 400 applicants from 33 states and nine countries are interested in making the move to Central Arkansas, according to the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Campaign finance reports reveal the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce efforts to control the majority of the Pulaski County School Board, all to be decided in elections next wek.
Tech Park executive director Brent Birch reported to the board that in response to several inquiries from various companies about the park and when it will be open, he's been saying November or December. Construction is to begin in March. The work is to begin on the top, sixth, floor of the building, known as the Annex. Leasing will begin before the work on the building is complete.
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority board this afternoon signed off, with one nay vote, on the terms of two loans totaling $17.5 million offered by a consortium of Little Rock banks led by Centennial Bank. The authority board also agreed to extend the deadline for Richard Mays to accept its offer of $845,000 for his building at 415 Main St. to noon Friday. The deadline had been noon today.
It was a long Little Rock Technology Park Authority board meeting tonight, as the board took up issues of eminent domain and heard from the attorney for a credit union that has been excluded from a lending proposal to the park.
Brent Birch, the director of the Little Rock Technology Park, will address the City Board of Directors soon after the meeting starts at 4 p.m. today. If you are interested in a summary of what the Tech Park Authority has been doing of late and the timeline for development of the park, you can watch at the link on the littlerock.org home page.