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Coody Eyes 800-acre Tract

Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody wants the city to buy 800 acres of land straddling the city limits west of Cato Springs Road.

Custom Home Theaters Become McMansion Must

A dedicated media room with a movie theater atmosphere complete with theater seating, Surround Sound and a big screen is becoming a must in upscale housing.

Custom Landscaping Is a Growing Business

A beautiful new lawn and garden naturally complements a beautiful new house. With the building boom in subdivisions such as Rogers? Shadow Valley Country Club, landscaping is a growing business.

Faux Bricks Etched Into Garland Crosswalks

The crosswalks are part of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department?s $1.9 million project to widen six-tenths of a mile of Garland to four lanes between Maple and North streets.

Heathrow Hills Create Unique Upscale Haven

Now one of Benton County?s most upscale residential developments, the 58-acre enclave wasn?t assembled into a contiguous property until 1998 when Arnold ?Tuffy? Lehman decided to tackle the task.

Learn From Martha (Editorial)

Martha Stewart?s recent conviction caused us to once again look at the corporate scandals that are partly to blame for an economy that is still trying to regain its footing.

The Plaza Restaurant Gets Five Stars (Business Lunch)

Elegance starts at the front door of The Plaza Restaurant and continues all the way to the dessert tray.

Seigenthaler to Speak at UA Journalism Days

John Seigenthaler, founding editorial director at USA Today, will deliver the Roy Reed Lecture at 7 p.m. April 7 as part of the University of Arkansas? annual ?Journalism Days? event.

Media on the Stand?

Ex-Razorbacks basketball coach Nolan Richardson complained for years about the media and its coverage of him and his hoops program.

GDH Consulting Staffs It

GDH Consulting provides staffing for information technology positions in three ways: short-term contract basis, contract-to-hire basis and permanent basis.

Club Z! In-home Tutoring Comes to NWA

James and Kathy Dinwoodie recently expanded the nation?s largest in-home tutoring company to service Northwest Arkansas.

Springdale Eyes Minor League Baseball Team

Springdale is close to landing a minor league baseball franchise and new stadium.

DVD Factory Planned For Fayetteville

Eric Parkinson plans to buy at least eight acres of land in the Fayetteville Industrial Park and build a DVD factory that will make 50 million disks a year.

Hotel Planned For the Peaks

Gary Combs said it looks like a 150-room hotel will be coming to his $220 million Rogers project, The Peaks.

Huntsville-charted First State Bank of Northwest Arkansas applies to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Arkansas State Bank Department to operate a branch in Fayetteville at 300 N. College Ave.

Siloam Sees New Arvest

Siloam Springs will soon see a third Arvest Bank location on U.S. Highway 412 across from the Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Pizza Inn Planned for CMN

The Steel Crossing retail center at Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park is getting a 3,500-SF Pizza Inn.

Agracat Digs for Sale

We couldn?t help but notice recently that the headquarters for Agracat Inc., the Chinese tractor distributor in Farmington, were recently listed for sale with Lindsey & Associates Inc.

Law Firm Grows Quietly

Keisling Pieper & Scott PLC, a Fayetteville law firm, has quietly grown into a regional practice during the last year.

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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