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Update: Ed’s Custom Bakery Says It Will Reopen in Conway

Ed’s Custom Bakery, a longtime and popular bakery in Conway, has shut its doors but will reopen next week under new management. read more >
Charlotte Jones Anderson
Business Services / Small Business

Dallas Cowboys Executive to Speak at North Little Rock Chamber Banquet

Dallas Cowboys executive Charlotte Jones Anderson will speak at the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce's 31st Annual Banquet on Thursday, March 10 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. read more >
A Movie Tavern in Covington, Louisiana.
Construction / Investments / Media & Marketing

Investor Group Paid $12.4M for Gateway Property

The total purchase price for the approximately 54 acres around the Outlets of Little Rock and Bass Pro Shops in southwest Little Rock was about $12.4 million read more >
Margaret McEntire at Lost Forty Brewing.
Construction / Investments / Manufacturing

East Little Rock’s ‘Innovation Alley’ Drawing Grit, Funk Lovers

Margaret McEntire has found herself in the midst of a second redevelopment wave in downtown Little Rock. A player on the River Market scene since 1999, McEntire is now hosting change instead of making it happen. read more >
An aerial view of the area being branded as the Financial Quarter. 
Business Services / Construction / Media & Marketing

StudioMAIN Developing LR Financial Quarter

Aiming to help downtown revitalization reach its true potential, a nonprofit group called StudioMAIN has unveiled plans to market an area of downtown it’s calling the Financial Quarter. read more >
Health Care

Baptist Health Closing Kidney Transplant Program

Baptist Health of Little Rock is closing its kidney transplant program in about 90 days, citing declining volume and fewer available organs. read more >
Pulaski Technical College Fine & Performing Arts/Humanities Building
Construction / Education

Pulaski Technical College to Unveil New $30M Facility

Pulaski Technical College will celebrate the completion of its new $30 million Center for Humanities and the Arts with a public grand opening celebration at 2 p.m. Tuesday at its main campus. read more >
A Movie Tavern in Covington, Louisiana.
Restaurants & Food / Retail / Tourism

Developers Say Movie Tavern Is Coming to Gateway Town Center

Developers of the Gateway Town Center in Little Rock said Wednesday that Movie Tavern, a dine-in movie theater chain, is planning a new theater at the shopping center. read more >
A rendering of what part of The Grove at Gateway Town Center may look like. 
Construction / Real Estate / Restaurants & Food

New Owners to Develop The Grove Near Outlets of Little Rock

A private investor group has purchased about 54 acres surrounding the Outlets of Little Rock and Bass Pro Shops in southwest Little Rock, aiming to continue its development as a key entertainment district. read more >
Paul Latture
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Government & Politics

Little Rock Chamber Appoints Paul Latture as VP

The Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that Paul Latture will begin work immediately as vice president of economic development as well as executive director of the Metro Little Rock Alliance. read more >
John Rogers, a booking photo from Dec. 3, 2015.
Legal

Judge Takes No Action in Civil Contempt Case Against John Rogers

Civil contempt proceedings against John Rogers were put on hold this morning in Pulaski County Circuit Court. But the judge did give the green light to the sale of the famed Charles Conlon Collection of glass-plate negatives. read more >
A rendering of the planned kitchen area in the Technology Park.
Business Services / Construction / Government & Politics

Tech Park Readying for Tenants, Potential Fall Opening

The Little Rock Technology Park is expected to begin filling up as soon as it opens, which Director Brent Birch thinks could happen by November. read more >
ATA International Global Headquarters construction progress as seen from Brookwood Drive. 
Construction / Tourism

$13M ATA Headquarters Marks Construction Milestone

ATA International on Wednesday celebrated a topping off ceremony for its new, $13 million global headquarters at 1800 Riverfront Drive in Little Rock. read more >
From left: Ben Noble, Matt DeCample, Cyrene Quiamco, Jillian Hicks, Lauren Waldrip and Grant Tennille. 
Business Services / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Tennille, DeCample and Noble Form Aarch Communications

A former executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission joined Aarch Communications of Little Rock, a new partnership offering strategic communications services. read more >
In 2014, MedExpress opened four centers in Arkansas and expects to open facilities in Fort Smith and Russellville this year and possibly more.
Health Care

MedExpress Adds More Central Arkansas Urgent Care Sites

Urgent care chain MedExpress of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is continuing to add sites in central Arkansas, opening stores in Cabot, North Little Rock and Little Rock. read more >
A Natural Grocers storefront. The company plans to open a new store in Jonesboro next year. 
Construction / Real Estate / Restaurants & Food

Natural Grocers to Open in Little Rock

Publicly traded Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. of Lakewood, Colorado, is entering the Little Rock grocery market for the first time, opening a Natural Grocers store Jan. 19 at 9210 Rodney Parham Road. read more >
Members of the Ghidotti team: (from left) Kila Owens, Lindsey Horton, Natalie Ghidotti and Mary Hargraves.
Business Services / Media & Marketing / Small Business

Ghidotti Communications Ends ERI Partnership, Moves to Regions Center

Ghidotti Communications of Little Rock has ended its strategic partnership with advertising agency Eric Rob & Isaac and opened new offices on the 29th floor of the Regions Bank Center, Natalie Ghidotti said Tuesday. read more >
Mountain View Apartments in Fayetteville
Real Estate

Rental Prices Increase in Little Rock, Decline in Fayetteville

Average rental prices are increasing in Little Rock but decreasing in Fayetteville, according to the Apartment List National Rent Report from Rentonomics. read more >
Eliza Borne
Media & Marketing / Nonprofits / Small Business

A Look at the ‘Life Changing’ Oxford American with Editor Eliza Borné

The Oxford American has made its hay telling stories of the South, and it'll continue to do so under the watch of new editor Eliza Borné. The 29-year-old Little Rock native talks to Arkansas Business. read more >
Troy Wells
Health Care

Baptist Health to Open Urgent Care Centers in North Little Rock, Bryant

With the opening of two new urgent care centers in North Little Rock and Bryant, Baptist Health is continuing to expand access to health care and change how that care is delivered. read more >