Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority
Manning the Fort: Chaffee Crossing Hopes to Build on Record Year
As Fort Smith moves into the future, it is relying on its strong and significant ties to its past. read more >
by Marty Cook -
$30M Movie Studio Planned for Chaffee Crossing
The complex will total 92,000 SF and will include six sound stages. read more >
Panel: Planning Key to Meeting Arkansas’ Infrastructure Needs
Many of Arkansas’ current infrastructure projects require long-term plans that can be modified as needed, four industry professionals said during the “RechARge Arkansas: Regional Infrastructure Update” webinar. read more >
Lack of Funding Continues To Sideline Interstate 49
A lack of funding continues to hinder the completion of Interstate 49, a highway seen as a boon to economic development in western Arkansas. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Money for Arkansas River Bridge Is Fort Smith’s Missing Link
A key component of the massive I-49 project in western Arkansas is a 13.7-mile stretch near Fort Smith that includes a bridge over the Arkansas River. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Chaffee Crossing Continues Growth in Fort Smith
While it seems today that Chaffee Crossing is one of those blessed developments that seems to fall into one handsome deal after another, Ivy Owen, the executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority in Fort Smith, remembers a much leaner time. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Investment, Jobs Buoy Fort Smith’s Chaffee Crossing
Chaffee Crossing, the 7,000-acre Army surplus property in Fort Smith, continues to be a popular development destination in its new civilian life, playing host to a spate of expansion and relocation announcements during the past year. read more >
by Marty Cook -
2 New Osteopathic Med Schools Hope to Fill Need
Groundwork has already started on the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education in Fort Smith, which will include a 100,000-SF main building and several other buildings with an expected price tag of approximately $32 million. Arkansas State University at Jonesboro is building a College of Osteopathic Medicine with its partner, the New York Institute of Technology. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Kenneth Heiles Named Dean of Proposed Fort Smith Osteopathic Medical School
The proposed osteopathic medical school in Fort Smith now has a dean. Kenneth A. Heiles was named dean of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and the proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith. read more >
by Lee Hogan -
Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith Continues to Attract Projects
A drive through the intersection of Zero Street and Massard Road in Fort Smith illustrates what a popular spot for local businesses the area has become. A bank, a shopping center and a mini-storage complex are among the enterprises that have set up shop near where the two streets meet. read more >
by Chris Bahn -
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