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Southern Bancorp is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and B-Corp based in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Established in 1986, it aims to strengthen underserved communities through financial services and development programs. The organization has grown significantly, now managing assets between $2.6 and $2.8 billion and serving around 65,000 customers in Arkansas and Mississippi. Southern Bancorp operates through three main entities: Southern Bancorp Bank, which provides traditional banking services; Southern Bancorp Community Partners, a nonprofit focused on financial education and support; and Southern Bancorp Incorporated, a holding company for strategic growth. The organization offers a range of services, including checking and savings accounts, loans, financial literacy workshops, and grants for community projects. With 56 locations and a commitment to equitable access, Southern Bancorp emphasizes long-term community impact, particularly in economically distressed areas.
The Big Biscuit, founded in 2000, is an All-American breakfast and lunch concept focusing on freshly prepared classic comfort food consistently served with generous portions in a family-friendly environment. The Big Biscuit has 27+ locations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
For over 120 years, Parr Instrument Company has been designing, manufacturing, and selling high quality laboratory instruments and apparatus for conducting chemical reactions and tests under heat and pressure and for testing fuels. Parrs extensive product line includes stirred reactors, pressure vessels, and high pressure tubular reactors for the study of catalytic and non-catalytic reactions in batch, continuous-flow, and multiple/parallel operation for the chemical, polymer, biofuels, hydrometallurgical, pharmaceutical, petroleum, and petrochemical industries. Custom designed complex reactor systems, built to the customers specifications and requirements are also provided. Parrs oxygen combustion calorimeters are used for the determination of the heat of combustion in solid, liquid, and refuse-derived fuels for the energy, educational, coal, and fuel testing industries. Parr also offers sample preparation vessels for extraction, digestion, and hydrothermal synthesis, as well as a line of vessels for cell disruption by nitrogen decompression.