Josh Markham, assistant director of UCA’s Center for Community and Economic Development, received the New Professional Award during the Arkansas Community Development Society’s annual conference, held at UCA on October 22.
Josh Markham receives the New Professional Award from Terre McClendon, ACDS president
The New Professional Award recognizes and encourages community developers who have worked for up to five years in the field of community development, and whose work has had an impact on Arkansas communities. As Assistant director of the Center for Community and Economic Development, Markham assists with the annual Community Development Institute and manages projects in rural and mid-sized communities throughout the state of Arkansas.
The Arkansas Community Development Society is an educational nonprofit organization whose purpose is to advance community development and the community development profession by:
- Providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and the development of common interest among the members of the Chapter,
- Providing for the publication and dissemination of community development information to members of the public,
- Advocating excellence in community development scholarship research and practice for the good of mankind, and
- Promoting citizen participation as essential to effective community development
About UCA’s Center for Community and Economic Development
The Mission of CCED is to have a positive impact on communities by equipping leaders with economic tools and resources, building consensus to achieve community goals, and bringing UCA resources and communities together. For more information about CCED, visit uca.edu/cced, or contact Amy Whitehead at 501-852-2930 or amyw@uca.edu.
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