by - January 17, 2023 1:05 pm
Bentonville think-and-do tank Heartland Forward on Tuesday (Jan. 17) announced that chief program officer Angie Cooper had been promoted to executive vice president, effective Jan. 1. “Angie is a dynamic leader with…
by - May 12, 2022 7:33 pm
Political pundits are mentioning Gov. Asa Hutchinson with more regularity as a presidential candidate in 2024. Arkansas’ term-limited Republican governor is playing coy about a possible run for the White…
by - May 11, 2022 9:07 pm
Inside the downtown Bentonville event venue Record on Wednesday night (May 11), famed singer/songwriter and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams perhaps summed it best. “This is a very powerful room,” Williams said….
by - May 6, 2022 10:05 am
Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward’s flagship event kicks off next week. The two-day Heartland Summit (May 11-12) is invitation-only, but organizers also plan two community events to bring the conversations…
by - April 5, 2022 2:49 pm
Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward released Tuesday (April 5) the 2021 edition of its annual Most Dynamic Metropolitans report that shows the Northwest Arkansas metro remained at No. 21 from…
by - October 26, 2021 3:04 pm
A new report released Tuesday (Oct. 26) by Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward analyzes the entrepreneurial ecosystems of each state. It is not surprising that the coastal states win while…
by - September 29, 2021 11:58 am
Heartland Forward announced Wednesday (Sept. 29) that it is raising $4 million to support the expansion of a new idea accelerator program to 1,000 entrepreneurs by 2023. Heartland Forward’s new…
by - July 7, 2021 8:26 am
Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward released a report Wednesday (July 7) that offers guidance to Arkansas policymakers seeking to strengthen the state’s economic rebound and growth as it recovers from…
by - June 23, 2021 12:23 pm
Heartland Forward in Bentonville announced the hiring Wednesday (June 23) of a native Arkansan as the organization’s first full-time fundraiser. Paige Jernigan is the nonprofit’s new director of development. According…
by - October 28, 2020 2:24 pm
Ross DeVol said Northwest Arkansas’ economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic starts from a place of strength. But the region can’t afford to be complacent. “That type of [complacent] mindset…
by - July 30, 2020 3:32 pm
Opportunity in the U.S is not distributed equally. Residents in the nation’s Heartland know that all too well. That’s a key finding of new research published Thursday (July 30) by…
by - July 26, 2020 2:14 pm
Blake Woolsey of Fayetteville, formerly an executive vice president at Fayetteville public relations firm Mitchell, is now working in a communications role for Heartland Forward in Bentonville. Woolsey said she’s…
by - June 18, 2020 10:49 am
Bentonville think-and-do tank Heartland Forward on Thursday (June 18) named Angie Cooper chief program officer. The organization earlier this year named Cooper the executive director of its annual event, the…
by - February 18, 2020 10:58 am
Bentonville think-and-do tank Heartland Forward has hired former Walmart Inc. director Angie Cooper as the executive director of its annual event, the Heartland Summit. Cooper has worked in policy and…
by - January 30, 2020 8:04 am
The first U.S. think tank focused exclusively on the economic situation of the Heartland region has hired its first chief research officer. Heartland Forward, spearheaded by members of the Walton…
by - November 5, 2019 6:14 pm
Now we’re not just located in the Delta, but we’re also in the Heartland. Congress in 2000 created the Delta Regional Authority, the agency whose mission is to help improve…
by - November 4, 2019 3:35 pm
An economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis says a recession is coming, but it hasn’t manifested yet. Big picture-wise, in fact, the economy is in a pretty…
by - October 22, 2019 10:57 am
The first U.S. think tank focused exclusively on the economic situation of the Heartland region has officially launched in Bentonville. Heartland Forward, spearheaded by members of the Walton family and led…
