UCA Fundraising Campaign Surpasses $100M Target
The campaign, which began silently in 2017 and went public in 2021, was bookended by major gifts from the Windgate Foundation. read more >
The campaign, which began silently in 2017 and went public in 2021, was bookended by major gifts from the Windgate Foundation. read more >
He co-founded the Conway institute in 2020. read more >
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale, setting the stage for operations to resume at Structurlam's 288,000-SF plant in Conway. read more >
The deal with publicly traded Mercer International includes its facility in Conway, which suspended operations in January. read more >
An increase in sales was offset by rising labor and production costs, among other challenges. read more >
The cancellation of the deal led Structurlam to suspend operations at its Conway facility, resulting in 144 workers being laid off. read more >
The company is seeking new clients after Walmart Inc. canceled an exclusive production agreement. read more >
Petersen comes to Hendrix from the University of Tulsa. She's set to become the college's second woman president. read more >
The company also reported the acquisition of California-based Kohana Coffee LLC, a move that will help it develop and distribute ready-to-drink products. read more >
Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway is the lead contractor on the project. read more >
The entrepreneurial support organization will host events and programming at the center as well as rent co-working space, desks and access to meeting rooms. read more >
Other Arkansas cities plan greenways of their own. read more >
Housing starts in the region hit a 14-year high. Meanwhile, affordability remained among the best in the nation, according to Metroplan. read more >
The group spent $39.6 million on houses it apparently plans to use as single-family rental properties. read more >
Little Rock landmark Uncle T's Deli Market will celebrate the grand opening of its second location Saturday in Conway, and the family behind the business aims to open five more in the next three years. read more >
The owners of Stoby's Restaurant, a fixture on the Conway restaurant scene since 1980, plan — at least as of Tuesday morning — to raze the building, heavily damaged by fire on Saturday, and rebuild at the same site. read more >
The Conway Corporation Board of Directors selected Brad Teague, the University of Central Arkansas athletic director, to serve a seven-year term with the board, which began on May 8, 2015. read more >
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has officially opened in Conway, and its owner is expecting big demand for its doughnuts. read more >
Fort Smith returned to the top of the Arkansas Tech University Business Index in September, and also led the way in the third-quarter rankings. read more >
With more than 75 percent of the vote on each question, Conway voters approved the rededication of a 1/8-cent sales tax for various road projects, including two tied to a proposed shopping and lifestyle center. read more >
