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Codes Set New Urbanism Forms (Market Forecast)

New urbanism seeks to create spaces that are like old neighborhoods.

Group Champions Razorback Condos (Real Deals)

University Housing Group of Roanoke, Va., buys land for a condominium project in Fayetteville that will be valued at $40 million, and the First Baptist Church of Prairie Grove buys a building permit valued at $3.5 million to construct a new facility.

WSP Thinks Inside the Box

Wood Specialty Products builds solid displays and relationships with suppliers.

Retailers Rid Record Recalls

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Harps grocery stores deal with out-of-stocks after an unprecedented wave of food recalls.

Aisle Think Makes International Move

A Rogers company, Aisle Think, is moving into the permanent display design business in addition to its original focus on temporary corrugated displays.

Mud River Has Dogs Covered

Mud River Dogs Products of Farmington is about to ship 2,500 of its dog kennel covers to the Sportsman’s Warehouse distribution center in Salt Lake City.

Retail Suppliers Get Stout in Searches

Stout Executive Search opens its doors to recruit and place vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Sisters Design Mary & Martha

Owners, and sisters, Jakey Amos and Penny Oslica recently opened Mary & Martha Designs — BGG at Village on the Creeks in Rogers.

University of Phoenix Graduates First MBAs

The University of Phoenix — Northwest Arkansas graduated its first class of MBAs on May 12.

Botanical Garden Grows with Funds

The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks raises $36,000 with its Greening of the Garden event.

Benningfield Certified as LEED Commissioner

Chuck Benningfield, owner of McTab Inc. of Bentonville, gains certification as a Commissioner of Buildings by the University of Wisconsin School of Engineering.

Woodrell Named Sparks New CEO

The Sparks Health System Board of Trustees and Quorum Health Resources recently announced the hiring of Fredrick D. “Ted” Woodrell as its new CEO.

Marshals Museum Gaining Momentum

Sandi Sanders recently traveled to Washington D.C. to help advance one of Fort Smith’s crowning achievements.

Catfish Hole No. 2 Moving

The Catfish Hole No. 2 in Alma will be moving to a better location with a bigger building by the fall if construction goes according to plan.

Colliers, River Grille Partner on Barbeque

The annual Barbeque at Beau Terre Office Park draws about 250 vendors.

Sports Magazine Set for Summer

Trinity Publishing Group of Tulsa will begin publishing a western Arkansas edition of High School Sports: The Magazine on July 1.

Coffee News Brews For Benton County

Owners of Headspring LLC of Fayetteville, Jonathan Pelphrey and his wife Irina Pelphrey, started publishing Coffee News in October.

KNWA Starts Keeping Score (Outtakes Opinion)

NBC affiliate KNWA-TV has started running a tally of how many “Northwest Arkansas” stories it airs compared to KHOG-TV and KFSM-TV.

Midnight Special Thief Cleans Up

From the May 5 sheriff’s report in the Madison County Record of Huntsville: “A woman at the Amber Light Inn reported a breaking and entering at her office apartment.”

Chambers Chairman Faces Fine

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it has leveled fines totaling $432,000 against John Ed Chambers III of Danville and five compatriots described as “institution-affiliated parties.”

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property