With seven city projects ranging from a downtown performing arts center to an innovation space for startup businesses, Conway is looking toward the future and planning accordingly.

The past year has ushered in plenty of new faces for prominent Conway offices. The University of Central Arkansas welcomed a new president, Conway Corp introduced a new CEO and the city of Conway elected a new mayor. Let us make the introductions easier with brief bios of Conway’s newest movers and shakers.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and CHI St. Vincent announce a three-year, two-part initiative to combat a statewide shortage of nurses

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has undergone updates including a new entrance, elevator tower and a pedestrian bridge on the north side of the museum.

Dillard’s Inc. of Little Rock Chairman and CEO William T. Dillard II will receive an honorary degree this spring from the University of Arkansas.

The conference space at Arkansas Children’s Northwest will be named in honor of the Biggs family and PSI.

Arkansas Children’s Northwest received two more grants to support construction.

State and local officials will dedicate a new sculpture commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase survey at 10 a.m. Monday in front of the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.

Ryan Hamra, owner of the Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Little Rock, is opening his second location in the Lyon Building downtown at 410 W. Capitol Ave.

The Museum of Discovery said last week that its Girls in STEM program will serve more girls in 2017 and expand to Jonesboro and Pine Bluff thanks to grants from Walmart, Best Buy and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas.

Former Gov. Mike Beebe will be the keynote speaker for the second Under 40 Forum, scheduled for March 2-3 at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton.

Tommy Keet, owner of Little Rock’s I Love Juice Bar, opens a new sandwich concept in Midtown.

The Arkansas Children’s Northwest hospital is less than a year away from opening, and its chief administrator says construction remains on schedule, in part due to mild winter weather.

Joanie and Jon Dyer are giving $1 million to the construction of Arkansas Children’s Northwest, a gift inspired by the care their grandson received at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

Rev. Cornell Maltbia, pastor and founder of True Holiness Saints Center in Conway, is the newly appointed chairman of the board of directors for Conway Regional Health System.

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Member of former Gov. Bill Clinton’s staff and head of Department of Arkansas Heritage … First Arkansas director of Nature Conservancy field office … former vice president of public affairs at Entergy Corporation, managing foundations, grants and volunteer service … volunteer and member of more than 45 nonprofit and governmental agency advisory boards during nearly 40 years of service … Two-time chair of the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission.

Historic preservationist … past or current member of several boards and commissions including chair of the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council and founding board member of the Arkansas Main Street Program … first female board member of Arkansas Power & Light (Entergy Arkansas) … Chairman of the development committee of the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Delta … As Community Development Consultant with Southern Bancorp Community Partners and chair of the Helena Advertising & Promotion Commission, Cunningham led the development and implementation of the Civil War Helena project.