Hillcrest Farmers Market

The church has formed Hillcrest Commons, a nonprofit entity, to take ownership of the church property. read more >

Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Hillcrest may be adapted for a market and artist colony. read more >

Jill McDonald and Wendy Schay grew The Croissanterie from a food truck to two brick-and-mortar locations in under four years, thanks to hard work, good timing, and support. read more >

Co-owner Sally Mengel likes to think Loblolly won over hearts and mouths as a hometown business making high-quality products from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. read more >

Nathaniel Izard, who’s been selling his chocolate at the Hillcrest Farmers Market since last year, has opened up a storefront at 623 Beechwood St. in Hillcrest across from Kroger. There he sells truffles and caramels in addition to his 2.8-ounce bars. read more >

Farmers markets have mushroomed in Arkansas in the last couple of decades. "The whole buying local concept was just starting to take off," says Zachary Taylor of the Arkansas Agriculture Department. "Now, it’s really grown by leaps and bounds." read more >