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Get ready to jam at this years JamFest with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and the Baxter County Historical Society

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s second annual JamFest is returning just in time for Baxter County’s Sesquicentennial Celebration! This year’s JamFest is partnering with the Baxter County Historical Society to bring pioneer reenactors, historical crafts, old-time kid’s games and traditional music to downtown Mountain Home in celebration of the county’s 150th birthday. The festival…
September 8, 20230Comments

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JamFest is coming! And it’s teaming up with the Historical Society to celebrate Baxter County’s birthday

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s second annual JamFest is returning just in time for Baxter County’s Sesquicentennial Celebration! This year’s JamFest is partnering with the Baxter County Historical Society to bring pioneer reenactors, historical crafts, old-time kid’s games and traditional music to downtown Mountain Home in celebration of the county’s 150th birthday. The festival…
September 1, 20230Comments

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Chamber attends drug prevention event with Baxter County Forward Initiative

Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce's Membership and Sales Director, Erric Totty, recently attended the Harrison Region Two Prevention Task Force Meeting in continuance with the Baxter County Forward Initiative. The annual meeting's primary focus is planning and implementing future drug prevention efforts. The task force provides prevention resources to Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton,…
September 1, 20230Comments

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Chamber President graduates from Community Development Institute

Chamber President Dani Pugsley graduated from the 37th Annual Community Development Institute at the University of Central Arkansas on Friday, Aug. 4th. Pugsley completed all three years of the Institute's program of study.  CDI trains community leaders and economic development professionals on how to strengthen their local economies and build communities. This is achieved by developing…
August 8, 20230Comments

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Where good ideas come to die: QC Justices comment on Chamber proposal and benevolence of taxpayers

The debate of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s proposed economic development deal is still weighing on the minds of some members of the Baxter County Quorum Court. Following the final resolution of the court’s August meeting, Justice of the Peace Cameron Davis took to the microphone to lay out his thoughts on the Chamber’s…
August 7, 20230Comments

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Baxter County justices table Chamber economic development proposal indefinitely

Baxter County officials dusted off the Baxter County Quorum Court’s Economic Development Committee to hold a joint session with the county’s Budget Committee to discuss the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s proposed $40,000 economic development contract. The packed meeting ran for an hour and a half before justices decided to table the proposal indefinitely, effectively…
July 26, 20230Comments

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Baker, Bodenhamer issue apologies over contract mishap, Morgan asks for 30-45 day pause on deal

Members of Mountain Home’s City Council have issued a round of apologies for jumping the gun and skipping the required procedures to legally enter into a $40,000 economic development contract with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s Foundation. During their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, both city council members Jennifer Baker and Jim Bodenhamer said…
July 25, 20230Comments

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