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Dumas Leads Arkansas with USDA REDI Award... Arkansas is Rural Economic Development Innovation... The REDI Hub

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  In June of 2019 this announcement naming Dumas as recipient representing Arkansas as one of 47 nationwide recipients was big. In this blog see how Dumas/Desha is gaining momentum along the way and what's up next.  For Immediate Release June 12, 2019   USDA Announces Dumas, AR as one of 47 Rural Communities to Receive Technical Assistance to Help Build Long-Term Economic Growth   Dumas, AR, June 12, 2019 – Communities Unlimited, Inc. and West Dumas Community Family Life and Legacy Center   On June 6, 2019, Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley announced the West Dumas Community Family Life Center (WDCFLC) in Dumas, AR as one of   47 rural recipients that will receive technical assistance to help create and implement long-term economic development plans.        “USDA and its partners are bringing local leaders and economic development experts together to create opportunity in some of the nation’s most economically challenged rural