Neighborhoods
The Waltons, Bella Vista, and Who Controls What
What Blue Crane's control of Bella Vista's developer rights and ACC actually means for homeowners — per the covenants — plus sewer and septic realities.
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Cities
82% of Fayetteville Is Within a Half Mile of a Trail
82% of Fayetteville residents live within a half mile of a paved trail. How the 121-mile network is funded, and the free bus system people miss.
Cost of Living
Is Northwest Arkansas Still Affordable? The Honest Version
Is NWA still affordable? Real BLS wage data, current home prices by city, and an honest look at two claims that did not hold up.
Moving to NWA
A Million People in Northwest Arkansas: What Changes
Northwest Arkansas is at 622,177 people and targeting a million by 2050. What changes: micro-downtowns, nightlife, pro soccer, and regional pull.
Cities
Downtown Bentonville Is Changing: Where It Landed
Downtown Bentonville's Quilt of Parks, the A Street Promenade, The Compton hotel and The Hart on Main — what has opened and what is still coming.
Neighborhoods
Where Do the Wealthy Live in Northwest Arkansas?
The priciest neighborhoods in Northwest Arkansas with real 2026 numbers — and two areas that are far more affordable than their reputation.
Cities
Will Northwest Arkansas Ever Grow West?
Why Northwest Arkansas hasn't grown west: Highway 59, water infrastructure, and what Walmart's 35-acre Gravette purchase does and doesn't mean.
Things to Do
Where NWA People Actually Go on Vacation
Weekend getaways from Northwest Arkansas with real drive times, XNA nonstop routes, and the Walmart campus smiley face.
Cities
A Dickson Street Bar, Coworking and a 100-Year-Old Dam
Sooie on Dickson Street, Caffeine Bar in Bentonville, North ROC Coworking, and the Little Sugar Creek dam removal and Sugar Creek Park project.
Working in NWA
Angel Money, a Market Nomination and the Skyline Report
412 Angels gets $250K, the Bentonville Farmers Market earns a nomination, and Skyline Report numbers for Benton and Washington counties.
Neighborhoods
Drake Farms: A $1 Billion Project in Fayetteville
Drake Farms in Fayetteville: $1 billion, 165 acres, 2,400 homes and a Washington Regional expansion — plus the New Urbanist trend behind it.
Working in NWA
The Next Job Boom in NWA Is Health Care
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, the $700M Mercy alliance, and the Bentonville Health Care Campus — why health care is NWA's next job boom.