Tag: Nonprofits

Holiday Shopping Looks Strong (Jeff Hankins Commentary)

Arkansas economic outlook promising for short term Holiday season and long term because of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.

Job Training Business Gears Up Customer Base

Fayetteville Shredding Co. has been developing quietly, but is ready to take on more customers. The not-for-profit operation and is wholly owned by Life Styles and serves area individuals with developmental disabilities.

Hospice Moves Toward Goal

The 4th annual Circle of Life Hospice Voyage event has so far raised $116,500, a 25 percent increase over last year?s tallies of about $93,250.

Vendors Enjoy Ice at Jones Center

About 10,000 skaters are scratching up the ice at the Jones Center for Families each month. And half or more of ice lovers are from Benton County.

Conservation Group Thanks Area Business Contributors

The Nature Conservancy?s Northwest Arkansas Corporate Council for Conservation lunch was held to inform the businesses that have contributed a combined $200,000 about the organization?s efforts in Northwest Arkansas and the rest of the state.

AHA Plans Inaugural Heart Walk in Siloam Springs

At least 10 of Siloam Springs? largest companies plan to field corporate teams for the city?s first American Heart Association Heart Walk.

Conference Sees Attendance Double

A record number of women packed in to attend the sixth annual Northwest Arkansas Business Women?s Conference.

Hook, Line and Thinker

Don Tyson’s billfishing passion has spawned creativity and conservation.

DU Donations Still Work for Arkansas

With Arkansas? waterfowl harvest on a downward glide, hunters in parts of the state have even taken shots at Ducks Unlimited Inc.

Passion Play CEO Departs

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

Benton County DU Wins National Award

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

Reality Check Starts Rebounds (John Harrison Newman Commentary)

John Harrison Newman writes about the benefits of facing one’s fears head on in business and in life.

St. Paul?s Church Buys Jerry?s Restaurant

Janice F. Bartholomew of Prairie Grove sold Jerry?s Restaurant at 241 College Ave. in Fayetteville to St. Paul?s Episcopal Church on July 13 for about $350,000, according to Washington County records.

Fund Raising Continues For Fayetteville Library

Ann Henry, chair of the capital campaign for the Fayetteville Public Library, sent a personal letter on July 10 to some 1,000 friends and patrons of the library asking for their help in an effort to build an endowment for the library.

Learning, Listening Spirit Shared by 2004 Honorees

Nearly every person profiled in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2004 list of 40-under-40 honorees shared the same trait ? a desire to continue learning.

StaffMark No. 1 on List of Executive Recruiters

StaffMark tops the list of northwest Arkansas’ largest executive recruiters.

D-G Flinches After Floyd Story Ruffles Flock (Ottakes Opinion)

The July 25 editorial in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette was an obvious attempt to win back readers who bailed because the newspaper had done a gutsy, accurate, Page 1 story about one of the most prominent religious leaders in Arkansas.

Wal-Mart Vendors Give Back to UA

More than 40 vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were represented July 16 at the eighth annual Vendors FORE Education Golf Tournament at Stonebridge Meadows Golf Club in Fayetteville.

Fort Town Gets ‘OK’ For Private Business

The Arkansas River Valley boasts eight of the 49 largest privately held companies in the six-county area. With their combined $1.24 billion in 2003 revenue, those firms bring in more money than the largest private concerns in any other area city.

CSA Calls VIPs To Vendorville

Cameron Smith runs the world’s largest executive search firm specializing in vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership

Connections: Yellow Rocket Concepts hosts gift card fundraiser

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10