A women's shelter director and homeless shelter operator have presented proposals to manage Opportunity House in Pine Bluff to a review committee including Mayor Shirley Washington and other city officials.
Ryan Watley, CEO of Go Forward Pine Bluff, gave an exclusive account about the organization during the first of many in-depth interviews featuring community leaders, department heads, elected officials and more in “The Newsroom.” In 2017, GFPB successfully campaigned for a sales tax to improve the city and promised to raise an additional $19 million to finance initiatives that were not eligible to be funded with the tax.
In 2017, Go Forward Pine Bluff campaigned for a sales tax to improve the city and promised to raise an additional $19 million to finance initiatives that are not eligible to be funded with the tax. GFPB has raised just over $11.7 million in grants, donations and investments to date.