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Article: DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $48,500 GRANT FOR SOUTHERN GOOD FAITH FUND IN PINE BLUFF

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September 10, 2007
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Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. (4th CD), issued the following news release:

U.S. Representative Mike Ross along with Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, announced Monday that the Southern Good Faith Fund in Pine Bluff has been awarded a $48,500 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) Program.

The funding will be used to help chart and execute strategies to grow area small businesses, identify and access new markets, increase profitability and be able to hire new employees.

"Rural Business Grants are an integral part of economic development because they provide essential tools to help our towns and communities grow and prosper," Ross ...

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