Thornton Receives Rural Services Block Grant

Little Rock, AR: Governor Asa Hutchinson, AEDC Executive Director Mike Preston, AEDC Executive Vice President of Operations Amy Fecher and Rural Services Director Alex Johnston presented $947,407 to 14 rural communities selected for funding through the Rural Services Block Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2018. The grant awards were distributed October 10th at an awards ceremony held in the Governor’s Conference Room at the Arkansas State Capitol.

In attendance were representatives receiving an Arkansas Rural Services Block Grant award on behalf of Thornton in Calhoun County. The City of Thornton received $75,000 to build a new community center with an adjoining fire truck bay.

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