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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
June 21,2007
 
LINCOLN, PRYOR AND BERRY ANNOUNCE $97,000 FOR ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERISTY
 
WASHINGTON –  Arkansas Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, along with Congressman Marion Berry announced today that Arkansas State University, located in Jonesboro, Arkansas will receive $97,850 in federal dollars.  The grant money will support the Economic Development Association University Center program, which is aimed to promote job creation and private investment in northeast Arkansas. 
 
"Arkansas State University plays a tremendous role in the economic development of Northeast Arkansas and the entire Delta region," said Lincoln. "These federal dollars will support the University’s efforts to bring industry to the area, create new employment opportunities and encourage private investment."
 
“Promoting job creation and private investment in northeast Arkansas is key to economic growth,” said Pryor.  "These federal funds will make a real difference to improve the standard of living in northeast Arkansas.”
 
"Since 1989 the EDA University Center has worked to strengthen the existing infrastructure of local agencies and organizations to address the economic revitalization goals of the Economic Development Administration," said Berry.  "This money will help Arkansas State University help the delta

 

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