Philip Taldo
Infrastructure Deal Finally Gets Done
The windfall is expected to provide $3.6 billion for Arkansas roads and $278 million for bridge repair and replacement. read more >
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Put Money on Roads, Arkansans Urge Biden
In today’s political climate, even seemingly bipartisan issues like addressing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure can bog down quickly. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Taldo Laughs Last
Philip Taldo enjoyed a deep chuckle recalling a conversation he had with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson a few years ago. read more >
ArDOT Wins Long-Term Cash, Plots New I-30 Funding Path
The Arkansas Supreme Court may have handed the Arkansas Department of Transportation a loss in October, but the agency isn’t licking any wounds. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Road Funding in Arkansas Still Elusive
Gov. Asa Hutchinson sees highway funding as a priority when the state’s next legislative session opens in January. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Increasing Arkansas’ Speed Limit Up for Debate
Arkansans have more than a month to tell the state’s Department of Transportation what they think of increasing the highway speed limit. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Road Fix Up to Voters? ‘Well, Maybe’
Scott Bennett, director of the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department, says the state needs to double its current annual funding of $400 million to properly take care of its transportation needs. read more >
by Marty Cook -
No Splitting Hairs Over Philip Taldo’s Choice of Venue for Highway Oath
Philip Taldo is a Springdale man through and through so it shouldn’t have surprised anyone he took the Arkansas Highway Commission oath of office in a downtown barbershop. read more >
Taldo Talks Turnaround in Tuscany
Springdale real estate developer Philip Taldo had bad timing with his first foray in the Tuscany subdivision on Har-Ber Avenue in west Springdale. read more >
Philip Taldo Says Private Development Fuels Springdale’s Revitalization
Philip Taldo, the co-owner of Weichert Realtors-The Griffin Co. and president of One Springdale, a development company, and Partners Construction, talks to Arkansas Business about efforts to revitalize downtown Springdale, a city to which he has strong ties. read more >
Watson Furniture Gets New Lease on Life (NWA Real Deals)
Philip Taldo has had a busy, happy month. Top on his list is his purchase of Watson Furniture Store on Main Street in downtown Springdale. Taldo, a Springdale real estate agent, paid $250,000 for the two-story, 10,720-SF building that he remembers fondly as the place his father started working at in 1951. read more >
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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 >
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Colleges See Need For Northwest Arkansas Outposts
As Northwest Arkansas has grown, so too have the post-secondary offerings in Benton and Washington counties. While the University of Arkansas enrollment topping 24,500 has been well publicized, other schools in the region are growing as well. read more >
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