Regions

NWAPR Provides Central Spot for Job Specs

Northwest Arkansas Planning Room serves as a central location for subcontractors to evaluate commercial construction projects.

Charlton Promotes Park Central Potential

Mike Charlton has plans for the first ever planned unit development in the city of Lowell: Park Central.

Rogers? Pinnacle Hills Promenade to Be 856,300 SF

Planners for Pinnacle Hills Promenade, the anticipated retail complex in Rogers, have more than doubled the project?s size and moved it southeast across Interstate 540, developers announced on Feb. 5.

Shearin Lists 244-acre Brownstone Development (Real Deals)

Jim Shearin of Shearin Hathaway & Associates in Bentonville is the listing agent for the 224-acre Brownstone development in Bentonvillle, and work is expected to begin in a few weeks on a new subdivision off Ivy Lane in Springdale.

Abuelo?s Offers Four-star Dining Experience

Abuelo?s Mexican Embassy gets four stars.

Bolt Appears in Bombing Hearing

Jim Bolt of Rogers repeated two things on Feb. 10 that he?s done a lot of in the last couple of years ? appear in court and complain of chest pains.

T-Mobile USA Comes to Bentonville

The Bellview, Wash., mobile phone company recently bought six building permits to co-locate on existing towers in Bentonville and plans to build two new towers of its own. The company is also building 31 additional tower sites in the Little Rock area.

Hotel by XNA Possible

Developer Michael Horn of Dallas and other silent partners could be bringing a 103-room Wingate Inn to their 300-acre Polo Park development located off of Southwest Airport Boulevard between Bentonville and Highfill.

Combs Loses Purchase Deal

Gary Combs, a developer and owner of Basic Block Group and Basic Construction in Springdale, said a deal with the Bank of Fayetteville has been derailed.

Holiday Inn Possible in Siloam Springs

Siloam Springs could see construction of a new hotel by the end of 2004.

Stephens Media Buys Missouri Weeklies

Stephens Media Group buys McDonald County Press Inc. of Pineville, Mo., which publishes six weekly newspapers in that county.

Ogden Sells Interest in Celebrate Magazine

Gregg Ogden, president of Athletic World Advertising Inc. in Fayetteville, said on Jan. 30 that he had sold his 50 percent interest in Celebrate Northwest Arkansas to Mari See, the publication?s other owner.

Morning News Sued for Libel

Bruce Mulkey of Rogers filed a libel suit on Jan. 16 against Stephens Media Group ?of Little Rock? on behalf of his client, Jodi Gilpatrick, 26, of Rogers.

Morning News: Thanks for the Graphics (Outtakes Opinion)

Kudos to The Morning News for finally using helpful graphics.

NBC: Don?t Risk It, Stay in the Newsroom (Outtakes Opinion)

It was barely raining on the night of Feb. 4 when television station NBC 24/51 ran a scroll across the bottom of the screen during its primetime broadcasts saying ?If you leave the safety of being indoors, you are putting your life at risk.?

Aimee Ellis Adds Lymph-drainage to Services

Aimee Ellis, a licensed massage therapist and chiropractic assistant, adds the title lymph-drainage therapist to her r?sum

Logoworks Offers Marketing Products

Logoworks co-owner Michael Shassere says his firm will ?print on anything but paper.?

Nabholz Tops List of Region’s Commercial Contractors

Nabholz Construction Corp. in Rogers tops the list of the region’s largest commercial contractors.

Banks Rush to Pinnacle Hills

First Security Bank opened its full-service, 3,000-SF branch on Dec. 31 in the J.B. Hunt Parkway Tower. So far, it?s been the only bank in Pinnacle Hills proper, but that?s about to change.

Lowell Moratorium Limits But Doesn?t Stop Building

The Lowell City Council establishes a moratorium on new construction in July of 2002.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

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

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