The ongoing transformation of the reimagined Arkansas Arts Center in downtown Little Rock, for which $128 million is being raised, will make it bigger and better, and according to Executive Director Victoria Ramirez, establish the museum as a true regional…
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November 2020
We’ve been proud to feature many of the state’s most prominent businesses in Arkansas Money & Politics. These businesses represent the entire spectrum of industry in Arkansas, from local restaurants to trucking companies. AMP asked its reader to nominate those…
- BusinessConstruction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020
Into the Woods: Despite Construction Challenges, Cypress Social Redefines Central Arkansas Dining
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaPhotos by Brent Walker Leading a tour through the gorgeous Cypress Social, restaurateur Jim Keet looks at the understated elegance of his latest creation as if seeing it for the first time. He smiles. “My sons hate it when I…
- BusinessMagazineNovember 2020Technology
Winds of Change: Windstream Enters New Chapter Leaner, Wiser
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain Hebda“What exactly is it that you guys do, anyway?” That question — or some variant of it — is something with which Tony Thomas has become very familiar during his six years as president and CEO of Windstream Communications, and…
- Construction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020
A New Chapter: Fayetteville Library Expansion Nearing Completion
Photography and renderings provided. When David Johnson became the director of the Fayetteville Public Library in 2012, he did not expect to be overseeing a major expansion. “The previous director told me, ‘The next library director is going to have…
- BusinessConstruction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020Transportation
Engineering: Jerry Holder of Garver: ‘Don’t Build It, and They Won’t Come’
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterArkansans know Garver as the elite engineering firm based just downriver from the base of the Interstate 430 bridge in North Little Rock. But the 100-year-old firm is known far beyond the state’s borders. It employs almost 800 throughout 34…
- BusinessConstruction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020
Construction: John Teeter of C.R. Crawford: Growing Right Along with a Region
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterFayetteville’s C.R. Crawford Construction Co. does business across all of Arkansas, but its home region of Northwest Arkansas represents the firm’s bread and butter. And the numerous C.R. Crawford signs on job sites throughout the region are testament to the…
- BusinessConstruction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020
Architecture: Bram Keahey of Taggart Architects: Pent-up Plans Ready to Rebound Post-Pandemic
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterNorth Little Rock’s downtown Argenta district is thriving, pandemic be darned, and hometown Taggart Architects is a big part of its recent renaissance. A building boom of roughly $65 million in construction projects tied to the new Argenta Plaza, though…
- CultureMagazineNovember 2020Tourism
A Fair to Remember: How Pigs and Pageants Saved the 2020 Arkansas State Fair
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaHuck Plyler of Hope, age 10, already walks and looks like a seasoned cattleman, right down to the squint. He’s come to the Arkansas State Fair to show rabbits and steers, and it’s not his first time in the show…
- Construction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020Transportation
For Public Agencies, ‘P3’ Could Equal $$$: 2020 Legislation a Potential Vehicle for Funding State Construction Projects
Colorado used it to fund a $1.3 billion expansion of Interstate 70 in Denver. Texas used it for the $2.9 billion Grand Parkway in Houston. And Ohio State University used it to improve energy management and sustainability. All these projects…