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Arkansas Buisness CEO Round Table:: Q & A

Business is good in Jonesboro these days, but due to the area’s critically low labor resources, not as good as it could be. Several leaders sat down with Arkansas Business for the first on-the-road installment of Executive Roundtable and discussed the city’s conundrum of too many…

CEO Roundtable

Business is good in Jonesboro these days, but due to the area’s critically low labor resources, not as good as it could be. Several leaders sat down with Arkansas Business for the first on-the-road installment of Executive Roundtable and discussed the city’s conundrum of too many jobs and not enough workers.

CEO Roundtable

ARKANSAS BUSINESS: What are the pressing issues for Northeast Arkansas in the next 18 to 24 months?

BOB WEST

CEO

Vice President of Corporate Development, Hytrol Conveyor Co., Inc

ALAN MORSE

President, Ritter Communications:

BRAD PARSONS

CEO, NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital:

ARKANSAS BUSINESS: How well does the quality of life message resonate these days?

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ALAN MORSE

President, Ritter Communications:

LINDA WOFFORD

President, Building Engines Inc.

JAKE RICE

Manager, City Water & Light:

ARKANSAS BUSINESS: What, specifically, do you see as infrastructure needs? Is there a wishlist to aid growth?

LINDA WOFFORD

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President, Building Engines Inc.

ALAN MORSE

President, Ritter Communications:

BRAD PARSONS

CEO, NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital:

ARKANSAS BUSINESS: You mentioned earlier that Jonesboro has done a good job of attracting new business. What’s been the main draw?

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JAKE RICE

Manager, City Water & Light:

BRAD PARSONS

CEO, NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital:

BOB WEST

Vice President of Corporate Development, Hytrol Conveyor Co., Inc

by | October 1, 2018

Arkansas Business