LITTLE ROCK – Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce members, Terry Powell’s Grocery & HeBrews 11&1, have been selected, along with others around the state to participate in the 75Strong Business Building Program. Chamber Executive Director Christy Burns is part of the 75Strong cohort—”continuing to invest in growth, leadership, and new opportunities that benefit our entire community. We can’t wait to see all that comes from this experience. Here’s to building stronger businesses and a stronger future together!”
For a lot of Arkansas business owners in Arkansas, it can feel like the best resources are somewhere else. Somewhere bigger. Somewhere farther. Somewhere you have to leave home to find.
This program was built to change that.
Because Arkansas is full of businesses that deserve more. More access, more connection, more opportunity to grow right where they are. So we brought them together. Companies from small Delta towns, from the River Valley, from Central Arkansas, from Northwest Arkansas, and more. Different stories, different industries, different stages, all in the same room, with the same access to the people, the tools, and the resources that help businesses move forward.
Over the next 24 weeks, these companies won’t just be sitting in sessions. They’ll be rolling up their sleeves. Working directly with experts. Participating in hands-on trainings. Having real conversations about what’s working and what’s not. Learning alongside other business owners who understand the same challenges and opportunities. Building relationships, gaining clarity, and walking away with tools they can actually use to grow.
Some of these companies are just getting started. Others have been part of their communities for generations, 2 years, 20 years, nearly 100 years of history behind them.
And when you put all of that in one place, you can move a whole state and its people forward.
Because this isn’t just about growing businesses. It’s about keeping opportunity in our towns. It’s about making sure the next generation doesn’t have to leave to succeed. It’s about building an Arkansas where growth doesn’t belong to one region, it belongs to all of us.
This is what it looks like when a state invests in its own.
Thank you to our partners for making this possible, to the 75Strong cohort for helping recruit incredible companies and walking alongside them through this program, and to every business in this cohort for investing your time, showing up, and choosing to grow.