Heather Baber-Roe has made a name for herself in Central Arkansas’ culinary scene, and much to the delight of diners, she and husband Craig Roe keep coming back for seconds, thirds and fourths. The popularity of Baber-Roe’s projects can’t be…
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- MagazineSeptember 2022
Fair Market Value: More Than a Midway, Arkansas State Fair is Big Business
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaThe Arkansas State Fair is one of the most beloved annual events on the state’s calendar. Fair fans flock to the midway and exhibits while competitors show livestock, dance, sing, cook, bake and strut their stuff on the pageant runway.…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SMALL BUSINESS: Cafe Bossa Nova Brings a Taste of Brazil to Hillcrest
Marcio Veiga spent over 30 years enjoying the scent of clean clothes, as the owner of the Max Cleaners dry cleaning business. But since 2020, he’s been enjoying tastier aromas, as the head of the popular Brazilian restaurant Cafe Bossa…
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Forbes Lists Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UAMS, Bentonville School District, St. Bernards Healthcare Among Best Employers
Forbes has released another of its ubiquitous ranking lists, this time ranking the best employers by state after surveying 70,000 Americans who worked at businesses with at least 500 employees. Beyond basic considerations, such as fair pay, safe working conditions,…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SMALL BUSINESS: Iriana’s Pizza in Little Rock
A passion for pizza has driven John Iriana his entire life. The New Hampshire native was living in Rhode Island when he worked at his first pizza joint at 15 years old, and by the time he was 23, he…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SMALL BUSINESS: The Rock House in Searcy
Amanda Elston is a woman who knows how to work hard. She spent years putting in 100-hour weeks alongside her husband, doing everything from setting up natural gas drilling fields and doing roustabout work to constructing metal buildings, selling oil…
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Cureate and FORGE Inc. to Offer Free Courses, $5k Prize
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFORGE, Inc., the oldest revolving community loan fund in Arkansas, is partnering with Cureate, a maker of city-specific educational programs, to offer three free 10-week courses focused on helping small business owners looking to expand into Northwest Arkansas. The courses…
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Former Oaklawn Hospitality VP Takes Over J&S Italian Villa in Hot Springs
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJ&S Italian Villa in Hot Springs is under new ownership. Hospitality veteran Saddiq Mir purchased J&S Italian Villa in April 2022. Mir joins his wife, Jeannie, as new owners of the restaurant located at 4332 Central Avenue in Hot Springs,…
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Walton-Backed Food Program Expands Resources for Farmers, Communities in NWA
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffNorthwest Arkansas Food Systems, with support from the Walton Family Foundation, is providing grants to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Community Clinic and the University of Arkansas. The funding will offer farmers new resources to access capital and soil health…
Jay Ramsey Founder and President Rx Catering A native of Stillwater, Okla., and a graduate of Oklahoma State University, Jay Ramsey founded New York Bagel and Deli in Little Rock in 1994. As the demand for catering increased, Ramsey transitioned…