Regions

ACCG Fosters Firms Via Funding Diversity

Fayetteville branch of Arkansas Capital Corp. Group readies for new digs, gets entrepreneurial advocate in Tim McFarland.

Fayetteville Builds While Rogers Rocks

As plans are made for two new hotels in Fayetteville and developers lobby for a tax-increment financing district to rebuild the century-old Mountain Inn, one hotel owner says the city may already be overbuilt. Also: the largest hotels list.

Hotels Starved for Help: Boom Creates Shortage of Hospitality Workers

Robert Kisabeth’s biggest problem on an average Tuesday doesn’t have anything to do with filling the 248-room Embassy Suites hotel he manages in Rogers. It’s whether he’ll have enough servers to work a banquet that evening.

Study Ties Hell, Economics (Editorial)

Occasionally, a curious article turns up in a unlikely place. In the July issue of The Regional Economist an looked at how religious factors can help explain economic growth.

Hotel Room Plans Continue to Loom

More than 1,296 rooms will be added to the Benton and Washington county hotel market if all nine hotel developments announced in the last year go as planned.

Lindsey Gets Comfy In Corporate Lodging

As if The Lindsey Cos. didn’t already dominate enough local industries, its property management arm has checked into a specialty hotel sector and decided to make an extended stay.

Marketing Ensures Business Every Day

With 54 hotels in Benton and Washington counties competing for more than $63 million in annual market revenue, a good director of sales and a strong marketing plan can shift a hotel’s fortune.

Spring Ridge Spawns Project (Real Deals)

David, Jean, Loyd and Elizabeth Phillips recently sold 72 acres off Arkansas Highway 112 in Benton County to Spring Ridge LLC for $1 million.

Wal-Mart Plans Supercenters for California

We hear Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has a plan to invade big-box bashing California with Supercenters.

Ozark Lending Expands Under Mortgage Mania

Up-and-coming mortgage lender Ozark Lending Inc. is already expanding the Rogers loan origination office it opened in April.

Bank of England?s Mortgage Co. Moves into Northwest

England Lending, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of England, has moved into the Northwest Arkansas market.

Banks Name Game a Coincidence ? Sort of

We were a little perplexed when we saw the story about the opening of The Signature Bank in the August 2 Springfield Business Journal because Gary Head, King Gladden and investors have settled on the same name for their venture.

Car Causes $100,000 in Damages to Lazenby Building

Drivers by the headquarters of Lazenby Real Estate on College Avenue may have been wondering about the collapsed concrete awning that had been on the building since 1955.

Knight?s BBQ Block

Ed Knight, owner of two Penguin Ed?s Bar-B-Que restaurants in Fayetteville, has bought all six houses adjoining the old B&B Bar-B-Que property at 230 S. East St.

Mocha and Mozzarella with Barber

The word is two food operations are in the works for Brandon Barber. But negotiations are ongoing for what will wind up in the 16,000-SF building he bought from Gary Combs.

KHOG Takes Lead In 6 p.m. Newscast

KHOG/KHBS, Channels 40/29, took the lead in the 6 p.m. newscast during the May Nielsen ratings from KFSM, Channel 5, which has traditionally led all three evening newscasts.

CJRW/NW Will Work On Tyson Protein Blitz

CJRW/NW of Fayetteville will handle online and retail promotions for Tyson Foods? new $75 million protein power advertising campaign.

Nice Morning News Story on City Spending (Outtakes Opinion)

We enjoyed reading the well-researched story on city and county government spending by Jeff Niese and John Anderson on the front page of the Aug. 8 issue of The Morning News.

O?Charley?s Boasts Ambiance, Flavor (Business Lunch)

We used to not even review chains. But the influx of quesadilla-bloated, faux-bucolic burger joints and homogenized steak houses over the years has filled us with curiosity ? and sometimes indigestion.

Common Grounds Owners To Open Restaurant in Ozark Brewing Co. Building

Julie Sill and Kari Larson, owners of The Common Grounds Gourmet Espresso Bar in Fayetteville, plan to open Hog Haus Brewing Co. in the Fayetteville building that previously housed Ozark Brewing Co.

UAMS, Helena Hospital announced co-management agreement

Citizens Bank names Alan Jessup COO

Survey: 35% of American workers do some or all work from home

Crenlo moves HQ to Bentonville from Minneapolis