Groundwork

The Natural State Housing Summit took place Oct. 2 at the Robinson Center in Little Rock, exploring how policy changes could help solve the affordable housing crisis. The event was hosted by Groundwork, an organization that initially focused on addressing …

Groundwork has launched a statewide expansion of its efforts to help Arkansas communities address housing shortages, modernize local policies and expand attainable housing options for working families. Launched in northwest Arkansas as an initiative of the Northwest Arkansas Council with …

Duke McLarty, executive director at Groundwork, has been appointed to the National Housing Crisis Task Force, a coalition dedicated to identifying and scaling the most promising innovations in housing production and preservation across the country. The task force aims to …

Groundwork, in partnership with Community Development Northwest Arkansas and Buffalo Builders, recently broke ground on the “Big Emma” attainable housing project in Springdale. The project, dubbed “Big Emma” by its planners, is a 77-unit mixed-income apartment development located on Emma …

Arkansas’s first-ever inaugural 3D-printed housing project has received the green light from the Rogers City Council, which approved selling an acre of land to the Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation for the development. The project is aimed at addressing housing affordability. …

Groundwork, a nonprofit organization established by Northwest Arkansas business legends such as Sam Walton, Don Tyson and J.B. Hunt, has announced its first investment in an attainable housing development to be constructed in Springdale. Supported by a $6.75 million grant …