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Wrestling With Firing

Have you ever had to fire a long-time loyal employee or family member? If so, and if you are like most successful CEOs, you wrestled really hard with the decision.You…

‘Hunt’ for Offices is Over for J.B.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell is now leasing the 9,200-SF top floor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Center’s Building One. The 30,000-SF Class “A” property, on 30 acres…

Elders Staying Young with Multiple Projects

Chris and Kerri Elders, through their company Elder Construction Inc. of Springdale, have $3.6 million worth of projects going on in Springdale and Farmington. The Elderses are still negotiating with…

Fayetteville Partners Refinance Apartments

Richard P. and Mary E. Osborne and Tommy G. and Jodi E. Holland refinanced two apartment complexes in Fayetteville. They received a $2.3 million loan May 24 from Arkansas National…

Richland Found at Commerce Center

Richland Construction Co. of Springdale is building a 20,000-SF upscale office building at Commerce Center on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. About $1.2 million of the $1.5 million project was financed…

Lemmon Makes Lemonade Out of Old Office Building

J.L. Properties of Bentonville plans to tear down its aging, 1,200-SF office building at 104 S. Walton Blvd. and build a new, two-story office facility. The $707,029 project is being…

Myers Remodels Local Apartments

Carl Myers, through his company Myers Apartments of Fayetteville, is remodeling the Brook Allison Apartments II at 2660 Wedington Drive. The $675,000 purchase and remodeling project is being financed by…

Youth Bridge Link to Centerton

Youth Bridge Inc. of Fayetteville is expanding its Northwest Arkansas operations with a new 10,700-SF shelter and counseling facility in Centerton. The Bank of Bentonville is financing the $450,000 project…

Students Return; Retail Revs

Despite the retail boom, a UA expert says the campus has less impact on the area’s economy While Fayetteville’s population has jumped by 44.7 percent – from 36,608 in 1980…

Ryan Takes Over Reins of Anheuser-Busch Distributorship

Angela Ryan keeps Anheuser-Busch products flowing from the Oklahoma line to Norfork Lake. The general manager of McBride Distributing Co. of Fayetteville since 1996, she runs a 50-year-old family business…

From Bali to Brittany, Retailers Bring it Home

Liz Crone decided to start an import business after a trip to Bali in 1989. “There were just vast opportunities in buying there,” Crone says. “These were incredible craftsmen.” Crone,…

A Natural in Stone

This past January, Maryanne Van Dyke opened Natural Stone Accents in Rogers’ Van Dyke Center. She imports slate, quartzite, travertine, marble and granite from Italy, Brazil, Turkey, Greece and Mexico….

Hunting in France

Traipsing across the French countryside this past June, Renée Hunt was sort of a roving yard-saler, sniffing out bargains like a pig uprooting truffles. She returned to Fayetteville with a…

Seeking Female Faculty

University of Arkansas aims for gender equality Women comprised only 24 percent of the faculty at the University of Arkansas in 1998, compared with 30.1 percent nationally at public universities….

Northwest Arkansas Business Sector Sees Influx of Women

Local women are going into business for themselves in record numbers. Lance Sexton, center director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of Arkansas, says 45 percent of…

Jump-starting a New Port-a-Potty Business

Founder undeterred by rocky start, statewide expansion planned soon When it comes to women-owned businesses, Sharon Whelchel’s is decidedly unusual, for men or women. Whelchel, who lives in Rogers, is…

Northwest Health Attempts to Re-Stock it’s CEO Position

Greg Stock plans return to Louisiana’s Thibodaux hospital Greg K. Stock, Northwest Health System’s CEO since December 1997, is leaving in late September to return to his former job in…

Sparks Health System Merges Clinic with Hospital

The deal between Fort Smith’s Sparks Regional Medical Center and Holt-Krock Clinic is final. Sparks president Michael Helm announced on Aug. 2 the completion of the deal and the resulting…

School Rankings Unchanged on Business Journal’s List

Area’s public school districts maintain their positions; new institution added to college list The new school term is just days old for most Northwest Arkansas schools and most enrollment numbers…

Lemke Foods to Close After 53 Years

Doe’s plans to expand Fayetteville eatery, open for lunch; new brew pub faces further delays Lemke Foods Inc. of Rogers is closing its business, which began in February 1946. “It…

UAMS receives $2.9 million to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Lexicon cuts ribbon on new corporate headquarters

‘Freedom Truck’ to arrive in Fort Smith with its mobile history museum

AQ Chicken House to open July 4 in downtown Springdale