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Tonight, the City of Pine Bluff (AR) approved the final necessary approvals to advance the $25M Courtyard by Marriott Convention Center Hotel development one step closer towards a project closing. Key Approvals included: - An ordinance authorizing the issuance of a promissory note to provide short term financing ($3M) under Amendment 78 to the Arkansas Constitution - A resolution authorizing an intralocal agreement between the City of Pine Bluff and the City of Pine Bluff Arkansas Convention Center Hotel Facilities Board I see an early August demolition of the old Plaza Hotel ahead! #ADayInTheLife

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 Meet new IEL Advisory Board Member Robin Raasch of Eversheds Sutherland. Welcome, Robin! We're glad you're a member of IEL. #IELMemberHighlight #WeLoveOurMembers #EnergyLaw

#BlackHistoryMonthSpotlight: Edith Irby Jones was the first African American to attend and to graduate from the University of Arkansas Medical School, now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in Little Rock (Pulaski County). She was a pioneer in the desegregation of higher education in Arkansas and the South, but she also served as a highly successful doctor, educator, and philanthropist in Arkansas, Texas, and overseas. Edith Irby was born on December 23, 1927, near Conway (Faulkner County) to Robert Irby, a sharecropper, and Mattie Buice Irby, a maid. Her father died when she was eight, Irby’s older sister died of typhoid fever at the age of twelve, largely due to her impoverished family’s lack of access to medical attention. Irby suffered from rheumatic fever when she was seven, making her joints so painful that she was unable to walk or attend school for a year. These experiences prompted Irby to seek a career in medicine, with the goal of helping those who could not afford standard medical care. In 1985, she was elected the first female president of the National Medical Association (NMA). She was also the only female founding member of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). Jones taught, consulted, and/or provided healthcare in not only in the United States but also in Haiti, Mexico, Cuba, China, Russia, and throughout Africa. She provided support for two international healthcare locations that bear her name: the Dr. Edith Irby Jones Clinic in Vaudreuil, Haiti (which she helped to build), and the Dr. Edith Irby Jones Emergency Clinic in Veracruz, Mexico. Jones was a charter member of Physicians for Human Rights, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. In 2014, she began to wind down her activities in teaching and practicing medicine at the University of Texas Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine. For more information about Dr. Edith Irby Jones please visit https://lnkd.in/gb2t72jA. #blackhistorymonth #blackmedicine

🎉 Thrilled to announce my new role as Program Success Manager with Mayo Clinic Platform-Accelerate, beginning January!  Looking forward to making a meaningful impact by supporting AI and Machine Learning startups in their journey to transform healthcare. Here's to a transformative 2024!  🚀 #NewBeginnings #MayoClinicPlatform #HealthTech #AI