Northwest Arkansas Council

Benton County, the Northwest Arkansas Council and the University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences (UAMS), have all combined efforts to create Our Healthy Alliance, which launched a public awareness campaign to connect local Marshallese and Hispanic communities to information,…

Welcoming Week NWA will be showcasing Northwest Arkansans’ diverse cultures, activating  collection drives for local nonprofits, and strengthening connections within the community during a series of family-friendly events running Sept. 9 – Sept. 18. Welcoming Week NWA will launch on…

The Northwest Arkansas Council, which for years has striven to help the region become more welcoming and inclusive for people of all backgrounds, is now expanding that focus to its own work.   After commissioning research into its own operations…

Heartland Forward recently released a new report presenting data with insights and strategies for implementing a strong and robust healthcare workforce in America’s heartland. Some of the reports findings touch on the challenges faced by the professional healthcare community in…

Scan the Northwest Arkansas horizon, and you’ll see dirt work and hear plans for new state-of-the-art facilities that include a medical school, a sports medicine center and multiple specialty clinics, as well as facilities for orthopedic and plastic-surgery experts. One…

Atento Capital, a venture capital firm based in Tulsa, has launched 412 Angels, a first-of-its-kind angel investing program that will help educate new investors and support early-stage start-ups in the corridor connecting Tulsa and Northwest Arkansas. Atento Capital will partner…

The Northwest Arkansas Council has announced Duke McLarty will serve as executive director of the workforce housing center. The Council announced the workforce housing center in March 2021 to address housing affordability in Northwest Arkansas, which is becoming increasingly inaccessible for…

Martine Downs Pollard of Rogers has been named Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s vice president for the Northwest Arkansas market. Pollard will be the company’s senior leader in Northwest Arkansas, working closely with local businesses, healthcare providers and community-based…

A recent study is offering actionable, policy-based recommendations, from capacity building to zoning reforms, to help Northwest Arkansas tackle its emerging housing challenges. Without action, it cautions the region’s current low-density, sprawling development patterns could cause long-term negative impacts for affordability,…

Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is launching a free business accelerator aimed at Northwest Arkansas companies. The accelerator will also be offered through a Spanish-language program. This year-long accelerator is receiving financial backing from the Walton Family Foundation. This is EforAll’s…