The University District Development Corporation, based at UA Little Rock, recently received a $30,000 donation from the Cadence Bank Foundation (formerly BancorpSouth Bank Foundation) to help offset rising building costs for seven new houses being built within University District. The…
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McDaniel Named Development Director at Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance announced Thursday the promotion of Bobbi McDaniel to Development Director. McDaniel has been with the Alliance for three years working in development and with the SNAP Outreach team. She replaces Mary Bea Gross, who retired…
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Hot Springs to Dedicate Ruth Statue on Bambino’s Birthday
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe world’s third bronze statue of Babe Ruth will be dedicated on Ruth’s birthday next year, at the main entrance to Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex, where Ruth played in the early 20th Century. Majestic Park is a brand…
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UpStart Thrift Store Opening in Farmington to Support Entrepreneurship
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffNorthwest Arkansas nonprofit Startup Junkie Foundation is partnering with community volunteers and donors to launch a re-sell store to provide financial support to local small business owners. The store, dubbed UpStart Thrift, will be in a community southwest of Fayetteville,…
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Meyer Donates $50k to UALR Construction Management Students
One UA Little Rock alumnus has made the university’s annual Giving Day celebration extra special with the day’s largest donation of $50,000. Chris Meyer, president and CEO of James A. Rogers Excavating, Inc., made the donation on March 29 to…
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Fayetteville Public Library Receives $1M Gift, Asks Community to Help Complete Expansion
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Fayetteville Public Library Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation to help with the library’s ongoing expansion project. The library said its new teaching kitchen space will be renamed the “Walker…
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UCA Hosts Eighth Annual ‘Day of Giving’ Fundraiser March 10
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway launched its official ‘Day of Giving’ on Thursday, March 10. This year marks the eighth year for 24-hour fundraiser. Day of Giving is a 24-hour fundraising drive that provides an opportunity to…
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High School Basketball State Finals to Air on Arkansas PBS Stations
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas PBS will broadcast the 2022 1A-6A Centennial Bank state high school basketball finals live from the Hot Springs Convention Center Bank OZK Arena beginning Thursday, March 10, in partnership with the Arkansas Activities Association. AR PBS Sports will be…
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NEA Baptist Receives $1.6M Donation for Mobile Health Unit
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffNEA Baptist Charitable Foundation has received a $1.6 million donation that will fund a mobile health unit to deliver care to underinsured and uninsured individuals in underserved communities in northeast Arkansas. The donation was made by prominent Arkansas philanthropists, Kim…
Susan Brashears Co-Owner Brashears Furniture In 1991, Susan Brashears and her husband, Doug, became the third-generation owners of Brashears Furniture. The company has been locally owned and operated in the Ozarks for more than 80 years. Based in Berryville, the…