It is a good time to live in Arkansas, as evidenced by how many people want to get there. While not registering the eye-popping numbers of South Carolina or Arizona, the Natural State is firmly in the middle of the …
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The Chain Keeps Us Together: NWA Looking Like ‘Silicon Valley’ of Logistics
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterThe term “Silicon Valley” is often credited to a writer who used the term in a January 1971 article published in the former trade newspaper, Electronic News. The writer, Don Hoefler, had heard the term used in a meeting with …
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Splash Car Wash Expands, Appoints Rogers as CFO
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas-based Splash Car Wash, a family-owned business, recently revealed significant growth in Northwest Arkansas with four new locations and the appointment of Kathryn Rogers as chief financial officer (CFO). Splash Car Wash is set to open new facilities in Fayetteville, …
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Good Problem to Have: NWA Market Reflects Growth; Central Arkansas Steady
Call it a good problem to have, but people continue pouring into northwest Arkansas to the tune of 30 people per day on average, and the commercial real estate market reflects as much. “The commercial real estate market in northwest …
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Spotlight on Small Business: Millie’s Luxury Wall Hangings
A typical 9-to-5 occupation is not for everyone, and Emily Joyce, owner of Millie’s Luxury Wall Hangings, knew from an early age that she was not destined for an office job. A self-described “serial entrepreneur,” she started her first business …
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First-Ever Arkansas Latino Business Award Winners
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffOn Thursday, Sept. 28, the inaugural Arkansas Latino Business Awards were presented at an awards dinner at the Clinton Presidential Center. Hosted by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, Arkansas Business Navigator and Conexion de Negocios Latinos, the …
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Crowded Corner: Does a Boom Mean Bust for Farmers in the Northwest Arkansas? Part 2
by AMP Staffby AMP Staffby Rob Anderson | Photos by Caleb Talley Being Neighborly “I try to be a good neighbor, but when you come upon a stranger in your chicken houses, you tend to get a little defensive,” says Bob Shofner, a rancher …
The late Sam Walton was 65 years old when he kept his promise to dance on Wall Street if Walmart made a pre-tax net profit of 8 percent. An AP photographer took this photograph on March 15, 1984. October 24, …
