Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Peter recaps his SXSW experience

Austin music festival provides lessons for business and civic leaders in the Fort Smith region.

Supporter of downtown development bill promises return

A bill that would create a 20% tax credit for construction in a central business improvement district may be dead, but it will be resurrected in the 2010 or 2011…

UAFS names new Family Enterprise director

Dave Robertson is the new director of the Family Enterprise Center located in the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Robertson, who begins work April…

Global, national Whirlpool cuts continue

Whirlpool Corp. announced Tuesday (April 7) the closure of a washing machine factory in Shanghai, China, as part of a global effort to realign costs and production that has resulted…

Downtown development bill dies in Arkansas Senate

A bill that would create 20% tax credit for new construction and renovation in a central business improvement district was defeated Monday (April 6) in the Arkansas Senate committee on…

U.S. CEOs not optimistic

Business leaders paint a picture of continued economic contraction.

Greenwood High School report: Spirit at the Square

Editor’s note: The City Wire invited journalism students from Greenwood High School to obtain real-world reporting experience by researching, writing and contributing stories to The City Wire. story by Lauren…

Growing with a management team

Sometimes a small business owner grows to a point where future growth requires more human talent.

Intermodal, UAFS support found in General Improvement Fund

If the preliminary projects and figures are approved in Arkansas’ General Improvement Fund, the regional intermodal project could get $375,000 for planning and implementation. Also, the University of Arkansas at…

March Fort Smith enplanement figures improve

March may have brought an end to the big declines in enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport. March enplanements were 6,953, down just 3.8% compared to March 2008. More…

Sen. Lincoln to oppose card check

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., announced Monday she will not support the Employee Free Choice Act, a move that now makes it almost certain the pro-union legislation will not see…

Decline continues in new and existing area home prices

Average and median prices of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren markets dropped 6.8% and 2.2%, respectively, between Aug. 4 and April 6, according to figures from…

Fools rush in …

We briefly considered posting a few stories Wednesday (April 1) containing about three parts Silliness to every two parts Possible. Or some similar concoction of hybrid fiction. But these April…

I Said Extend, Not ExtenZe

Filing an extension is one of the easiest things to do with the IRS.

Young area artists exhibit more than 600 pieces

River Valley student art works celebrated Sunday with art show and awards ceremonies.

Booneville job gains, area housing decline part of weekly business news

The City Wire economic review for the week of Mar. 30 – April 3: REGIONAL/STATE• American Spirit Wear announced Mar. 31 it will locate a new production facility and about…

Former movie recruiter welcomes new Arkansas law

Janie Glover says it is about time Arkansas decided to get back in the game in terms of recruiting film and movie production to the state. Gov. Mike Beebe on…

Fort Smith sales taxes see decline

For the first time since 2003, the February sales tax report for the city of Fort Smith saw a decline when compared to February of the previous year. The city…

Baldor Proxy details share ownership, exec compensation

Most of the executive officers at Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric saw their 2008 compensation decline or stay relatively flat from 2007 levels, according to a Proxy statement filed Friday (April…