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The Carlsbad City Council met Tuesday and approved a zoning change so that 192 multifamily residential apartments can be built southwest of Palomar Airport Road and Palomar Oaks Way. The council also approved a tentative tract map and site plan for a nine-unit condominium project at 2690 Roosevelt St. The council discussed an appeal by Taylor Made and Callaway golf companies of the business license tax collector’s decisions that they had underpaid their taxes. The council agreed to grant part of the tax relief they requested by asking the collector to apply an apportionment formula to tax years ending in 2019 or later. The council also requested that adjustments be made to other businesses affected by the business license tax and penalties before Jan. 16, 2019. Staff was asked to bring back a study of the city’s business license tax ordinance and the apportionment formula. The council also met Wednesday morning for a workshop covering the topics of implicit bias, microa
ArcBest invests $1 million in Fort Smith based career and technology center
Peak Innovation Center will focus on innovative instructional strategies within the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics disciplines. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 11:19 AM CDT May 8, 2021
ArcBest announced a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
Peak Innovation Center will focus on innovative instructional strategies within the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) disciplines and will open in the fall of 2021 as part of the Fort Smith Public School District’s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program.
“We are excited to make this investment in tomorrow’s workforce and in our community,” said Judy R. McReynolds, ArcBest chairman, president and CEO. “We have a long history of giving back, and it’s a big part of our culture and wh
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ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith has invested $1 million in the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith.
The career and technology center will open in the fall as part of the school district s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program. The center will be located in the former Hutcheson Shoes building at the intersection of Zero Street and Painter Lane in east Fort Smith; the community room of the center will be named after ArcBest. We are excited to make this investment in tomorrow s workforce and in our community, ArcBest CEO Judy McReynolds said. We have a long history of giving back, and it s a big part of our culture and who we are at ArcBest. I m very proud we are supporting the Peak Innovation Center and the career pathway opportunities it will provide students.
ArcBest Announces Investment In Peak Innovation Center
Community room at career and tech center to be named for ArcBest
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FORT SMITH, Ark., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leader in supply chain logistics, is pleased to announce a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
The state-of-the-art Peak Innovation Center, which will have a focus on innovative instructional strategies within the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) disciplines, will open in fall 2021 as part of the Fort Smith Public School District s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program.
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