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Building Legacies: The Jones Center for Families Thrives 20 Years On

Bernice Jones’ dream of an all-welcoming community center is alive and well in Springdale two decades after the philanthropist’s death. read more >
Jones Center CEO Ed Clifford at the 2016 Arkansas Business of the Year award ceremony. 
Nonprofits

Ed Clifford to Step Down as Jones Center CEO

He's led the center in downtown Springdale since 2012. read more >

Arkansas Business Power List 2016: Nonprofits

A nonprofits resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Trail Boosts Springdale’s Downtown Effort

The city of Springdale’s master plan calling for rejuvenating its downtown is estimated to be about $20.5 million in improvements, coinciding with the opening of the Razorback Greenway trail later this year. read more >
Ed Clifford, CEO of The Jones Trust and The Jones Center, says Friday's $20 million donation and the $30 million endowment goal will allow the center to remain full-service for seven days a week.
Education / Nonprofits / Tourism

Walton Family, Care Foundations Pledge $20M to Jones Center

A pair of $10 million contributions from the Walton Family Foundation and Care Foundation will serve as lead gifts in a $30 million campaign for the Jones Trust and Jones Center in Springdale. read more >
Ironically, the presence of bargain-priced Wal-Mart in northwest Arkansas supercharged population growth and the development of decidedly upscale shopping destinations like Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers.

Influx of Workers Transforms Northwest Arkansas

From highways to airports, from homes to banks, from dining to the arts, the Wal-Mart presence is felt mightily in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area anchored by the three cities plus Wal-Mart’s home in Bentonville. read more >
Public Companies / Retail

Wal-Mart: Sam Walton’s Ideas Reshaped Retailing Industry

Whether the Wal-Mart phenomenon could have developed anywhere else is an unanswerable question. But the reason why it happened is simple: Back in 1950, Sam Walton thought Bentonville would be a good place to raise a family and operate a business. (Part of Arkansas Business' 20th anniversary issue.) read more >