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The Amazeum Expansion, the Cycling Accelerator, and Three Things I Got Wrong
I called the Arkansas Global Cycling Accelerator a venture capital firm that pays founders to move here. It writes no checks and requires no move. Here's…
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Moving to NWA
Alice Walton, the Medical School, and What I Got Wrong About Arkansas Healthcare
I introduced Alice Walton as "the CEO of Mercy hospitals." She isn't, and that wasn't the only thing I got wrong. Here's the corrected version: what the A…
Things to Do
Bentonville's Best-Kept Secrets
Frank Lloyd Wright did not design Thorncrown or Cooper Chapel — E. Fay Jones did. Plus the Witching Hour, Lake Atalanta and the Turrell skyspace at dusk.
Cost of Living
A Warning About Mortgage Rates — Scored Against What Actually Happened
Rates reached the sixes and never the fives, then climbed back. Scoring my own forecast, plus why renting is not wasted money and what a buydown really risks.
Cities
4 Wild Things Happening in Northwest Arkansas
Buying a cheap Bella Vista lot does not avoid POA membership — it is how you become a member. The real costs, the real golf savings, and the resale catch.
Cities
4 Wild Things Happening in NWA
Casa Magnolia closed after eight months, CNU 34 brought 1,200 planners to NWA, and the claim that AI reads scans better than doctors needs real correcting.
Working in NWA
The New Walmart Campus Is Open in Bentonville
Walmart does not require suppliers to open NWA offices — the math does. Plus the campus completion timeline and why the Apple comparison runs backwards.
Neighborhoods
What Is Bentonville Doing With Housing?
Plan Bentonville projects a 41/44/15 housing mix by 2050 — but it is a capacity model, not a restriction. And sub-$400K homes are still for sale in Bentonville.
Cost of Living
The Compton Hotel, Via Emma, and Cobblestone Farm
Cobblestone Farm's 89 affordable units opened and filled immediately. The correct organization names, real rent ranges, and who to actually contact.
Neighborhoods
Bella Vista, Arkansas: Grading My Own Conspiracy Theories
The bike lift prediction landed. The downtown has not been announced. And Bella Vista is not NWA's affordable option — Centerton and Pea Ridge are cheaper.
Things to Do
The Amazing Race and 3 Wild Things in NWA
The USARA National Championship came to Bentonville for the first time in 26 years. The Fayetteville artist housing project did not survive — here is what happened.
Cities
Alice Walton Does It Again: The Bentonville Medical Campus
The Bentonville campus is outpatient specialty care; the cardiac Center of Excellence is a separate Mercy project in Rogers. What the $700 million actually funds.