Regions

Gathering No Sign of Retreat

The Bank of Elkins has made some clever moves in the past, so it’s not surprising that, when its directors gather, it’s a retreat of a different sort. The latest…

Bank Comparisons

“The Regional Economist,” a publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, recently compared banks of the Eighth Federal Reserve District with U.S. peer banks – commercial banks holding…

Law Firm Opens Fayetteville Office

Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, a Tulsa, Okla.-based law firm, has opened a Fayetteville office. William E. Bishop, James L. Harris and T. Craig Jones, the three lawyers…

Pel-Freez Clinical Systems, a division of Rogers-based Pel-Freez Inc., and The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust of London, England, have initiated a long-term strategic alliance for the development, production and…

The Nelson Group Moves To NWA

The Nelson Group Inc., a residential plan design services, has relocated its offices to Springdale from Conway to “better serve the growth of Northwest Arkansas,” says company owner Mike Nelson….

VanWinkles Purchase Home

Cathy and John VanWinkle recently purchased and are now operating the Blossom Hill Assisted Care Living Home in Johnson. Located on Hewitt Street, between U.S. Highway 71B and U.S. Highway…

Convention Center Fever Is Spreading in Northwest Arkansas

Fayetteville city officials are preparing for an Aug. 5 election on their proposal for a new exhibition hall. Private developers have begun work on new hotel and convention facilities in…

UA Scales Back

At least one planned facility has already been scaled back because the anticipated cost was too high. University of Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles says plans for an indoor practice…

Fayetteville Town Center

As for competition, Fayetteville officials say they compete every day with Springdale and other communities, including Hot Springs and Little Rock, that have meeting sites. The city does have the…

New Center in Bentonville

The one private developer who has jumped into the ring is Curry & Hobbs, a limited family partnership based in Fort Smith and a developer of hotels around the country….

Benton County Plans

Benton County officials have discussed the need for a civic center for years. Around 1990 or ’91, it was suggested that a convention-conference center was appropriate. “The problem was there…

Regionalism

Bretches says the Springdale center was built for the region. “We’ve positioned ourselves in alliance with and support of Northwest Arkansas. I mean, that’s how we market this complex,” he…

Cooper Communities Continues to Pioneer Land Development

John A. Cooper Sr. may have been one of those men who was ahead of his time. He was among the first in the nation to conceive planned communities. He…

Cooper Communities Restructuring

Cooper Communities Inc. is reorganizing its corporate structure. Since 1989, the company has operated under the principle of “geographically decentralized” management. The system leaves control of the company’s eight primary…

Underwood?s Jewelers

With an operating budget of about $1,000 and little inventory, Bill Underwood took the watch-making skills he learned in college and the gemology training he received in the Navy to…

Humble Beginnings

Underwood left the Navy and, using the G.I. Bill, went back to college at Oklahoma University (he already had a degree in horology – watch making). At that time, the…

The House That Fay Built

It wasn’t long before business picked up and Underwood was able to expand his lines and knowledge in the business. “I was the first gemologist in the state – but…

Voice And Video

It’s doubtful there are many Northwest Arkansas residents who don’t immediately recognize Underwood’s deep and distinctive voice. His radio and television commercials have been a fixture in the region for…

Striving To Be The Best

Setting the standards for profession is never easy, but its a goal Underwood says he has always kept in mind. Each year they travel abroad to purchase the finest gold…

Tangos Upscales, To Open Bar

‘Destina Moga, the owner of Tangos, at 31 E. Center St. in Fayetteville, changed the restaurant’s menu July 8 to upgrade the establishment and reflect the talents of her new…

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

NWA Council, Apprenticely to host startup hiring event in July