Cossatot turns old garment factory into new business opportunities.
Arkansas Business › July 22, 2002
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Cossatot turns old garment factory into new business opportunities.
SO MUCH EMPHASIS IS placed on the poverty-stricken Arkansas Delta that southwest Arkansas has been neglected, said Frank Adams, chancellor of Cossatot Community College in De Queen, a city of 5,800 situated 55 miles northwest of Texarkana.
The "Western Delta," as Adams calls it, is a poor region whose workers earn an average $6 an hour. The median income for a family of four in De Queen is $25,000. These figures are typical of the region, including neighb...See the full content of this document
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