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About The Hot Springs Metro
Partnership
The Hot Springs Metro Partnership
has provided more than 50 years of
leadership in the areas of growth and the
economy in the Greater Hot Springs region.
The
Hot Springs Metro Partnership is a public-private partnership
whose funding comes from the City of Hot
Springs, Garland County, and private
investors within the community. A sister
corporation to The Greater Hot Springs
Chamber of Commerce, Hot Springs Metro
Partnership concentrates on:
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formal program of retention and support
activities for existing industry and
business.
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Liaison service between the business
community and local, state and federal
agencies.
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Maintenance of a database of the city’s
available industrial and large office
properties, and aggressive marketing of
those properties to potential industrial
and business clients.
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Recruiting of new business and industry
to the city, county and region.
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Serving as an information conduit for
announcements, programs and news of
significance to the local business
community.
Hot Springs Metro Partnership Staff:
Recent Hot Springs Metro Partnership
projects include:
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Recruitment of Stanley Associates, Inc.,
and the U.S. State Department’s passport
services center, with 175 jobs, to the
Hot Springs Technology Park.
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Recruitment of Accent, Inc., call center
to Hot Springs with 350 jobs, and
retention of that facility when if faced
closure in 2008.
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Expansion of eight local industries for
a total of 140 new jobs and $7 million
in capital investment in 2009.
Hot
Springs Metro Partnership also owns and
operates the Mid-America Industrial Park in
Hot Springs, and owns a building in Hot
Springs Technology Park that it leases to
Stanley Associates.
CONTACT INFORMATION
659 Ouachita Avenue, Hot Springs, AR, 71901
Office phone (501) 321-1700
Office phone (501) 634-6807
Office fax (501) 321-3551
www.hotspringschamber.com
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