The Eureka Springs Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development met with representatives from Winrock International in the Auditorium on Thursday, June 8, for a retail development workshop, strategizing ways to draw more shoppers to local retailers.
Mayor Butch Berry introduced the Winrock representatives, saying the team brought in a few experts to help explain some of the economic data the city has acquired.
“They have been looking at our area and helping us for the last year in developing surveys and in talking about retail and economic development for Eureka Springs,” Berry said.
Michelle Perez, program associate for U.S. programs at Winrock International, introduced herself and the two experts: Mark Goodman, president of Goodman and Associates LLC in Conway, and Michael Gerfen, senior coordinator for Community Workforce Analysis and Assistance for the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.