Walnut Ridge issued the following announcement on Mar. 10.
Wonderful article by George Jared on TB&P about Walnut Ridge and the Growth it has seen over the past 10 years!
Economic growth in Northeast Arkansas is often tied to the city of Jonesboro, but there is at least one other community in the region that has had significant growth during the last half decade. In 2015, the city of Walnut Ridge collected $742,566 on its citywide 1% sales tax. That number has increased each year since then, and last year the city tallied almost $1.2 million – a nearly 45% increase.
Walnut Ridge Mayor Charles Snapp told Talk Business & Politics there are myriad reasons to explain the sales tax base expansion and other economic indicators that have risen dramatically in recent years.
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Original source can be found here.
Source: Walnut Ridge
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