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	Making Arkansas A Better Place Building Bridges. It is always about building bridges. Top 2000 are Nominated by: More businesses within each group are linked below. 1. Business Associations · Better Business Bureau Arkansas Torch Award Winners · Local chapters of National Trade Associations · Service Organizations: Kiwanis, Lions, & Rotary 2. Chambers of Commerce · Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Annual Small Business Awards · Local Chambers of Commerce 3. Economic Development Commissions 4. Higher Education · Graduates from these schools 5. Finance · Business who have successfully used third-party financing 6. Government in Arkansas (Fed-State-Local) · Recommendations of the Governor and other state and local leaders 7. Media/Press · Recommendations of the business editors 8. Strategic/Tactical Advocates · CPAs - Lawyers - Investment Bankers · Broker-Dealers and Financial Planners · Professors, Coaches and other advocates Listing of businesses: Television about good businesses These listings are not prioritzed and the list is incomplete. The names of many good businesses are still being added to this list. These companies are nominated from within their group (often they have been given some kind of special recognition). Any business owner who serves as a volunteer within these associations immediately qualifies to be listed. These people are the givers and not the takers. Each local Chamber of Commerce and the business-sector's National Trade Assocaiton is asked, "What businesses would you like to have represent your organization and your state on national television?" That confirmation is important. Also, the small business advocates throughout the state of Arkansas that are listed and linked on our Arkansas homepage are asked for their advice as well. An episode of the show These business are all being considered for an episode of the show. This episode will first air in Arkansas and then the best of these episodes will air on the national syndication of the show and then the global syndication through the Voice of America. More... Local sponsors in Arkansas The show in Arkansas can be sponsored by as many as three businesses each season (13 episodes) with an opening and closing credit. That's just the beginning. The productions of local episodes of the show will begin with twelve initial sponsors. Ultimately there will be 24 sponsors and as many as 72 business partners. Some of these sponsorship credits will be run of schedule for viewer tune-in. All of these sponsorship credits will be worked into these pages about Arkansas and how these sponsors are helping the businesses of Arkansas to grow. More....