Tag: Industries

Upscale Trappings Make Statement

Businesses break out checkbooks, turn to designers, to make the right statement with their workplace.

Customers Crave Original Products

Designers and furnishings dealers like Glenda Milam in Springdale said home and office owners are looking for originality in the pieces they are purchasing, even if that means country-French is on the way out.

Emelia?s Kitchens Gets 5 Stars (Business Lunch)

Emelia?s Kitchen receives a rare five-star review from the Business Journal?s critics.

Edwards Builds Brookhaven (Real Deals)

Edwards Design and Construction Inc. of Springdale recently bought 50 building permits valued at a combined $25 million to construct 472 apartment units off Powell Street in Springdale.

Recruitment Tool Tightens Up

Land scarcity and costs in Northwest Arkansas are causing significant shrinkage in public industrial park space, local economic development leaders said.

Nexstar Goes Northwest With KNWA Change

On Aug. 13, Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas, changed the call letters and concept for its Northwest Arkansas station from that NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA-TV, to KNWA.

Journalist Turned Author Tries Self Publishing Twist

Mike Rodman, who has written for newspapers since 1975 including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Northwest Arkansas Times, has launched a new Web site designed to sell his new novel author-direct.

Morning News Headline Says Pubic Shaming O.K.

Morning News headline gaff is amusing, and a display ad in the Aug. 15 issue of The Morning News seemed targeted at Springdale.

Fayetteville to Get Stadium Seating

Plans for a 17-screen stadium-seating movie theater in Fayetteville are still in the works, but it may take a little while because two theater companies have decided to make it a joint project.

USA Drug Heads for Evelyn Hills

Pine Bluff-based USA Drug filed paperwork with the Fayetteville Planning Office in mid-August saying it wants to build a 3,500-SF store in the northwest corner of the parking lot of Evelyn Hills shopping center.

Passion Play CEO Departs

Joseph Gies, CEO of the Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, has left the organization.

Another Bank Looks at Northwest Arkansas Market

BancorpSouth Bank of Tupelo, Miss., is the latest in a series of institutions bent on joining the Northwest Arkansas party.

Beta Rubicon Scores Coup With Chicago Technology Deal

Beta Rubicon Inc. is on a roll with a new COO and a deal to provide technology assessments for the Chicago Technology Park.

Web Site Gives Ratings For ‘Hot’ Local Teachers

A Web site we found, www.ratemyprofessors.com, provides student ratings for college professors including teachers in Northwest Arkansas.

Telecom Titan Launches Hispanic Site

Alex Martinez, president and CEI of NorthwestArkansasOnline.com , has launched a new telecommunications services Web site that markets directly to Hispanics.

Largest Office Furniture/Equipment Providers

National Home Centers tops the list of largest office furniture/equipment providers.

Two New Restaurants Planned for CMN

Mike Stennett plans to buy 1.1 acres of land from Macerich Co. to build a 4,180-SF Steak n Shake restaurant in Fayetteville between the McDonald?s on Joyce Boulevard and the Northwest Arkansas Mall.

Walker to Build New Noodles

Kirby Walker plans to build a 7,500-SF restaurant on a 7.5-acre lot in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park to serve as a new Noodles Italian Kitchen restaurant.

Hog Haus Owners To Lease Brew Pub Building

Common Grounds owners Julie Sill said she and Kari Larson will lease the two-story, 11,000-SF building that previously housed Ozark Brewing Co. on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street.

Benton County DU Wins National Award

Benton County Chapter of Duck?s Unlimited wins Wings of Innovation Award for fund-raising.

Steve Kueter appointed to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Oobotic to open facility in Melbourne

Fayetteville establishes new parental leave policy for city staff

$6 billion in transportation infrastructure needed to accommodate NWA growth