With prices going up across the board, requests for utility bill assistance have increased, according to officials who help pay energy bills.
Archive: August 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Project Deserve, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
Shepherd Delta Alliance partnership designed to build capacity of local community based organizations (CBOs) to engage in community development activities
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
While more people are moving to food stamps to help meet their needs, Duran said the stamps’ purchasing power has dwindled.
“The food stamp dollar is not going as far as it used to because of the increase in various prices,” she said, noting a national study in May that found the cost of a dozen eggs was up 27 percent from a year ago, a gallon of milk increased 15 percent and a pound of chicken rose 73 percent.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
Grant and additional financing will fund $196,215 redevelopment of substandard housing, coordinated with city clean-up program funded in 2007 through Delta Bridge
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Further consolidation in Arkansas’ banking community likely is already under way, the CEO of Southern Bancorp said Tuesday.
“I think you’ll see probably massive consolidation here in Arkansas and I think that that’s probably under way right now and will continue,” Phillip Baldwin said after a speech at the Arkansas Small Business Awards luncheon. “We probably would anticipate growing ourselves as we acquire some banks that end up being sold.”
Archive: June 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp
