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| Public input sought on city center Camden News 10-20-2011 By CHELSEA SPURLOCK Staff Writer City of Camden Mayor Chris Claybaker says he is taking politics out of the planning of the multi-purpose center and putting it in the hands of the people.
For quite some time now, the Multi-Purpose Center Committee has been discussing the construction of a multi-purpose center in Camden. Earlier this month, the committee released an online survey that allows Ouachita County residents to voice their opinions about the center.
According to Claybaker, the deadline for the survey has changed to next Monday, Oct. 24, to allow more people to take the survey and voice their opinions. "We encourage people to let us know what they are thinking and what they are feeling. The survey is a really perfect opportunity for that," said Claybaker.
Claybaker also said that he and executive director of the Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development Norm MacNeill have been working tirelessly to come up with ideas for the center so it can be as beneficial as possible for Camden. The two men traveled to Little Rock Tuesday to attend a focus group meeting, which is part of the three-part market survey created by Flake & Associates, which is a marketing firm in Little Rock. Flake & Associates were hired to perform a feasibility study for the multi-purpose center.
The three-part market survey consists of the web-based survey, a telephone survey of travel professionals and the focus group, according to MacNeill.
MacNeill said, "The focus group took eight residents of Central Arkansas and probed for information on their experiences in traveling to different parts of Arkansas their likes and dislikes, what appealed to them about the places visited, lengths and costs of trips and the importance of things like lodging and events in making travel plans."
The group was asked where they would like to visit next in Arkansas and how likely it would be for them to visit certain places, with Camden among the cities listed. "A lot of the people didn’t even know where South Arkansas is They didn’t know where Camden is. But, they didn’t know where El Dorado is either," noted MacNeill.
MacNeill and Claybaker said the focus group tossed out many ideas on how to make Camden more attractive to tourists, including putting some sort of museum in the multi-purpose center. "They stressed that some sort of permanent attraction would be good. Not just a place to house events that would come and go," said MacNeill.
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Local Cato Store being remodeled
Camden News September 19, 2011
Henzlik-Oliver Real Estate Companies, LLC has announced that The Cato Store at Camden Market Place has closed for three to four weeks for remodeling, according to a news release. As part of the redevelopment of Camden Market Place, The Cato Corporation has agreed to close their store for remodeling.
The new Cato Store will have a fresh new look and feel along with new signage, the news release stated.
National retailer, Shoe Show has signed a lease and plans to open in the fall of 2011 at Camden Market Place. Construction began Sept. 12, on remodeling the 3,600 square foot space.
Henzlik-Oliver Real Estate Companies, LLC is located in Overland Park, Kan., and develops and invests in retail property. Current holdings are scattered throughout 11 states of Kansas Missouri, Colorado, Indiana New Mexico, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi North Carolina and Florida The company website: www henzlikoliver.com offers additional information. |
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Dollar Tree announces store opening in
Camden
Camden News 7-11-2011
The operator of discount variety stores selling everything for $1 or less, announced plans for a new store in Camden, according to a news release from Dollar Tree, Inc.
"Dollar Tree continues to grow," said Chelle Davis, Dollar Tree spokesperson. "We are proud to be part of the Camden community and are looking forward to our 2011 grand opening." According to the news release the store is expected to open this fall.
The 6,386 square foot store will be located at the former Kroger site located at the intersection of US-78 and Cash Road. A store of this size typically employs 10–12 associates.
Dollar Tree is headquartered in Chesapeake, Va and operates more than 4,000 stores in the 48 contiguous United States and four Canadian provinces. |
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Lockheed receives funds for production
Camden News 6-27-2011 Lockheed Martin has received a $445 million follow-on contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, according to a company news release. This is the U.S. Army’s sixth purchase of the precision munition, with almost 2,000 GMLRS rockets fired in support of U.S. and allied military operations to date.
The contract includes 735 GMLRS Unitary rocket pods (six rockets per pod) and 508 Reduced-Range Practice Rocket pods for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, as well as GMLRS pods for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers including Japan, Jordan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Specific numbers of rocket pods for the FMS customers were not disclosed. Work on the contract will be performed at the company’s facilities in Camden, Ark., and Dallas, Texas. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in December 2012.
"Our enemies fear the precision that GMLRS delivers," Lt. Col. Drew Clanton, the GMLRS Product Manager at the U.S. Army’s Precision Fires, Rockets and Missiles program management office in Huntsville, Ala., said in the news release. "U.S. forces can increase their standoff distances without losing accuracy, which is paramount to our efforts to destroy threats while limiting collateral damage."
GMLRS provides dependable precision strike, a capability demonstrated currently in Afghanistan, and continues to exceed operational-readiness requirements, the news release stated. "GMLRS continues to be one of the most powerful and precise assets for artillery today," said Scott Arnold, vice president for Precision Fires at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Its heavy use in combat shows our customers trust GMLRS because it’s reliable and delivers incredible precision, enabling faster and more effective missions." |
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Camden plant awarded contract |
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Camden plant awarded contract by Army for
rockets Camden News 6-27-2011 CAMDEN (AP) — The U.S. Army has awarded a $286 million contract for the production of air-to-ground rockets at the General Dynamics plant in Camden.
The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to produce the Hydra-70 air-to-ground rocket and was announced Monday in a news release from General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products. GDAT is a business unit of General Dynamics.
The plant in Camden has more than 300 employees and has been the sole manufacturer of the Hydra rocket since 1996. The Army orders the rockets for all branches of the U.S. military and for select allies.
It has also been announced that Lockheed Martin has received a $445 million follow-on contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Unitary rockets from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command. |
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