Northwest Arkansas Council

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…

Northwest Arkansas organizations are working to address housing affordability with the creation of a new workforce housing center. With support from the Walton Family Foundation, the Northwest Arkansas Council will be incubating this workforce housing center to tackle housing affordability…

With promises of a $10,000 incentive for moving to Northwest Arkansas, the “Life Works Here” program attracted significant national press and resulted in thousands of applications from professionals eager to make the jump to the Natural State. Since its announcement…

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (ABCBS) is launching a statewide health campaign to educate Arkansans on the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage vaccination. Entitled “Vaccinate in the Natural State,” the project is a collaboration led by…

A new round of funding will be made available to arts and culture organizations in Northwest Arkansas that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Northwest Arkansas Arts and Culture Bridge Fund is launching a second round of grants…

The Northwest Arkansas Council has partnered with Kenzie Academy to bring the online platform’s tech training programs to Arkansas. This marks the first national expansion for Kenzie Academy, an Indianapolis-headquartered company that offers curriculum in software engineering, UX engineering and…

Military members and their families will now have a new employment resource in Arkansas as part of the state’s “Place to Call Home” initiative. Arkansas officials unveiled HomeBaseArkansas.com on Nov. 11, 2020 – Veteran’s Day – which is designed to…