Truth be told, Mickey’s Cakes and Sweets isn’t the easiest place to find on the first try. Tucked well into a faceless mini mall along Rodney Parham Road, many a new customer has had to circle the parking lot a…
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For a small, rural state, Arkansas continues to punch above its weight class in many areas of industry. And technology is an area in which Arkansas has made its mark. From startup ecosystems centered around Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas…
- CultureFebruary 2021MagazineTransportation
Memory Fast Lane: Enabled by Disposable Income, Car Enthusiasts Realizing Dreams of Youth
They’re out there driving the curvy rural roads of Arkansas in Corvettes, Mustangs, Cameros, Porsches and other classic cars, adults recapturing their childhood memories and living youngsters’ fantasies. Hundreds of Arkansans — mostly businessmen and retired professionals with expendable income…
- February 2021MagazineSports/Outdoors
Paid to Lose? An Arkansas-centric Analysis of College Football’s Obscenely Large Buyouts
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelHunter Yurachek did the reasonable thing. In November 2019, with the Razorbacks embarking on yet another coaching search, Arkansas’ athletic director was ready to bring some common sense back into an industry seemingly growing out of control. Firings in the…
- BusinessCultureFebruary 2021Magazine
Tontitown, Arkansas: That’s Amoré!
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaHalfway through the telephone interview, Heather Ranalli-Peachee begs the reporter’s indulgence. She’s minding the store at Tontitown Winery, a venture she and her husband launched a few years back, and a customer has just come in. Ranalli-Peachee steps away from…
With Black History Month upon us, and after a turbulent year that forced the nation to address lingering racial tension, there’s no better time to shine a light on Black-owned businesses in Arkansas. In the following section, Arkansas Money &…