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Taylor Challenges Shippers to Prepare for Peak Oil

Consultant Chuck Taylor gave one of the most memorable presentations at the Transplace Shipper Symposium hosted last month in Rogers, drawing off a lifetime in the industry to sound the alarm about the end of the oil age.

Wohlfords Remodel, Reopen Rogers Tearoom

When Mary and Dennis Wohlford purchased the former Vinson Square Tea Room in downtown Rogers they planned the convert the historic building into office space. But continual requests from residents to bring back the historic tearoom persuaded Mary to renov

Eureka Springs Bank Looks to Expansions

The 96-year-old Bank of Eureka Springs will change its name to Cornerstone Bank this fall, pending approval from the Arkansas State Bank Department.

Food Franchises Gain Momentum in Arkansas

Restaurant franchises have continued to grow across the state, bringing in billions of dollars.

Rausch Coleman Homes Makes Top 100 Builder List

Rausch Coleman Homes LLC of Fort Smith was named number 89 on Builder magazine?s 100 largest U.S. homebuilders list for 2007.

Developers Celebrate Fulbright Re-opening

On May 14, Fayetteville developers Ted Belden, Richard Alexander, Rob Merry-Ship and John Nock celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the new redesigned and refurbished Fulbright Building on east Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum To Open in July

A little more than 50 years ago, one of the most famous haircuts this side of the Bible took place at Fort Chaffee military base, adjacent to Fort Smith.

A Fare to Remember Relocates to Drake Field

Jayn and Paul Parenti, owners of A Fare to Remember catering company, have a new address, a new view and plenty of new and exciting business plans.

Two Van Buren Hotels Under Construction

Van Buren will be getting two new hotels soon, bringing the total number of rooms in the city to 355, a 37 percent increase from the 259 rooms available now.

Catering Unlimited Tops Caterers List

Caterers in Northwest Arkansas handled 3,865 events in 2007, a 14.5 percent increase from the 2006 total of 3,376.

Pleasant Grove Carwash Changes Ownership Groups (Real Deals)

Harold W. Hamlin, through his Pleasant Grove Car Wash LLC purchased Boomerang Car Wash at 2000 Pleasant Grove Rd. in the Pleasant Crossing development in south Rogers from Rogers Pleasant Crossing Carwash LLC for $3 million.

Flying Burrito Co. Owners Spread Wings, Fly North

Flying Burrito Co. founders opened their third full-service location on May 6 and will open a fourth location in Bentonville in June.

NWA Business Journal Kicks off Downturn Series

With this issue, I?m pleased to introduce Business Journal readers with the first in a series of stories entitled ?Dealing with the Downturn.? The aim of this series is to help our readers make sense of the economic issues we face together as a self-suffi

Feds Rush In (Editorial)

In closing ANB Financial, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank, with $2.1 billion in total assets, was undercapitalized and that its “unsafe and unsound practices also weakened the bank’s condition and seriously prejudiced the inter

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