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| The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) recently made a grant of $30,000 to the Arkansas United Community Coalition (AUCC) to strengthen grassroots programs that help immigrants to integrate into the community and state economy. “When immigrants have a public voice and are given the resources they need to organize their communities and take on tangible community [...] |
| The county and city are in the process of tearing down hundreds of dangerous, dilapidated buildings, including homes burned in a string of arson attacks last year. Both the city and the county were granted $150,000 in October from the Delta Bridge Project to pay for a cleanup that city officials hope will help lure [...] |
| Mississippi County, though impoverished, is an area with “good bones,” according to Joe Black, administrator of The Delta Bridge Project, part of the non profit arm of Southern Bancorp. The group is in initial consultation and planning phases of bringing its efforts to the Blytheville area for a comprehensive and holistic improvement project. Southern Bancorp, [...] |
| Main Street Helena is excited about the new year and while financial troubles set the organization back in the summer of 2011, the board has worked tirelessly to shore up their financial situation. Shortly the organization will begin looking for a staff member and new volunteers to help drive Main Street’s work. Main Street Helena’s [...] |
| To give low-income working individuals and families the opportunity to have their income tax return prepared free of charge, Southern Bancorp and its nonprofit affiliate, Southern Bancorp Community Partners, are offering Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) at nine of Southern’s bank branches in Arkansas and Mississippi. Since 2005, Southern has hosted VITA sites in the [...] |
| On Feb. 1, the Delta Bridge Project’s steering committee will get its first round of proposals for 2012. Based on the success of the Phillips County Delta Bridge Project in Helena, AR the Coahoma County Delta Bridge expects to invest millions of leveraged dollars on local improvement projects over the next 10 years. “Southern Bancorp [...] |
| Approximately 40 people representing more than 10 local agencies and organizations were on hand at the Delta AHEC Wednesday morning to learn more about Delta Circles. Delta Circles is part of a national program called the Circles Campaign. Founded in January 2007, the mission of the Circles Campaign is to empower citizens from every economic [...] |
| Southern Bancorp Inc. has hired Robert Cern as CFO for Southern Bancorp Bank and its holding company, Southern Bancorp Inc. Cern comes to Southern with more than 30 years of accounting and executive management experience in the banking and financial services industry. He earned a master of management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management [...] |
| A representative of Southern Bancorp accepts the award for winning third place in the business floats category during the annual Christmas parade in Arkadelphia |
| Robert Cern has been hired as chief financial officer for Southern Bancorp Bank and its holding company, Southern Bancorp Inc., company Chairman and CEO Walter Smiley said Friday. Cern comes to the company with more than 30 years of accounting and executive management experience in the banking and financial services industry. |
