East Harding Construction
First Community Bank of Batesville Names 4 to Board of Directors, NWA Market (Movers & Shakers)
The board will oversee the growth of the bank in northwest Arkansas. read more >
New LR Brewery Called ‘Passion Project’
Brent and Tracy Cryder are seeking a permit for their planned Southern Tail Brewing at 900 E. Ninth St. in Little Rock. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
East Harding Adds 2 (Movers & Shakers)
Jake Honeycutt and Will Martin have joined the construction firm. read more >
Cafe Prego Property Shows New Life
There appears to be some movement on the former Cafe Prego property at 5510 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock. read more >
Cybersecurity Firm Catches Eye of Bob East
There’s a new cybersecurity and information technology company in town, Sullivan Wright Technologies, backed by none other than Bob East. read more >
Pine Bluff Gets a Sprucing Up
Led by the Saracen Casino Resort, which has a construction value of $215 million, Pine Bluff is seeing growth across the city unlike any in recent years. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Sun Rises on Bob East’s New Investment
Bob East says he has acquired a 25% interest in Delta Solar, the 3-year-old company formerly known as Delta SunEnergy, and is now its chairman. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Phillips County Looks to Sun for Future
More than $8.5 million of new and pending utility improvement projects are underway in and around Helena-West Helena. Pieces of the infrastructure puzzle are moving into place to enhance local economic prospects as well as industrial recruitment. read more >
by George Waldon -
East Harding Construction Succeeds at Succession Plan
East Harding Construction has completed a 10-year buyout plan making Van Tilbury the sole owner, and executives are sharing how they went about it. read more >
Tilbury to Top Off 10-Year Buyout of East Harding
Van Tilbury, the president and CEO, confirmed last week that he’ll be making just two more monthly payments on the stock buyout of Bob East and Tom Harding that he started in November 2009 to become the sole owner of East Harding Construction. read more >
Galley Support’s Gina Radke Gets Industry Nod (Movers & Shakers)
Gina Radke was recognized as among the Top 40 Under 40 in Business Aviation for 2018 by the National Business Aviation Association in Washington. read more >
Pine Bluff’s Hotel Pines Undergoing a Transformation
Some people view a derelict hotel and see what has been lost. Others possess a different kind of vision: They see beyond what was lost to what remains and what can be again. Stuart Hee and his partners in the nonprofit Pine Bluff Rising are in the latter camp. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
East Harding’s Donna Clark Begins New Role at Springdale Branch (NWA Movers & Shakers)
Donna Clark has been promoted to senior project manager/senior estimator in the Springdale office of East Harding Construction of Little Rock. Clark has also been selected for the Leadership Fayetteville class for 2017-18. read more >
Zombies Beware: Pine Bluff Is Rising
A growing army of developers and investors are on a mission of revitalization for the city of Pine Bluff. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Polk Stanley Wilcox Receives National Award for Library Design
Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects' design of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library and Learning Center in Little Rock has been honored in the American Institute of Steel Construction’s annual awards. read more >
East Harding Construction Promotes Two (Movers & Shakers)
Shawn Carroll has been promoted to senior vice president of operations at East Harding Construction in Little Rock, and Nathan Kerr has been promoted to manager of field operations. read more >
Tech Park Closes on Phase 1 Properties
Renovation for the first phase of the planned Little Rock Technology Park is expected to begin in April after tech park board members on Monday signed closing documents to purchase properties along Main Street. read more >
by Mark Carter -
Tech Park Moving From Concept to Physical Reality
Having recently cleared its last property acquisition hurdle for phase one of the $100 million project, the Little Rock Technology Park Authority board now has full architect renderings in hand. read more >
by Mark Carter -
Office Space Filling Up in New Bentonville Building
Craig Soos plans to open his new office building in Bentonville at the start of the new year. It should be close to capacity the way things are looking. read more >
AIA Honor Award: CALS Children’s Library
A new Children’s Library and Learning Center is based on experiential learning, where children are educated through hands-on activities that teach life skills needed to become responsible adults. read more >
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