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Article: Region gets a 'lift.' (Southwest Arkansas counties form group to identify and solve their problems) (Across Arkansas: Central)
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- Arkansas Business
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- December 20, 1993
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Southwest Counties Form Group to Identify, Overcome Problems
BELIEVING IT'S TIME TO flex their regional muscle rather than work in isolation, a group of southwest Arkansas leaders has banded together to identify the region's problems and develop a strategy to overcome them.
Known as LIFT Southwest Arkansas, the group had an October kickoff meeting in Hope that drew about 200 people eager to participate in plotting the region's future. LIFT stands for Leadership Initiatives for Tomorrow.
Terry Sherwood of Magnolia is spearheading the LIFT effort. Sherwood is also the executive director of the Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District, a ...