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According to a project at Arkansas Tech University (ATU), Benton showed the “greatest upward mobility,” in August 2016, out of the 20 Arkansas cities it tracks. The Arkansas Tech Business Index (ATBI) is a project created by the Arkansas Tech University College of Business. The ATBI looks at economic activity in these 20 cities, including […]
City of Benton to Take Bids on Palace Theatre Stabilization, Brick Tuck-Pointing
The City of Benton is accepting sealed bids until 10:00 a.m., November 23, 2016 for roof repair and brick tuck pointing of the Palace Theatre located at 224 West South Street in Benton, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Copies of the specifications are on file and may be […]
Car Dealership McLarty Nissan to Build Location in Benton
New business coming in is good for the county. New construction and new jobs are a good thing. Â McLarty Automotive Group announced Wednesday that their new location, McLarty Nissan of Benton will break ground on their future location at 19960 Interstate 30. The new facility will be about 30,000 square feet and will cost nearly […]
Road Improvements in Bryant to Begin Wednesday Morning
 According to the City of Bryant Public Works Department, overlay work on West Commerce Street will begin Wednesday, September 7th after morning school traffic. They expect it to take no more than two days to complete, weather permitting.
City of Bryant Building Permits for August 2016
City of Bryant Building Permits for August 2016 Posted by Shelli Poole on September 1, 2016 at 2:29pm View Blog The following is a list of building permits granted by the City of Bryant for the month of July 2016. PERMIT #, DATE, APPLICANT, TYPE, ADDRESS, PROJ COST, SQFT, LOT, ADDITION  83120, 8/31/16, SOUTHERN GENERAL CONTRACTORS, NEW RESD., 5708 TUMBLE ROCK CT.,195,000, […]
Here Is What the Old Car Wash on Military Will Be
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about what business is going in at Springhill Road and Highway 5 North. A reader saw that and wondered about another property. Janice Danner asked, “What’s going on at the used-to-be car wash next to Walgreens on Military Road in Benton?” Well I didn’t know the answer to that, […]
Benton Mayor announces several business developments
Benton Mayor David Mattingly called a news conference at the Benton Event Center today to make several announcements related to economic development. Here’s the outline of what was announced: See more info on these 8 points in the video on MySaline’s Facebook page and on the Benton Proud blog. Mayor Mattingly talked about Benton being #5 in the […]
Bryant Building Permits June 2016
The following is building permits granted by the City of Bryant for the month of JUNE 2016. Some entries are denoted with an asterisk (*) because they are not able to be mapped at the time of this writing. Permit #, Issued Date, Applicant Name, Permit Type, Site Address, Project Cost, Square Feet,Lot, Addition 83027, […]
Big Development Planned for Corner of Alcoa and Boone
You know where the convenience store is on the northwest corner of Alcoa and Boone Roads. You know the northeast corner where there’s a white house with a purple door (daycare). On the southeast corner, there are 18 acres of land that in February 2016, a local family agreed to sell to Midtowne Church. The church members came up with the down […]
Video – Demolition on the Old Harvest Foods Building Makes it Real
We found out in September that the old building in downtown Benton that used to hold Harvest Foods – and was empty for about 6 years – had been sold to a tech company (See related articles below). It wasn’t news that fit the rumors. Some people said it might be a bowling alley, since […]