Just three months into 2022, AcreTrader is experiencing a record year for growth. The Fayetteville-based farmland investment company just received a $20 million investment from Drive Capital, the Ohio venture capital firm that has invested in more than 50 companies…
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April 2022
- April 2022MagazineTransportation
TAC Air’s High Flying Women: FBO Goes Against Industry Grain with Leadership Roles
Headquartered in Dallas but launched in Texarkana in 1964, TAC Air runs 16 aviation ground-service companies, including three in Arkansas — Fort Smith, Texarkana and Little Rock. Each fixed base operation (FBO) offers customized services such as ground handling, aircraft…
- April 2022Finance & BankingMagazine
No Days Off for FAB&T’s Wilson: From A Broom to the Board Room, Focus Has Always Been Community
Larry Wilson began his banking career pushing a broom. The regular janitor at what was then First Jacksonville Bank had to have surgery in the mid-1960s. The owner of the bank, Larry’s father, Kenneth Pat Wilson, recruited his son, who…
- April 2022MagazineTourismTransportation
Leisurely Recovery: Clinton National, XNA Seeing Bounce Back Led by Recreational Travel
After two years of pandemic havoc, people tired of being cooped up are ready to travel. The state’s two largest airports, located in Little Rock and Bentonville, are reporting major progress towards recovering the amount of passenger traffic seen before…
- April 2022MagazineSmall businessTransportation
Flying into the Sunset: Richard Holbert of Central Flying Service Bringing It In for a Landing
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAsk Richard Holbert what made sense about the decision to sell Little Rock aviation outfit Central Flying Service, and the second-generation president of the company responds with the folky candor for which he is well-known. “It makes sense, to me,…
- April 2022Finance & BankingHealth CareMagazineSmall business
Bankrolling an Industry: For Abaca, Medical Marijuana a Gateway to Opportunity
Arkansans have been under the influence of medical marijuana, legally, since 2016. In 2016, Arkansas voters approved the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment with 53 percent of the vote. The amendment to the state constitution allows patients who have a doctor’s…
- April 2022MagazinePoliticsReal estateTourism
The Digs of the Deal: Women Lead the Way at Arkansas Governor’s Mansion
One of the most prominent locations in Arkansas’ capital city — and a point of local pride — is the Arkansas’ Governor’s Mansion. Since its construction in 1950, the Governor’s Mansion has served as the home for many of Arkansas’s…
- April 2022MagazineSports/Outdoors
Raising the Bar: 2022 Hogs Bring Back Expectations of Old
by Doc Harperby Doc HarperExpectations are funny things. It seems like once they’re set, they should be locked in. If a certain level of success is expected at the onset of a campaign, meeting or exceeding that should be the goal. It’s a fairly…
- April 2022EducationEntrepreneurshipMagazineMedia/Marketing
UA, John Brown Teams Win Big at Governor’s Cup: Competition Prepares Future Entrepreneurs
by Emily Beirneby Emily BeirneFinalists in the 2022 Arkansas Governor’s Cup collegiate business-plan competition from Arkansas Capital Corporation prepared tirelessly for their big moment, brainstorming business ideas and working out the kinks in every detail. Finally, they got the chance to present their hard…
- April 2022EducationMagazineTechnology
Out Thinking The Brain: UA Physics Professor Pushing Neuromorphic Computing to Next Level
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffDiscovery Economics Imagine the office of a theoretical physicist. Most might conjure an image of a charmingly cluttered workspace, a desk littered in a moonscape of manilla folders and unfiled paperwork, walls festooned with pinned-up snapshots, Post-It notes and assorted…