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UCA gets grant for Bigelow school site 06/21/2020 Arkansas Democrat Gazette The University of Central Arkansas received a $634,594 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council to revitalize and preserve the Bigelow Rosenwald School. The school was built in 1926 through support from the Rosenwald Fund, which was created in 1912 by Booker T. Washington and Julius… Read more »

ANCRC grants $634,594 to revitalize Bigelow Rosenwald School 06/21/2020 The Log Cabin Democrat The University of Central Arkansas received a $634,594 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) to revitalize and preserve the Bigelow Rosenwald School, which was built in 1926 through support from the Rosenwald Fund. The Rosenwald Fund, created in 1912 by… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — On Wednesday, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and 78 other Members of Congress sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) asking that Congress provides the U.S. Department of Agriculture with $51 million in emergency COVID-19 relief funding to the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), commonly known as the… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — The members of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission have published their second report. This report, among other things, contains responses from the Federal Reserve and Treasury to certain questions posed by the Commission in its first report. The Commission’s second report is available here. The Congressional Oversight Commission is a… Read more »

New bill would allow small businesses to get second PPP loan 06/18/2020 Yahoo Finance Certain small-business owners may be able to apply for a second Paycheck Protection Program loan if a new bill introduced on June 18 becomes law. The legislation, called the Prioritized Paycheck Protection Program (P4) Act, would allow businesses with fewer than 100 employees to apply for a… Read more »

Congressional Watchdog Asks If Fed Should Stop Bond Buying 06/18/2020 The Washington Post Pandemic relief efforts by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve boosted the corporate bond market, but may be falling short in helping small business and state and local governments get access to loans, according to a report from a bipartisan congressional watchdog. The Fed’s announcement… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council has announced that it will fully fund the Bigelow Rosenwald School project at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). This $634,594 grant will provide critical maintenance to an institution that holds great historic significance to the African American community in central Arkansas. The facility will severe as… Read more »

Little Rock, Ark. — This week, in Talk Business and Politics, Rep. French Hill (AR-02) penned an op-ed about the important role that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has played keeping central Arkansas businesses afloat and providing Arkansas families with needed income during the COVID-19 crisis. "Since Congress passed the CARES Act and created the PPP in March, over 40,000… Read more »

UCA RECEIVES $634,594 GRANT FROM ANCRC TO REVITALIZE BIGELOW ROSENWALD SCHOOL 06/17/2020 University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas has received a $634,594 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) to revitalize and preserve the Bigelow Rosenwald School, which was built in 1926 through support from the Rosenwald Fund. The… Read more »

UCA receives more than $600,000 from ANCRC to revitalize Bigelow Rosenwald School 06/17/2020 KARK CONWAY, Ark. (News release) — The University of Central Arkansas has received a $634,594 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) to revitalize and preserve the Bigelow Rosenwald School, which was built in 1926 through support from the Rosenwald… Read more »