A Voice That Echoes ‘Wooo Pig’
Experience Fayetteville was looking for an “authentic voice” for two 30-second spots running on YouTube and the tourism agency’s online ad package. They landed a Razorback legend. read more >
Experience Fayetteville was looking for an “authentic voice” for two 30-second spots running on YouTube and the tourism agency’s online ad package. They landed a Razorback legend. read more >
Fayetteville voters approved a $226 million bond proposal, of which $31.7 million was designated for the development of the Cultural Arts Corridor along West Avenue in downtown Fayetteville. read more >
Molly Rawn said ticket sales are strong for the 2022 Walmart UCI Cyclocross World Championships, which will be held Jan. 29-30 at Centennial Park in Fayetteville. read more >
The Cyclocross World Championships in January puts Fayetteville’s cycling scene in top gear as an international cycling power. read more >
In cities that collect advertising and promotion taxes for tourism on hotel and restaurant receipts, the numbers talk. read more >
A major bike race organizer’s pullout from next year’s world cyclocross championships in Fayetteville made headlines as an example of the backlash Arkansas faces because of new legislation on transgender minors. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic sent hospitality tax collections in Arkansas plummeting last year, and the blow to some tourism bureaus in the state, which rely on the taxes for revenue, was even worse than those figures show. read more >
The Clinton House Museum has 15 months to find a new funding model after the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotions Commission voted 6-0 to end its funding on the facility at the end of the year. read more >
Outdoor drinks and dining have become commonplace in American downtowns, a trend pioneered in Arkansas by Little Rock, which initiated the River Market Entertainment District last summer. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has cost the Fayetteville Convention & Visitors Bureau at least $140,000. read more >
Before joining the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission as executive director in August, Molly Rawn was director of development and communications at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, where she led capital campaigns before overseeing fundraising, membership and PR. read more >
The Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission announced Friday that Molly Rawn has been hired as the new executive director, effective Aug. 8. read more >
Leaders of the Amazeum, a $21.5 million children's museum under construction in Bentonville, announced that the museum will open July 15 and that it has changed its name to the Scott Family Amazeum. read more >
The Amazeum, billed as an interactive children’s museum, isn’t scheduled to open until 2015, but after years of planning it is at least beginning to take physical shape. read more >
