Tag: tourism

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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.

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Featherfest Changes Tune

Springdale is planning to move its annual FeatherFest celebration to a weekend in late May or early June after two years of April rains washing out the festival.

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Passion Plays on U.S. Economy

Joe Gies, CEO of the nonprofit Elna M. Smith Foundation Inc., said the Great Passion Play is considered the second-largest tourist attraction in the natural state ranked only behind Magic Mountain in Hot Springs.