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Bringing the proposed $24 million Courtyard by Marriott hotel project to fruition hinges on securing an additional $1.4 million for the construction of the 125-bed hotel.
Pine Bluff was once the cultural and economic center of the Arkansas Delta before the departure of its manufacturing base in the 1980s.
Officials with Go Forward Pine Bluff said they, along with other partners, were awarded more than $500,000 in federal grant funding for a project aimed at revitalizing downtown Pine Bluff.
The grant will focus on a 280-block area of south to central downtown neighborhoods, specifically along Highway 63B.
Pine Bluff city leaders announced the start of the next phase of a street improvement project which is aimed at upgrading key infrastructure.