Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center : Fort Smith, AR

December> Jody Weiche of Spadco, Inc. was accepted as one of 25 finalists in the national Make Mine a Million women's business competition.

November> Michelle Stockman resigns as the Director of the IEC, and a national search for a new director has begun.


	ENTREPRENEUR > Entrepreneurs are the people who create and grow enterprises (both public & private). The process through which these enterprises are created and grown is entrepreneurship. INNOVATION > The process of developing or introducing something new. THE IEC > A business community center that serves the Greater Fort Smith Region to foster innovative ideas, inspire new product development, assist entrepreneurs, build and strengthen businesses, and encourage our youth to think big with their lives and careers.