by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Ozark Harvest, an organization that takes excess food from institutions and restaurants and delivers it to the needy, is looking for food donors in Washington and Benton counties. “We’ve got…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Harps Food Stores finished renovation of its 34-year-old store in Springdale’s Plaza Shopping Center on April 15 and began renovations of its store in Fayetteville’s Fiesta Square shopping center the…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Suzi Stephens, chef at Nibbles Gourmet Catering of Fayetteville, and Brian Crowne, a musician and former manager of George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, have combined talents to form Event Contractors…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
I was somewhat eager to participate in a U.S. Senate debate sponsored by the Young Democrats of Arkansas recently in Hot Springs. My cynical fear of hearing a bunch of…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Ten years ago, Ben Israel was building a chain of optical stores. Today, he is building a commercial real estate development company. Israel is forming Dixie Development LLC to handle…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
By the end of September, Rogers will have another 43,000 SF of retail space with as many as 25 new businesses. Work began on The Kingston Center II in March….
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
There’s a crisis in the construction industry — a shortage of skilled construction craftsmen. Although the shortage exists nationwide, it is especially acute in Northwest Arkansas due to the work…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
It was during the housing boom after World War II that Evertt and Orville Myers began building houses. Over the years, the business evolved and Don Myers, Evertt’s son, became…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Competition for cancer patients is coming to Northwest Arkansas. While Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute has served the area for a dozen years, a private company is poised to open…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Rich and Sandra Anderson Address: 100 N. Dixieland Road, Rogers, 72756 Phone: 631-8866 Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday Start-Up Date: September After three years of business in…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Doyle Martin Address: 647 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, 72701 Phone: 442-5722 Hours: 8 – 11 p.m., Friday Start-Up Date: April 3 After several years of closed doors, the UARK…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Anita LeFlett Address: 226 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville Phone: 528-5554 Hours: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday- Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday Start-Up Date: March 24 Artist…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Jeff Smith Address: 904 S. Walton Blvd., Rogers Phone: 271-6992 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., weekdays; by appointment on Saturday Start-Up Date: March 2 Smith Family Chiropractic and…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Several major construction projects are currently under way in Northwest Arkansas. Here, we sum up the three largest. Interstate 540 The largest project in Northwest Arkansas — the $450 million…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
The nation’s newest magazine is based in Fayetteville. The Life@Work Journal premiered last month with a printing of 35,000 copies. The 40-page magazine is aimed at Christian business people and…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Blackwood Martin/CJRW will apparently retain its contract with the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission. A&P commissioners interviewed on April 20 the four agencies that had expressed interest in the account….
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Speaking of Maylon Rice, he scooped all competing media with news that Tyson Foods Inc. planned a generous endowment gift to the University of Arkansas Press. The region’s other newspapers…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Fayetteville’s newest shopping center, Singletree Plaza, should be completed early this month, and the first store there, Walker Brothers Dry Goods, should be open by the middle of May, says…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Another Northwest Arkansas technology firm was sold last month, when Custom Micro LLC of Little Rock purchased MicroSolutions Inc. of Fayetteville. MicroSolutions is one of a handful of Microsoft-authorized technical…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
In 1997, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased the amount of business it does with Arkansas vendors and suppliers by 56 percent over the previous year — from $2.8 billion to $4.38…
