The Chamber Voice of Business Magazine | May 2023

MAY 2023 | Vol. 18 Is s ue 5

Chamber Celebrates Business & Community Success

Over 800 business and community leaders came together April 6 at the Rogers Convention Center to celebrate the Rogers Lowell Chamber’s (RLC) 2022 accomplishments and learn more about our forward-thinking initiative, VISION/Next, that is inspiring innovation and change across our organization.

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What’s INSIDE This Issue?

10 �����������Tourism Industry Leaders Inspire Students to Explore Hospitality Careers

15 �����������Learning About Loloft 16 �����������2023 Summer & Fall Seasons Chamber Event Planning Guide

20����������Celebrating Local Small Businesses for Small Business Week

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Forward-Thinking Inspires RLC’s Future

22����������Arkansas Legislative Session Recap 26����������Live Music in Rogers 28����������Trailblazers Kicks Off National Bike Challenge

29����������Onyx Coffee Lab Featured in Docuseries

30 ����������Showcasing Dog-Friendly Downtown Rogers

32����������New Art in Place Program Connecting Artists & Real Estate in NWA

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RLC Programs Activating Leaders

33 ����������New Members | March 2023 34����������Ribbon Cuttings | March 2023 36 ����������Membership Renewals | March 2023 37�����������Chamber Business Connect & Educational Events 317 West Walnut Street Rogers, Arkansas 72756 P: (479) 636-1240 F: (479) 636-5485

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CHAMBER STAFF Raymond Burns, CCE

Shelle Summers, IOM

J.R. Shaw, IOM

President/CEO

Executive Director/ Executive Vice President | DESTINATION Rogers

Senior Vice President of Member Services

rburns@rogerslowell.com

jr@rogerslowell.com

ssummers@rogerslowell.com

Vickie Grotts, IOM

Steve Cox, IOM

Senior Vice President of Accounting & Finance

Senior Vice President of Economic Development

Senior Vice President of Marketing Communications

vickie@rogerslowell.com

steve@rogerslowell.com

brad@rogerslowell.com

Ross Phillips

Brad Phillips

Geovanny Sarmiento

Katie Burns

Senior Vice President of Community Development

Senior Vice President of Community Engagement & Inclusion

Vice President of Operations

ross@rogerslowell.com

geovanny@rogerslowell.com

katie@rogerslowell.com

Karen Wagaman

Sara Lynn Geiger

Vice President of Downtown Development

Vice President of Government Affairs

Creative Services Director

karen@rogerslowell.com

sara@rogerslowell.com

nick@rogerslowell.com

Maggie Matuschka

Loretta Gomez

Director of Sales | DESTINATION Rogers

Special Events Coordinator

Finance Manager

luke@rogerslowell.com

Maggie@rogerslowell.com

loretta@rogerslowell.com

Lorraine Ducharme

Marni Rogers, IOM

Finance Manager

Member Relations Manager

Marketing Communications Manager

lorraine@rogerslowell.com

marni@rogerslowell.com

skylar@rogerslowell.com

Luke Wiggins, TMP

Mariana Osorio

Nick Smith

Skylar Rutherford

Dane Clark

Community Engagement & Inclusion Manager

Sales & Services Coordinator | DESTINATION Rogers

Mariana@rogerslowell.com

dane@rogerslowell.com

Susana Silva Accoutn Executive Susana@rogerslowell.com

Meredith Alvarez Customer Relations Specialist meredith@rogerslowell.com

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Committee CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

TREASURER

PRESIDENT/CEO

Mike Power

Michael Parker

Raymond Burns

First Security Bank

Nabholz

Rogers Lowell Chamber

CHAIRMAN-ELECT

PAST CHAIRMAN

MEMBER AT LARGE

Cushman & Wakefield | Sage Partners

Assembled Products Corporation

Encore Bank

2023 Directors

2024 Directors

2025 Directors

Kristen Boozman Portfolio Sotheby’s International Realty

Bruce Barkley KHBS/KHOG

Brent Massey CEI Engineering Associates, Inc.

Dean Fisher Glad Manufacturing Company

Eric Pianalto Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas

Brad Crain Arvest Bank Benton County

Angela GraysonGA Precipice IP, PLLC

Gaven Smith J.B. Hunt Transportation, Inc.

Jaclyn Henderson* Regions Bank

Mat Mozzoni Cox Business

Stennett Thompkins AAA Insurance

Carey Lingenfelter Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club

Patrick Kerrwood Northwest Health

Brandy Tuft* Forvis

Michelle Wynn Child Care Aware of NWA

Knight Weis* Signature Bank of Arkansas

Josh VasquezCD Encore Bank

Jason Adams Benchmark Group

Tom Allen

Erin Kiefer

Josh Vasquez

Ex-Officio Directors Andrea Allen

David Faulkner

Peter Lane

Rafael Rios

Onyx Coffee Lab

Pinnacle Hills Promenade

Walton Arts Center

Yeyo’s Mezcaleria & Taqueria at the 1907

Daizy Andrade

Cathy Foraker

Mayor Chris Moore

University of Arkansas

AT&T (retired)

City of Lowell

Dr. Dennis Rittle Northwest Arkansas Community College

Andrew Branch

David Foster

Barry Moehring

NWA National Airport-XNA

APAC - Central, Inc.

Benton County Judge

Austin Bryan

Bradley Hardin

Joey Msall

Hogan Taylor

AEP/SWEPCO

Black Hills Energy

Lane Crider

Mayor Greg Hines

Lulu Peredo

Beaver Water District

City of Rogers

Runway Group

Ever Cuellar

Tom Hopper

Dr. Jeff Perry

First Security Bank

TallChamps, LLC

Rogers Public Schools

Mike Dodge

Corry Hull

Kraig PomrenkeDM

Carroll Electric Coop. Corp.

BHC Insurance

Embassy Suites NW Arkansas

Keri EarwoodMS

Tonya Jackson

Mickey Rapier

Shelter Insurance

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Fellowship Bible Church of NWA

Dr. Jim Rollins Northwest Technical Institute

Matt Taliaferro Boys & Girls Club of Benton County

Denise Thomas World Trade Center Arkansas

Dick Trammel Chairman Emeritus

Jeff Wood

– Division Chair (CD - Community Development, MS - Member Services, ED - Economic Development, GA - Government Affairs, DM - Destination Marketing) – Audit Committee Member

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INTRODUCTION

from the RLC Executive Vice President Welcome to the May Chamber Voice! I’m J. R. Shaw, RLC’s Executive Vice President, with an invitation to take a good look at this month’s Chamber Voice issue. We’re focusing on the future of the Chamber in Rogers and Northwest Arkansas and on making a difference in our community with our mission-work.

What a celebration: We gathered for our 101st Annual Chamber Celebration of Business and Community on April 6 at the Rogers Convention Center, honoring community leaders with annual awards, reflecting on the past year’s successes, and energizing our stakeholders around our plans for the Chamber’s future - the VISION/Next initiative.

• Check out our cover story’s event recap to see who’s who that showed their style at the celebration, including our guest speaker Shelley Simpson, President of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

J.R. Shaw, IOM Executive Director/ Executive Vice President | DESTINATION Rogers JR@rogerslowell.com

Workforce development: Destination Rogers hosted its annual Tourism Talk event last month, doubling down on workforce development mission-work in the leisure and hospitality industry.

• Tourism is the second largest industry sector in Arkansas, sustaining thousands of jobs and providing essential tax dollars to communities statewide.

• Rogers depends on tourism as the gateway to economic and community development, and rebuilding our workforce after a devastating pandemic is job one for the industry.

Arts, culture, and entertainment are big tourism drivers for Rogers. The arts also contribute to the character of our communities, benefiting residents and building quality of place for all.

• From the live music at the AMP and the Butterfield Stage, to performing arts at the Arkansas Public Theatre and Art on the Bricks, you’ll get the event details you need in this May issue.

It all starts with a visit to Rogers: I am fortunate to lead RLC’s Destination Rogers team where we believe it all starts with a visit. Whether for a convention, leisure, relocation, retirement, or business travel, the visit opens all doors to our destination.

Serving business and community together: I am also privileged to help with our Customer Services and Member Services divisions of the Chamber.

• Serving business and community together is our promise, day-to-day privilege, and responsibility.

We appreciate your support of our mission-work and letting us serve you.

• Get engaged with us easily by reading this monthly magazine for ideas, exploring our website for resources and volunteer opportunities, or attending an upcoming Chamber event featured in this issue’s 2023 Summer & Fall Season Event Planning Guide. Your engagement with us also starts with a visit!

We hope you enjoy this issue of the new Chamber Voice of Business monthly online magazine.

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Forward-Thinking Inspires RLC’s Future 2022 was a year of impressive accomplishments and a wonderful celebration of the Chamber’s Centennial year. It also was the beginning of VISION/Next, our forward-thinking initiative that is inspiring the entire organization to be innovative as we look to the future.

Why it matters: Developed in collaboration with the community’s next generation of leaders, VISION/Next thinking is already positioning the Chamber better to this next generation who will define our pathway forward.

• One of the most impactful outcomes of VISION/Next is the Chamber’s new brand strategy and identity. It’s

a more modern and vibrant image for our Chamber as we embark on another 100 years of successfully serving business and community together.

VISION/Next thinking not only ensures that the Chamber is relevant to the next generation, but that we’re also competent in this era of rapid change. It also ensures that we are necessary because it focuses our mission-work on solving essential business and community challenges.

And it helps the Chamber be sustainable with our longterm funding.

“The Chamber’s new brand is a result of collaboration with our next generation of leaders who are, and will be, serving both our community and Chamber for years to come. We started by listening and learning from them and then applying these insights every step along the way in the branding process.”

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“I’m excited to report that VISION/Next is already inspiring innovation and change.

For example, our new 3-year strategic plan now emphasizes more outreach to the next generation of leaders. We’re inviting them to the table like never before. We’ve also prioritized communicating to them better with brevity and storytelling that’s centered around our missionwork outcomes, the real people behind our work and our welcoming culture.”

Erin Kiefer RLC 2022 Chairman of the Board President/CEO, Assembled Products Corporation

Community Awards Ceremony: These winners were recognized by the Chamber: • The Dick Trammel Good Neighbor Award: The Rogers community’s highest award. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Marge Wolf, a member of the Rogers City Council.

• The Elbert S. Graham/Elza Tucker Award: The Lowell community’s highest award. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Shelley Simpson, President of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. We also thank her for being our guest speaker.

• Small Business of the Year: Our Small Business Council (SBC) guides us as the Voice of Small Business. These volunteers have small business expertise and a good understanding of our members’ needs.

• Each year, the SBC helps the Chamber recognize four outstanding small businesses of the quarter. At the end of the year, quarterly winners are automatically nominated for the Small Business of the Year.

• The Rogers-Lowell Spirit Award: Given to an organization, business, or group for significant contribution to the community. Congratulations to the Railyard Park & Butterfield Stage.

Congratulations to Woof and Wander Canine Pantry & Outfitters, the Small Business of the Year winner.

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Shelley Simpson, President of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. was the guest speaker this year. Her 28year career at J.B. Hunt reflects the company’s continued progression as an innovative leader in the transportation and logistics industry.

She was also this year’s winner of the Elbert S. Graham/ Elza Tucker Award, the Lowell community’s highest award.

“Her commitment to serving business and community makes her a role model for aspiring leaders from all generations,” said Erin Kiefer. “I admire her innovative mindset – seeing something and asking, ‘how can we do this differently and make it better.’ She is a great example of our VISION/Next thinking and it’s motivating for our entire organization as we embark on our journey to discover new ways to serve business and community together.”

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Marge Wolf, Winner of the 2022 Dick Trammel Rogers Good Neighbor Award, with the Award’s Namesake

Rogers Mayor Greg Hines accepts the Spirit Award, Given to The Railyard Park and Butterfield Stage in Downtown Rogers

Shelley Simpson, President of JB Hunt Transport and the Evening’s Keynote speaker, Accepts The Elbert S. Graham/Elsa TUcker Award

Naomi Hashimoto and Lindsay Dolan, founders and co-owners of Woof & Wander, accept the Small Business of the Year award

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Tourism Industry Leaders Inspire Students to Explore Hospitality Careers What happened: Destination Rogers brought tourism industry leaders and Rogers Public School educators and students together April 19 to identify career and job opportunities in leisure and hospitality.

JR Shaw, Executive Director of Destination Rogers and Executive VP of the Rogers Lowell Chamber, speaks during the first panel at Tourism Talk 2023

Why it matters: NWA’s leisure and hospitality workforce suffered heavy losses during the pandemic as tourism shut down. Recovery roared businesses back to life in late 2021 and all of 2022, but tourism employment suffered while demand for travel surged.

State and local industry leaders from hotels, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, and small business gathered at Tourism Talk hosted at Rogers High School. Industry panelists identified challenges and provided inspiration to the audience of high school seniors and juniors.

The State of the Natural State panel featured: • Austin Albers, President/Owner Buffalo Outdoor Center, Arkansas Parks, Heritage & Tourism Commissioner, member Natural State Advisory Council • Katie Beck, Executive Director, Arkansas Hospitality Association • Jill Rohrbach, Staff Travel Writer, Arkansas Department Parks, Heritage & Tourism Representatives from education, careers and hospitality training gathered on a panel to discuss Building the Future: • Dawn Stewart, Director Rogers Public Schools Career & Technical Education • Evetta Aldridge, Interim Dean – Workforce Development, Northwest Arkansas Community College • Chef Marshall Shafkowitz, Executive Director, Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food, • Dr. Dede Hamm, Hospitality Instructor, University of Arkansas

The panel on major tourism demand drivers for Rogers and the region included: • Cheri Jones CMP, Senior Project Manager Event Solutions, Walmart • Jeff Mann, Chief Operating Officer, Walton Arts Center & Walmart AMP • Kraig Pomrenke, Regional Director, Operations, Embassy Suites NW Arkansas Demand drivers for Downtown Rogers panel included: • Kimberly Johnson, District Manager, Onyx Coffee Lab • Rafael Rios, Founder & Executive Chef, Yeyo’s Mezcalaria y Taqueria • Melissa Turpin, Owner, Honeycomb Kitchen Shop

A career and job fair followed the panels and encouraged students to learn about opportunities one-onone with employers, many were looking to hire for immediate needs locally.

Our mission-work: As a division of the Chamber, Destination Rogers works with state, regional and local partners to identify and solve common problems and create opportunities for success for all.

• A sustainable leisure and hospitality industry is vital for the future of NWA. World-class destinations need a worldclass workforce that meets and exceeds current and future customer needs.

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Representatives from education, careers and hospitality training gathered on a panel to discuss Building the Future in Northwest Arkansas

Students met with potential employers from the Tourism and Hospitality Industry to discuss Jobs and hiring practices following all of the panels

National Travel & Tourism Week 2023 National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) is an annual industry tradition celebrating the value travel holds for our economy, businesses, personal well-being and more. May 7-13, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of NTTW. • The travel industry fuels every industry, in every community, and our success is the nation’s success.

• From education to new business growth to advancing manufacturing and more—when we move #TravelForward, we move America forward.

Join us as we keep moving #TravelForward. Check out this industry toolkit for ways to engage and promote.

The end of the month is the deadline for businesses and individuals to assess their personal property. If you fail to assess

by May 31, the county will impose a 10 percent penalty.

TO ASSESS | Reminder – Don’t WAYS ONLINE, BY PHONE, AND IN PERSON Forget to Assess BENTON COUNTY

by May 31

Benton County residents may assess online at bentoncountyar.gov or over the phone (479) 271-1033. You may also assess in person at 1428 W. Walnut in Rogers, 215 E.

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Central Ave. in Bentonville, 901 1st Ave. SE in Gravette, or 707 S. Lincoln St. in Siloam Springs.

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Washington County residents may assess online at www.co.washington.ar.us/ government/departments-a-e/assessor/ personal-property-assessments or over the phone by calling (479) 444-1520 (personal property) or (479) 444-1641 (commercial property), or dropping by the Assessor’s office in Fayetteville at 280 N. College, in Springdale at 3159 Springdale Avenue, or in Lincoln at 215 S. Main.

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RLC Programs Activating Leaders

Our Community Development mission-work activates a diverse next generation of business and community leaders preparing leaders for future regional challenges. Here are highlights from our leadership programs:

Educators of the Year Honored

Emerging Leaders Prepared for NWA

The big picture Rogers Public Schools educators

Board Leadership & Service

are nominated from each school and three standout educators are selected annually as Rogers School District Educators of the Year.

This Chamber program is presented by

Raising Cane’s. Here are the three Educators of the Year for 2022-2023: • Sabrina Sidani | Bonnie Grimes Elementary School • Laura Loyd | Rogers High School • Ileana Davis | Elmwood Middle School

Why it’s important: Our teachers are dedicated to helping children achieve the skills and knowledge needed for a lifetime of success. The Rogers School District highly values its educators and works with us to honor their excellence in education.

What they’re saying: Dr. Lance Arbuckle,

Principal at Rogers New Tech High School, said: “Our Educators work so hard to prepare our students for the next phase of their lives (after high school) and this recognition of their work helps to keep something tangible in front of them. We exist to help students become adults and it is through partnerships like the one we have with the Chamber that we achieve our goal of facilitating student growth in so many ways.”

The big picture: RLC’s Community Development

division offers a board certification program to prepare participants for leadership and service positions in NWA.

Why it matters: The NWAEL Board Service

Certification program creates a leadership pool to link ready, willing, and able emerging talent to: Nonprofit organizations, public and private boards and commissions and other areas of leadership needed to benefit the community.

What happened: On April 13 RLC and Arvest

Bank teamed up to deliver the board service certificate program to Arvest Bank’s associates (pictured).

Participants spent the day learning the ins and outs of board service covering these topics: • Core responsibilities of board service as well as legal and ethical considerations.

• The board’s role in fundraising and financial considerations.

What’s next: Participants are now a part of the

leadership pool and are better prepared to lead on nonprofit boards and give back to the community with their service.

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p i h s er For 47 Years, We Have Been

Recognizing Students for Excellence What happened: The Chamber honored

outstanding high school students in Rogers during our annual Academic Awards ceremonies last week.

Why it’s important: The program improves the

level of preparation for high school graduates entering college or the workforce. It contributes to not only building a better life for students, but also building a better community.

• Local businesses have seen value in the Chamber’s Academic Awards for 47 years. Many are long term supporters of the program because they believe that recognition of student achievement is encouragement to do your best.

By the numbers: A total of 473 students from

Rogers Heritage High School, 567 students from Rogers High School and 194 students from Rogers New Technology High School were honored with the prestigious Academic Award for maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher for one, two or three years.

• The Chamber is helping to increase the number of students achieving this recognition every year.

This year, the Chamber presented 1,234 students with these awards, the most that have ever been presented.

What they’re saying: Jim Davis, Assistant

Superintendent of Secondary Education at Rogers Public Schools, said about the program: “The Chamber’s Academic Awards recognition is very important to our students and families. It is an opportunity for us as a community to recognize the students for their dedication in the classroom.”

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Learning About

Industrial Coworking, Micro-Warehousing & Flexible Workplace Setups

Flexibility: Loloft understands the needs of small busines are very different from established enterprises.

They have created a new paradigm in industrial property by replacing traditional leases with monthly memberships.

Their members can increase or reduce their workspace by providing 30 day’s notice. Membership terms run from 30 days to 12+ months.

Reduced Costs: Their all-inclusive pricing reduces the costs and time delays businesses experience when moving to a new location. Each Loloft location has a full-time community manager to welcome new members, ensure your onboarding runs smoothly, welcome your guests and organize events. Their warehouse manager is there to ensure your inbound shipments are received and delivered to your workspace and to assist with outward goods.

Problem: Early stage and growing companies that require space to handle physical goods are currently limited in the choices available. The typical progression may involve working from home, moving into a storage unit, and then

signing a 5-year industrial lease.

Traditional leases restrict a company’s options as they offer no flexibility and represent a heavy financial burden.

Solution: Loloft has created a new category we call ‘Industrial Coworking’ by offering warehouse space on a flexible basis with commitments starting at 30 days.

• No long-term commitment.

• All-inclusive pricing.

• Ability to scale up or down with 30 day’s notice.

• Shared o ice amenities: meeting rooms, phone booths, kitchen.

• Shared warehouse amenities: loading docks, forklift, • packing stations.

• Warehouse staff to help handle goods.

• Central locations near transportation hubs.

• Community of like-minded entrepreneurs.

• WiFi, 110v power, water, HVAC included.

Dig Deeper: Learn more about Loloft at www.loloft. com or by contacting them at 479.437.7343 or info@loloft.com.

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2023 Summer & Fall Seasons

Chamber Picnic

Friday, June 2 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Ward Nail Park | 801 McClure Avenue, Lowell

Chamber Event Planning Guide

All Chamber members, volunteers, committee members, board members and special friends are invited to the Chamber Picnic on Friday, June 2 at Ward Nail Park in Lowell.

Each year, Chamber members provide hours of community service, give discounts on goods needed for Chamber programs and donate everything from snacks to door prizes for Chamber events.

The Chamber staff would like to show its gratitude for all of these little things (and big things, too) and express appreciation to the Chamber’s friends and family. Come enjoy some delicious food and have some fun with your Chamber staff!

NWA Community Showcase Saturday, August 26

Save the dates for these upcoming Chamber events. Whether you are looking to open doors to new connections with networking, gain visibility through sponsorship opportunities, or to entertain and do teambuilding with your staff, the Chamber offers plenty of options this Summer and Fall.

The NWA Community Showcase will provide a venue to highlight NWA businesses, make new business connections, and reach out to potential customers. This event offers booths in a tradeshow environment with opportunities for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer interaction.

It will help our entrepreneurs and business owners gain exposure and valuable brand recognition for their companies and organization while marketing their business to the public and building professional relationships with other exhibitors. The Showcase will host an IdeaFame Elevator Pitch Competition, Battle of the Chefs, cultural presentations, Kids Zone, food trucks, pop-up seminars focused on entrepreneurship and more.

Rogers Cycling Fest Saturday, September 9 *All dates /details as of April 30 & are subject to change.

This year we are expanding the offerings of the Cycling Festival. You will still be able to enjoy a nice family ride on the

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Railyard Loop, where every part of the ride is on trails and sidewalks during a 15+ mile ride that loops the entire city of Rogers.

This year we are introducing the Rogers Enduro Race at Lake Atalanta. Since its inception in the early 2010s, enduro racing has quickly become one of the most popular mountain bike disciplines, representing the type of riding a lot of mountain bikers were already doing. Enduro offers technical but accessible racing for riders who want to avoid the fullblooded tracks of downhill racing or the Lycra-clad whippets of cross-country racing. Our race will have something for everyone, from the professional rider to someone who is just getting started, and will take place on the new Mountain Bike Trails around Lake Atalanta.

Thank-A-Teacher Celebration

and complimentary breakfast is a fun, bustling opportunity to engage with the district’s educators. The Chamber organizes this portion of the day’s celebration, sponsored by the Fair Sponsor, Hight-Jackson Associates, P.A. This is a great opportunity to present your products and services to more than 1,200 faculty and staff of the public schools, charter schools, private schools, and the community college.

Booth space is very affordable, starting at $100 for nonprofits, $125 for members, and $350 for non-members. Sponsor booths are also available with added benefits by contacting Member Services at memberservices@rogerslowell.com.

RLC Golf Tournament

Presented by Sam’s Furniture August 10 | 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Rogers High School | 2300 S. Dixieland Rd

Presented by Salmonsen Group Realtors Friday, October 6 | 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tee Times The Creeks Golf & RV Resort | 1499 S. Main Street – Cave Springs

WELCOME TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL! This annual event celebrates local teachers who are making a big difference in the world. Teachers give our children so much and use their classrooms as the first steps in educating the next generation of workforce that will keep our businesses and our community thriving well into the future.

Though we can never thank them enough, this event is an opportunity to let them know how much we appreciate all that they do.

You can participate in three ways!

• Donate a $50 prize • Purchase an Exhibit Booth for the Fair • Sponsor the Celebration and Participate in the Program WELCOME BACK ADDRESS AND PRIZE EXTRAVAGANZA Here is your chance to give back to the community and say thank you by rewarding our teachers with valuable door prizes. About 1,200 teachers are expected to attend the celebratory event. Your Chamber staff will announce winners one-by-one, thanking the donor, and waiting for the winning teachers’ schools to erupt in cheers! After all 100+ prizes have been given out, Sam’s Furniture and other sponsors will announce large prizes being donated to deserving teachers.

Thank-A-Teacher Celebration Fair Fair Sponsor: Hight Jackson Associates, P.A. The Fair opens at 9:15 a.m. when over a thousand teachers exit the prize giveaway in the auditorium. The fair

Treat Yourself, Reward Employees & Say Thank You to Clients Join us Friday, October 6, for the 2023 Chamber Golf Tournament. This is a four-person scramble with shotgun start times of 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at The Creeks Golf & RV Resort.

The tournament is a fun day for Chamber members to come together, compete for prizes and network with other players.

It’s a great way to treat yourself, reward company employees and say thank you to special clients on the golf course.

A Fun Day | Contests & Prizes, Snacks, Beverages & Delicious Food Players can test their skills in the hole-in-one, longest drive, closest-to-the-pin and putting contests. Prizes will be awarded for top finishing team and individual contest winners. Each golfer will receive complimentary beverages and snacks. Breakfast will be served for the morning golfers.

Lunch will be served to every golfer.

Sponsorships Available Now Not a golfer? Sponsoring the 2023 Chamber Golf Tournament is an effective, low-cost way to promote your company and raise your company’s profile in the community.

Sponsorship packages include the opportunity to reach all golf participants and be recognized by the Chamber. Contact the Chamber’s Member Services Team at (479) 636-1240 or email MemberServices@RogersLowell.com for sponsorship details.

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Have questions about

Healthcare in NWA?

We’ve got answers!

RLC Sporting Clays Classic

Friday, November 3 | 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Gunsmoke Sporting Clays | 17243 Wendell Jones Road - Garfield Back for its sixth year, this popular event offers members a unique and fun opportunity to network with other business professionals and conduct business on the range at Gunsmoke Sporting Clays in Garfield. Sponsors may invite special customers/clients to join them as a gesture of thanks or reward employees with a day of team building. Sponsorships include the opportunity to interact with participants and market your business. Shooters receive lunch, snacks and beverages.

Experienced and novice shooters alike are encouraged to attend. Bring your colleagues, clients, family and friends out for a fun day of shooting.

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May 11, 2022

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Taste of Rogers

Thursday, October 26 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Railyard Park216 S 1st St. | Rogers

5111 W. J.B. Hunt Dr. | Rogers

Taste of Rogers, in partnership with the City of Rogers, will feature an impressive array of food prepared by local chefs featuring the city’s culinary excellence and diversity. Join us for an evening with an eclectic audience of young professionals, chamber businesses, visitors, and food enthusiasts from across NWA. The evening will be filled with live music, amazing tastes, and beer and wine.

Northwest Arkansas Young Professional (YP) Summit Friday, November 10

NWA Young Professional (YP) Summit is spearheaded by a volunteer-based group of diverse young leaders who want to aid in the attraction, retention, and development of young talent to sustain the overall health of the region. This event equips young professionals in NWA with the tools and network to enact positive change within themselves, their companies, and community both locally and globally. Active workgroups are formed to collectively tackle issues and projects of relevance to our community.

This is the second 2023 program in the quarterly Spotlight Series designed to bring the right people together at the right time to spark innovation, inspire ideas and align our community around common goals.

As our region continues to grow, access to quality and affordable healthcare is crucial to keeping us successful. Attendees will hear from healthcare leaders including representatives from Mercy, Northwest Health, Arkansas Childrens Northwest and The Alice Walton Whole Health Institute.

Moderated by Ryan Cork with the NWA Council, this panel discussion will focus on recent advances in our healthcare systems and plans for our growing region. Topics will include more specialties, alternative options, and increased hospital capacity to help reduce the need for medical travel and provide more services for our population.

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Celebrating Local Small Businesses for

Small Business Week RLC’s Mission-Work: One of the Chamber’s five key focus areas for its mission-work is Small Business & Entrepreneurial Development. Each year, during National Small Business Week April 30 – May 6 this year, we highlight our support for small business and celebrate our small business owners. Here’s how RLC supports small business in our mission-work: • We curate essential resources for starting, running, and growing business.

• We open doors to new connections for small businesspeople and entrepreneurs through educational programs and networking events.

• We listen to our Small Business Council who guides us as the Voice of Small Business.

• We also advocate for business-friendly legislation by representing small business to our legislators.

Celebrating Small Business Owners: National Small Business Week celebrates small business owners around the country by inspiring recognition of their outstanding service, innovation, and development.

Why it matters: Small businesses account for half of America’s workforce, and more new jobs come from small business than any other source. They are vital to keeping America running.

• RLC’s Small Business Council is celebrating Small Business Week by showcasing small businesses throughout the area on our social media channels.

These small business spotlights celebrate and recognize the vital role small businesses play in our local, state, and national economy and why the Chamber focuses on it as one of its five key mission-work areas.

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Arkansas Legislative Session

Recap

The 94th Arkansas General Assembly convened in the 2023 Legislative Policy Session back in January and wrapped up its legislative business on April 7 with an expected Sine Die on May 1. The Legislature worked on many issues this session. Here are highlights from our RLC Government Affairs division.

The Big Three: Heading into Legislative Session, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders made it known that she had three main priorities that she would like to see the Legislature address. These key issues took up much of the 2023 Legislative Session: • Education • Truth in Sentencing Reform • Tax Cuts

of Arkansas are required to pay a minimum of $50,000 for classroom teachers. If a teacher is already making $50,000 the district is required to give a $2,000 raise. The payment requirements do not apply to part-time teachers or paraprofessionals.

• It allows for public school district to create a salary schedule and requires public school districts to utilize 80% of the school-level personnel salary funding for the teacher salaries and raises. It also creates a Merit Teacher Incentive Fund that is intended to be used to recognize and reward excellent teachers across the state with an annual bonus of no more than $10,000.

Educational Freedom Accounts (EFAs):

The establishment of these accounts will allow parents the opportunity to take part in the program and utilize the 1. Education: A large focus this session was funding for public or private schools as well as to pay for on Education and SB 294 by Senator Breanne Davis and educational goods and services. In the 2023-2024 school Representative Keith Brooks was a comprehensive education year the students eligible for the program are those with a reform package that went through the Legislature. disability, who are homeless, are participating in the Succeed • Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders made it known that Scholarship, have parents active-duty military, attending an her goal was to be the education governor and to do that “F” rated school, or those enrolled in kindergarten for the big changes needed to happen. first time.

• The EFA’s will be open to all Arkansas Students by 2025SB 294 had many components but some 2026. The funds can be utilized to pay for tuition, fees, of the bigger pieces were an increase in teacher pay, the cost of testing, cost of uniforms, supplies, equipment, creation of educational freedom accounts, and establishing a access to technology (excluding television, video game career-ready pathway for graduation. consoles/accessories, or home theater/audio equipment), as well as services provided by the school. It is also Teacher Pay: The bill requires by the beginning important to note that rules are in place for if funds are of the 2023-2024 school year all school districts in the State misused, the account will be closed.

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Career Ready Graduation Pathway: Starting

3. Tax Cuts: The Legislature passed a few different tax

with the 2024-2025 ninth grade class, public high schools will cuts during their time in Little Rock. be able to receive a high school diploma through a career• One of the more notable bills was SB549 by Senator ready graduation pathway. The Division of Elementary and Jonathan Dismang and Representative Les Eaves Secondary Education in conjunction with the State Board of regarding individual and corporate income tax for the Education shall develop and approve career-ready pathways State of Arkansas. It takes the individual income tax from that are challenging and align with high-wage high-growth 4.9% to 4.7% and takes the corporate income tax from jobs in Arkansas.

5.3% to 5.1%. The bill has already been signed into law • The pathway also enables earlier exposure to students of and is implemented for tax years beginning this year. SB different career paths, through field trips, guest speakers, 549 is expected to be around a $124 million dollar tax cut community service, among other things. The bill also or general revenue reduction. requires an annual informational meeting for parents and • Another tax cut that went through the legislature this year legal guardians for students in the eighth grade regarding was HB 1045 by Representative Howard Beaty and Senator career-ready pathway offerings.

Ben Gilmore relating to phasing out the throwback rule that affects income tax for businesses. The throwback rule in the Other Components: SB 294 repealed the State of Arkansas had required businesses within the state Teacher Fair Dismissal Act and the Public School Employee to pay income tax on products they sell outside of the state Fair Hearing Act. It also addressed school safety in a few if the state where they’re selling does not have an income different ways. It added additional required youth mental tax. The legislature chose to tackle this issue through a health training, replaces every school safety audit with an phase out that will start in 2024 and conclude by 2030 assessment, and adds the ability for fire departments to having completely phased out the throwback rule at that collaborate with local law enforcement and emergency time. By the time everything is said and done in 2030, this management regarding school safety. The bill also adds will be a tax cut of $74 million. that cyberbullying and human trafficking should be addressed in training. The bill would also require additional Other issues RLC monitored: Though our main training for school nurses, and a system to establish direct goal this session was to establish relationships, we did monitor communication with local law enforcement in the event of a few other issues throughout the session. an emergency.

Unemployment: The legislature passed HB1197 2. Truth in Sentencing – Protect

by Representative Kendon Underwood and Senator Ben Arkansas Act: SB 495 carried by Senator Ben Gilmore that related to disqualifying a claimant from collecting Gilmore and Representative Jimmy Gazaway took aim unemployment if the claimant fails to respond to an offer of at completely reforming how the State of Arkansas employment or appear for a job interview – a.k.a. ghosting. approaches criminal justice. The bill touches quite a few The bill passed and will go into effect in January of 2024. areas but has a few key components.

• Another bill that passed related to unemployment • The bill allows for a new state prison with a bed capacity benefits was HB1575 by Representative Rebecca Burkes of 3,000 to be built. SB 495 enhanced the strength of and Senator Clint Penzo requiring at least five work search sentences for felony convictions meaning those convicted contacts per week, and further defines what work search of murder, rape, and human trafficking would have to contact means. The bill specified the completing and serve 100% of their sentence. submitting a job application or resume to an employer, • The bill also addresses the need for workforce training attending/completing a job interview, attending a job for inmates and allows the opportunity for the Chief fair, or participating in a job skill training at a workforce Workforce Officer to coordinate with the Department of center would accommodate the work search requirement.

Corrections to ensure they are receiving proper training This bill will also go into effect in January of 2024. and programming in hopes of reintegrating into the workforce upon release.

• Aside from workforce programs, the bill also starts programs for mental health and pregnancy care. It is CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... expected that over the next 10 or so years it would cost the state around $163,830,282 million.

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Workforce: The legislature also addressed occupational licensure through SB90 by Senator Ricky Hill and Representative Austin McCollum. The bill allows for an individual to receive occupational licensure if they establish residency in the State of Arkansas and have had an occupational license in another state. An individual would not be able to receive automatic licensure if they had a disqualifying criminal offense in another state or has a complaint/allegation/investigation relating to their occupational field. The bill requires an individual who received automatic licensure to meet all occupational license requirements and renewal requirements once established.

• The legislature also addressed workforce education at the high school level relating to Career-Technical Education courses and options available for students in CTE through SB470 by Senator Jim Dotson and Representative Rick Beck. The bill requires the Division of Career and Technical Education to review new and existing CTE Pathways to determine which courses can receive weighted credit.

It allows for ACT WorkKeys credentialing to be used as a transcribable credit towards the attainment of a postsecondary technical degree. It also expands the existing computer science credit requirement to allow for different CTE Pathways to identify computer-related courses within each pathway that could be applied for the computer science credit.

• The legislature passed HJR1006 by Representative Robin Lundstrum and Senator Jane English that will allow the Lottery proceeds to be utilized to fund scholarships to vocational-technical schools or public/private technical institutes. The House Joint Resolution passed both Chambers and is now eligible to be brought before Arkansas voters on the ballot in 2024.

XNA: SB414 by Senator Jim Petty and Representative Mindy McAlindon was filed during the session to try and address some concerns relating to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA).

• This bill would allow XNA the opportunity to detach from Highfill through a petition process. Prior to being able to detach them until there is an agreement regarding existing bonds for the area. The bill also provided certain immunities for the XNA Airport Board, like immunities in place for cities, counties, school district, and other political subdivisions.

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Live Music in Rogers

Vamanos! The 2023 Railyard Live concert season starts with a special Cinco de Mayo Fiesta and the season will continue every Friday and Saturday night until the end of September.

• Keep coming back to downtown Rogers for a great time and follow us on social media for concert updates.

Railyard Live Concert Season Turns 3: The Railyard Live concert series began in the 2021 season with exciting live music shows every Friday and Saturday from June through October performed by some of the most talented artists across the region.

• Our community is incredibly appreciative of all the great musical acts as well as our audience, partners, and staff that have helped make the concert series such a good time - thank you all!

Get your tickets here!

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Parker McCollum with Larry Fleet Godsmack with I Prevail Dave Matthews Band Incubus with Coheed & Cambria Foo Fighters - SOLD OUT

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Trailblazers Kicks Off National Bike Challenge Trailblazers is a nonprofit

How it works: Through the

formed in 2021 through the merger of NWA Trailblazers, an organization that has developed 300+ miles of multi-use trails, including the OZ Trails network, and BikeNWA, a bicycle advocacy and education-focused organization that has led the region in advocating for active transportation.

• Read their story here.

Love To Ride platform, participants track their rides, earn points for prizes, and challenge themselves and others to some friendly competition.

What’s happening: Whether for recreation or transportation purposes, Trailblazers encourages individuals, families, teams, and workplaces to join them FOR FREE for their May is Bike Month and Cycle September challenges.

Why it’s important: The annual National Bike Challenge is Trailblazers’ primary program to encourage residents of Northwest Arkansas to live healthy, active lives by riding a bicycle.

• As a workplace: Staff and faculty of an organization. Create a workplace profile that will be the online cycling community and encouragement platform for your organization. Compete in the national and global workplace challenges, while improving the health of your office, community, environment, and self! Note: Check with your workplace insurance company or health and wellness benefits to see how participating in the National Bike Challenge could benefit you!

How to participate: You can get involved in all three ways below: • As an individual: All types of rides count towards your points - for fun, commuting, e-bike rides, and indoor rides! Challenge yourself, your friends and family, or your coworkers.

• As a club/group: Friends, social riding group, cycling club, student group, etc. Cycling club/group pages are available year-round and have internal leaderboards for most miles, most trips, most commutes, etc. You can also filter these stats to see the top riders each month/year.

Tip: Link Strava and Map My Ride directly to your Love To Ride account, making trip-tracking simple. Ride Spot from PeopleForBikes and Strava can be linked, then Strava to Love to RideStrava is the common thread for it all!

Dig deeper: Get more details and register here. Email Lauren Hildreth with any questions or for tips to help your workplace at Lauren@WeAreTrailblazers.org.

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Onyx Coffee Lab Featured in Docuseries Onyx Coffee Lab, headquartered in Rogers, is the subject of a docuseries that is gaining traction on the film festival circuit.

Backgrounder: Produced by the Seattle-based studio Wildly, “The Road to Milan” was featured at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival on March 12, where it received an award for Best Series Episode and was nominated for Most Inspirational Film. A trailer for the series can be viewed here.

• The work is part of the Pacific Foods Barista Series and follows Onyx co-founder Andrea Allen’s journey to the World Barista Championship competition in 2021.

• It is a story of grit, determination, and creativity, beginning with Allen’s first experience in the U.S. Coffee Championships almost 10 years prior to entering the world stage.

Dig deeper: Episode I of the series details Onyx’s strategy to use competitions to help establish itself as a worldrenowned industry leader in coffee. Learn more at AY Magazine

“Having the opportunity to be a part of the World Barista Competition was one of the most rewarding and challenging things I’ve ever done. To have the Wildly team along for the ride over the years has resulted in this fun, poignant little film that sums up what it means to be a woman, a mom and a human in the pursuit of excellence.”

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May is National Pet Month: What better time to highlight our dog-friendly Downtown Rogers than with a canine-themed Art on the Bricks Art Walk?

• This monthly art walk is a program of The Rogers Lowell Chamber and we invite artists and petrelated businesses & non-profits to participate in “Barks on the Bricks: The UltiMUTT Art Walk” from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

• Downtown Rogers is a well-known dog-friendly environment with 50+ dog-friendly businesses ranging from galleries, shops, offices, patios and, of course, the parks!

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shopping district continues to attract businesses that support products produced locally.

• Many of these wares include artisan products making our historic community a popular destination location for creative businesses.

• The monthly Art Walk provides an opportunity to welcome artists and craftsmen to set up pop-up displays in shops and restaurants as well as along the Railyard Plaza in Railyard Park and we are

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• The Rogers Lowell Chamber invites you to support local artists, makers and entrepreneurs who create unique works and contribute to the creative economy and vibrance of Downtown Rogers.

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Sit & Stay: Deborah Billingsley, expert pet photographer, will display her award-winning portraits and offer free instruction on how to photograph pets at the Rogers Experimental House, 121 W Walnut Street.

• This free pop-up event will teach dog owners how to take proper photos of their pets in the event they become lost.

• Properly lit, in-focus photos help greatly in returning pets to their owners when posted on social media or neighborhood flyers.

All aboard! Artists, craftsmen and makers will be joined at Railyard Plaza by vendors of pet products and services including dog trainers, dog apparel designers, rescue organizations. groomers and non-profit animal • Pet portrait artists and photographers will have their work on display in indoor galleries and outdoor pop-up shops.

• An art exhibition and experiential art by local author of Three-legged Dog and a Chick at Into+View Gallery and Studio.

organizations are invited to participate with pop-up exhibits.

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New Art in Place Program Connecting Artists & Real Estate in NWA The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has launched a new program through which artists will be introduced to the early stages of real estate developments that are seeking innovative connections to their communities.

• Art in Place is the next step in ULI’s ongoing commitment to Creative Placemaking (CPM) a movement focused on the integration of art, culture, and creativity as levers of community revitalization.

Why it matters: Through the program, six national and district councils will organize a series of local events and panels to engage artists, creative types, and real estate decision-makers to amplify community voices and artist perspectives in an effort drive more inclusive and participatory real estate development processes.

• The NW Arkansas chapter of ULI has been named as one of these six councils.

• The prestigious global list also includes Hong Kong, Austin, Cleveland, Colorado, and Louisiana.

What they’re saying: Dayton Castleman, Director of Creative Placemaking and Artist Lead, at Verdant Studio, helped get NWA on the radar for this grant-based program.

• “In the fall of 2022, we applied through Verdant Studio on behalf of the Urban Land Institute’s NWA district council for the Art in Place program.

There’s a lot of development happening in NWA, and our goal is to encourage more art in the midst of it.”

Dig deeper: Read more details at Verdant Studio’s blog.

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NEW MEMBERS | March 2023 Allgeier, Martin and Associates, Inc.

Live Sage | The Lund Company

1004 Beau Terre, Bldg. E, Ste. 507 | Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 321-5449 | http://www.amce.com

240 S. Main St. | Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 326-8911 | https://www.live-sage.com

ENGINEERS-ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL

REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

Bank Central

Mavis Wine Co.

900 SE 5th St., Ste. 22 | Bentonville, AR 72712 (417) 593-9279 | https://www.bankcentral.net

718 N. 2nd St., Ste. 101 | Rogers, AR 72756 (479) 278-7430 | https://maviswineco.com

MORTGAGE LOANS & BANKERS

RETAIL SPECIALTY STORES

Chemisphere Corporation

Meritage Events

2101 Clifton Ave. | St. Louis, MO 63139 (314) 644-1300 | https://chemispherecorp.com Manufacturers

1722 N. College Ave., Ste. C, Box 220 | Fayetteville, AR 72703 (214) 680-6920 | https://www.meritageevents.com

Club Car Wash - Lowell

Northwest Arkansas Pool and Spa

302 N. Bloomington Rd. | Lowell, AR 72745 (833) 416-9975 | https://clubcarwash.com

1563 Hudson Rd. | Rogers, AR 72756 (479) 636-5223 | https://www.nwapoolandspa.com

CAR WASH

POOL & SPA SALES/SERVICE

Club Car Wash - Rogers

Page Living at Pinnacle Hills

300 W. Hudson Rd. | Rogers, AR 72756 (833) 416-9975 | https://clubcarwash.com

5050 W. Highland Knolls Rd. | Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 202-5675 | https://www.pagelivingatpinnaclehills.com

CAR WASH

APARTMENTS

Cromwell Architects Engineers

Remembering Nicholas Foundation

100 W. Emma Ave., Ste. 201 | Springdale, AR 72701 (479) 320-2741 | https://cromwell.com

Rogers, AR 72756 (501) 827-2168 | https://www.rememberingnicholasfoundation.com

ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATORS/PLANNERS

ORGANIZATIONS

Equestrian Bridges

Renewal by Andersen

5920 S. Bellview Rd. | Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 301-2814 | https://www.equestrianbridges.org

616 Madison Street | Springdale, AR 72762 (860) 306-7951 | https://arkansaswindowsdoors.com

ORGANIZATIONS

WINDOWS, NEW CONSTRUCTION

Fluid Truck

Restock AR LLC

Rogers, AR 72758 (888) 233-8573 | https://www.fluidtruck.com

2203 S. Promenade Blvd., Ste. 1122 | Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 372-4108 | https://www.restockar.com

TRUCKING TRANSPORT SERVICES

CLOTHING - RETAIL

Globe Life - Family Heritage Division

Ski and Sports

Rogers, AR 72756 (479) 403-7848 | http://www.globelifefamilyheritage.com

1711 Prairie Creek Dr. | Rogers, AR 72756 (479) 631-1653 | http://www.skiandsports.net

INSURANCE

BOAT DEALERS & MARINE SUPPLIES

Gratsy

Torchy’s Tacos

405 S. Bloomington St. | Lowell, AR 72745 (479) 579-9688 | https://gratsy.com

4950 W. Pauline Whitaker Pkwy. | Rogers, AR 72756 (479) 326-8507 | http://www.torchystacos.com

MARKETING - INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA

RESTAURANTS - MEXICAN

EVENT PLANNING

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2680 W WALNUT ST, ROGERS

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KATI WELLS CBT

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Harding University Northwest Arkansas Helen R. Walton Children’s Enrichment Center In Retrospect Vintage - Kitsch - Fleatabulous Lance Johnson Building Company Kinty Jones Heating & Cooling KLRC Radio Life Styles, Inc. Lowell Veterinary Center Moix RV - McGaugh Outpost LLC Molson Coors Beverage Company Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics, a MANA Clinic Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter Pinnacle Car Services Rogers-Bentonville Elks Lodge #2144 Shelter Insurance - Sean Garrison Smile Shoppe Pediatric Dentistry Rogers SoNA/Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Specialized Real Estate Group Straight’s Lawn & Garden TekTrendz, LLC Thomas Fence Weichert Realtors - The Griffin Company Whisinvest Realty, LLC 6-10 YEARS Academy of Professional Cosmetology Arkansas Health and Wellness Clark Contractors, LLC The Dotted Pig DOXA/VANTAGE DTR Medical dba Women’s Pavilion Freedom5:one Ministries Gearhead Outfitters Vickie Grotts Guess Who Heartland Pharmacy House of Three Jeffries Eye Associates Labor of Love Graphics, LLC

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Chamber Business Connect & Educational Events The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a variety of events to help build your network and learn.

Below are the upcoming events to note. For more event details and to register, visit us online at RogersLowell.com.

Every Wednesday in Rogers

Every Friday in Fayetteville

Presented By | Equity Business Solutions APRIL Host Sponsor | Ozark Regional Transit Location | Golden Corral Address | 2605 W Pleasant Crossing Dr. | Rogers If you are looking to connect to businesses in Northwest Arkansas, come and join us for coffee, breakfast snacks and great connections.

Presented By | Printova Sign & Graphics Location | Golden Corral Address | 4507 North College Ave. | Fayetteville If you are looking to connect to businesses in Northwest Arkansas, come and join us for coffee, breakfast snacks and great connections.

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Location | Rogers Lowell Chamber Address | 317 W. Walnut St. | Rogers Are you a new member, an existing member who wants a refresher on member benefits, a recently hired employee who needs to learn about the Chamber, or considering joining the Rogers Lowell Chamber? Then this event is for you!

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Presented By | T-Mobile Partner | Tyson Location | Downtown Rogers Businesses

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Art on the Bricks Art Walk showcases the art of regional artists while

Host Sponsor | Colliers | Arkansas Address | 4204 S Pinnacle Hills Pkwy. | Rogers

enhancing the artistic and cultural opportunities in Downtown Rogers.

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