Author: Michael Tilley

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Ace Is the Place for Recycled Pallets

Ace Pallet Co. of Bentonville, owned and operated by Gary D. and Cynthia Youree, bought the 38,000-SF warehouse at 11675 Mt. Heabron Road in Lowell. The building and three-acre lot…

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Banking More Bucks

The city of Fayetteville expects to make an extra $500,000 this year simply by investing its money more prudently. Fayetteville is apparently one of the first Arkansas cities to take…

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Frozen Assets

Speaking of Garner Asset Management Co., it’s not every investment manager who also gives out recipes. Recent visitors to the Fayetteville company’s web site (www.garnerasset.com) may have noticed the top…

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Super 8 Merges, Restructures Debt

Paul J. Shulte, president and CEO of Supertel Hospitality Inc. of Norfolk, Neb., refinanced his company’s Super 8 Hotel at 1075 S. Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville. The transaction was part…

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Parking Condo Tried Before in Fayetteville

South Carolina businessman Major Whisnant hopes to bring his company’s Gameday Park concept to Fayetteville, especially if additional ball games are scheduled on campus. But one version of the company’s…

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Whatta Catch

Developer Gary Combs, owner of Basic Construction Co. in Springdale, may have recorded the steal of the new year. He has lured Jim Hawkins away from Tune Concrete Products Co….

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Wood Named Journal Editor

Jeffrey Wood of Bentonville has been named editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, publisher Darin Gray announced Jan. 21. Wood, who has been an associate editor more than a…

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Lakeside Offices Will Look Like Millsap

Two 25,200-SF office buildings on Moberly Lane, just south of Arkansas 102 in Bentonville, will be identical to two office buildings on Millsap Road in Fayetteville. That’s because Lindsey Green…

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Charltons Charge on With Bentonville Addition

John and Mike Charlton, co-owners of Charlton Development Co. in Bentonville, have started construction on their $3.9 million Brightwood Subdivision on Arkansas Highway 12, west of Bentonville. First Security Bank…

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Woody and Bernstein

We understand he doesn’t even remotely resemble Dustin Hoffman, the actor who played him in “All the President’s Men,” but some people still recognized Carl Bernstein when he was in…

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Details, Details

OK, so what did the famous reporter do while he was in town? Well, Bassett says, while he was with Bernstein, the two men talked and dined at Uncle Gaylord’s…

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Doss Has Vision

West Doss, who served for the past two years as chief of staff for Congressman Asa Hutchinson, moved back to Northwest Arkansas in late December to serve as president of…

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Cashing In

Lee Scott Jr., the newly crowned CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., made several sizable stock transactions before the end of 1999. On Nov. 18, the logistics expert and former merchandising…

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Carlson Cleans Up With Bond Financing

Mark Carlson’s C&C Sales Inc. of Siloam Springs, which does business as Clean Concepts, got $1.1 million in bond financing Sept. 1 through the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. The loan…

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Big Harry?s Music City

Drums and guitars, tuned for playing, pack the Big Harry?s Music City 2,000-SF showroom, and owner David Johnson said he wants customers to come into the store for a hands-on experience.