Windgate Fuels Boom In Building for the Arts 
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Jan Cottingham is from western Arkansas and is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway. She's always wanted to be a journalist and pretty much always has been, with one detour into the nonprofit world: editing Heifer International's magazine and serving as communications liaison for Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya.
The Windgate Foundation is transforming arts education in Arkansas one building at a time. read more >
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the value of the biggest deals in Arkansas last year jumped 157%, from $7.9 billion in 2019 to $20.3 billion in 2020, pushed largely by Walmart's sales of stakes in two subsidiaries, Asda Group and Seiyu. read more >
Grandon Kidd, owner of Pasta J's in Bryant, discusses how his small business survived hardships from a lawsuit to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic sent hospitality tax collections in Arkansas plummeting last year, and the blow to some tourism bureaus in the state, which rely on the taxes for revenue, was even worse than those figures show. read more >
Last year was a difficult one for many businesses, but not for Arkitchen Commercial Kitchen of Little Rock, operated and co-owned by Jon Lamb. read more >
Charles Joseph "Joe" Giroir Jr., a prominent Little Rock attorney who was one of Arkansas' first securities lawyers, died Friday, one day shy of his 82nd birthday. read more >
Carmen Portillo makes and sells an appealing product — chocolate — and has an appealing story — she considers herself an artist whose medium is chocolate. read more >
Mark Abernathy has been in the restaurant business for 50 years but never, he says, has he faced a time like the present: “This is the most unstable, unpredictable situation I've ever seen.” read more >
Restaurants have turned to technology to help them adapt and survive during the pandemic, and Staley Technologies of Little Rock has been right there with them. read more >
Fried chicken may be the ultimate comfort food. And we all need comfort now more than ever. read more >
