Mena/Polk County Chamber of Commerce

01/17/2025

🎀✂️ Ribbon cutting celebration for Untwined Touch! 🌿✨
We're thrilled to welcome this unique business to the community. Offering expert massage therapy and a charming boutique, Untwined Touch is your go-to spot for relaxation and retail therapy! 🧖‍♀️🛍️ Stop by and experience it for yourself—your mind, body, and shopping bags will thank you! 💆‍♂️💖

01/17/2025

SmallTown Hunting Properties & Real Estate has expanded into Polk County, offering land and property services with outdoor industry connections.

01/17/2025

🌲 Attention Forest Landowners! 🌾

Join us for an engaging Zoom Webinar hosted by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Small Farm Program on Tuesday, January 21st! This is your opportunity to learn from experts and explore topics that can enhance your forest and farm operations.

🌟 A Few (Not All) of the Speakers and Topics Include:

Sustainable Forest Management – Presented by Justin Mallett, UAPB Forestry Consultant, sharing practical strategies to manage your woodlands for long-term health and productivity.

Bottomland Hardwood Restoration Program – Presented by UAPB Forester Joe Friend, highlighting this exciting partnership with the University of Arkansas at Monticello and the benefits for landowners.

Discover even more insights and resources from our partnering programs and agencies (see the image for details on additional topics).

🖱️ How to Join: Simply click the link in the comments to attend on the morning of the event!

Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable knowledge and connect with others passionate about sustainable land stewardship. We’ll see you there! 🌳

01/17/2025

Happening today! 🎉🎈🎊

🎀 Ribbon Cutting Invitation! 🎀

Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of Untwined Touch with a ribbon cutting!

📅 Date: Friday, January 17th
🕘 Time: 9:00 am
📍 Location: 711 A. Mena Street

Come shop, explore the amazing products and services they offer! Let’s welcome Untwined Touch to our Chamber family and support this new local business!

01/16/2025

Have you ever dreamed of being a real-life hero? Give blood with Our Blood Institute and make your dream become reality!
Starting Jan. 13, successful Our Blood Institute donors will receive a limited-edition, multiverse-themed T-shirt, while supplies last.*
Successful donors will also receive one free bundtlet from Nothing Bundt Cakes.
Our Blood Institute will host the following blood drives in Mena and Smithville:
• Mena Regional Hospital; Wednesday, Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the bloodmobile.
• Smithville High School; Jan. 22, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Home Ec/Art Room.
• Walmart Mena; Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the bloodmobile.

Anyone who is healthy and 16 years old* or older can give blood. Donation typically takes only about an hour, and one donation saves up to three lives. Appointments to donate can be made online at obi.org or by calling 877-340-8777. Walk-ins are also welcome.

*16-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission; 17-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds; 18-plus-year-olds must weigh at least 110 pounds. Photo ID required.

01/16/2025

Great News for Mena!

01/16/2025

Posted from University Arkansas Rich Mountain: LOCAL WORKFORCE OFFICE CLOSED
Just a reminder that the Mena Workforce Office was closed effective 9/1/24. With the number of people that are coming in having not been made aware of the closure, I understand that resources to make everyone aware are quite limited, especially with the number of people who aren't on Facebook or have access to newspaper. Unfortunately, many people that come in to our center have driven from as far away as Waldron or DeQueen to realize that the office is closed. If you have access to outside areas, or information/job/ lost and found boards in local businesses, please share this information.
We do post jobs here in the Abernathy Building and we have paper copies of the information located on the links below. We also offer career coaching, resume building, and workforce skills within our program, as well as advising or recommending college classes. Our adult education center has a mission to help educate and train all those who wish to enter college or the workforce and inform the public on crucial changes to the availability of state services.
The links below offer support for looking for jobs and how to file an unemployment claim.
https://dws.arkansas.gov/workforce-services/unemployment/arkansas-

https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/claim-help/

Local employers:
Due to the closure of the local workforce center, job seekers are being directed to the Arkansas job link website. If your business doesn’t post to the state website, please share your open positions to our center and we are posting them to help our clients, walk-in seekers and college students. We may have programs available to help train or prepare employees as well. You can drop off paper flyers to our center in the Abernathy Building or email them to me at [email protected]. Please put JOB LISTING in the subject line.
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01/16/2025

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01/16/2025

HELLO TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL-LOVIN' FRIENDS! We are slowly waking from our long winter's nap... and looking forward to our 2025 opening weekend, planned to be Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 27-March 1, unless it's snowy and icy! We never know that early in the Spring, but by end of Feb, early Spring weather is usually here! Please look for our 2025 reservation calendar on our website by Feb 1! boardcampcrystalmine.com
Our prices are unchanged... $35 per person age 16 and up, and KIDS under 16 dig FREE! And you can come at 9 am or 11 am, and you can stay until we close at 3 pm! Looking forward to seeing our old friends and meeting new friends! With MUCH appreciation, Orville, Cheryl & Debbie (ET & Bigfoot too!) See you soon!

01/16/2025

JOIN US for our first HSO monthly meeting of the New Year! THIS Thursday January 16 at 5:30 pm at LaVilla Mexican Restaurant in Mena! We are excited to begin HSO's 47th year helping animals in need in Polk County, Arkansas and beyond! HSO may be a small rural shelter, but it's Mighty... because of our wonderful volunteers and supporters who have been so faithful to keep the shelter doors open! We look forward to seeing our old friends and meeting new friends!

01/15/2025

One of our most popular Lifelong Learning classes is back! Three sessions on Mondays at 6pm, for only $65. Price includes the book. The sessions will take place in the Ouachita Center.
Register online HERE >>> https://buff.ly/3DKhKvT

01/15/2025

🎀 Ribbon Cutting Invitation! 🎀

Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of Untwined Touch with a ribbon cutting!

📅 Date: Friday, January 17th
🕘 Time: 9:00 am
📍 Location: 711 A. Mena Street

Come shop, explore the amazing products and services they offer! Let’s welcome Untwined Touch to our Chamber family and support this new local business!