In 2021, Conway's own Leather Brothers, Inc. won the "Rising Star" award. We'd love to have another Conway area winner this year!
“After receiving [the Governor’s Award], we sent out a press release to all of our raw material vendors and customers informing them of this award and its recognition. By doing this it bettered our relationship with our vendors we use for hardware materials, but also helped push some export accounts we’ve struggled with selling in the past to give us a try, which has resulted in an increase in exports overall… [The Governor’s Award] was overall a very easy process.. I believe there are many more manufacturing businesses across our state that will learn and benefit from the Arkansas DEC organization and Governor’s Award in the coming years.” -Michael Schrekenhofer, Leather Brothers
Original source can be found here.