The prospects for stability and continued growth in Arkansas’ largest commercial real estate markets are good. In Northwest Arkansas, Steve Lane is optimistic. After all, what’s not to like? Lane, managing director of the Northwest Arkansas office of Colliers Arkansas,…
June 2021
- Construction/Real EstateJune 2021Magazine
Paranormal Activity: In Arkansas, The Residential Real Estate Market Is ‘Unprecedented’
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterSupply may be gaining a little ground on demand in the residential real estate industry. But across Arkansas, a seller’s market endures. One west Little Rock homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous with a mid-June closing date looming, received an…
- Construction/Real EstateJune 2021MagazineTourism
Buyer Lake: Arkansas Waterfront Properties Fetching Top Dollar
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAt the conclusion of a conversation during a recent weekday, Realtor® Amber Wilson reached for her phone, checking to see what she’d missed in her business over the last 15 minutes. “Four calls, two texts,” she said dryly. …
Most Admired Companies for 2021 as nominated by AMP readers Accounting firmBrown Rogers & Co. Brown Rogers & Co. LLC is a leading accounting firm located in Little Rock and providing personalized financial guidance to local individuals and businesses around…
- BusinessJune 2021MagazineManufacturingPoliticsRetail/restaurantsSmall business
Workin’ For A Livin’? Arkansas Business Owners Call Labor Situation Worst Ever
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaOn a recent weeknight, popular Little Rock-based burger restaurant Purple Cow is a hopping place, moreso behind the counter than in front of it. About a third of the tables are open, but there’s a 25-minute wait to be seated.…
- June 2021MagazineSports/Outdoors
Can Kevin Kelley Adapt His Successful System To College Ball?
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelGus Malzahn, for one, thinks the former PA coach can Over the course of 18 years at Pulaski Academy, Kevin Kelley coached numerous future Razorbacks like Hunter Henry, Hudson Henry and John David White. Kelley also strengthened ties to a few…
- June 2021MagazineMedia/MarketingTourism
For LR, A Post-pandemic Tourism Pick-me-up?
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterLRCVB’s Gretchen Hall hopes capital city can ride board-chair coattails The pandemic “rain delay” seemingly behind us, organizations like the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) are back on the field, warming up and preparing to resume the game…
- Finance & BankingJune 2021Magazine
Fertile Ground For Growth: Ash Flat Bank Expanding Its Footprint in Northeast Arkansas
While offering state-of-the-art technology at its new bank branch in Jonesboro, FNBC Bank is also employing some of the traditional amenities first used when it was chartered more than a century ago. The 5,800-square-foot branch building, located at Race Street…
People frustrated by lack of reliable, cost-effective broadband could be looking to the skies for help. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is just one of several companies seeking to provide broadband services from space with satellites. Conway Corp. Chief Technology Officer Jason…
- June 2021MagazineMedia/MarketingTechnology
Conway: A Model For Cities In Providing Reliable, Affordable Broadband
Access to reliable, high-speed internet is essential in today’s world. If people can’t afford broadband, or access is unreliable, it can have profound impacts on personal finances, education, health care, business productivity, even an informed electorate. Many newspapers now deliver…