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CONTENTS

LEADING TODAY 08

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TODAY AND FUTURE

MANUFACTURING Companies have invested in Fort Smith, and now cohesive training programs between collegiate, K-12 and business are opening doors.

Fort Smith offers a low cost of living, ongoing business development, career advancement and a wealth of entertainment and recreation options.

With innovation in manufacturing and technology, Fort Smith is poised to lead the state in economic growth in these areas.

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With projects such as Interstate 49 and developments with ports along the Arkansas River, expansion possibilities in Fort Smith are endless.

18 EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES Fort Smith features ongoing developments in technology, from the unmanned flights from the 188th Wing to advancements in driverless deliveries at ArcBest.

“Fort Smith is setting the example in workforce training in the partnership you have with industry.”

GOV. ASA HUTCHINSON AT THE 2018 CHAMBER BANQUET

28 ADVANCES IN HEALTH Fort Smith is leading the way with a growing medical school and top-tier health professionals recruited from around the world.

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GETTING HERE FROM ANYWHERE

COOL SPACES AND PLACES

Whether by car, bus, train or boat, it’s easy to get to and around the Fort Smith area.

Temple Live, Fort Smith Brewing Co. and other venues provide opportunities for fun, food and friendship.

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ADVANCES IN EDUCATION

CULTURE AND ARTS

Exciting things are on the horizon for students at Fort Smith Public Schools, UAFS and beyond.

The Fort Smith School District introduced its five-year Vision 2023 plan at the end of 2017.

38 OUTDOOR ADVENTURES New projects for outdoor enthusiasts include trail development at local parks and the Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park.

Learn about Fort Smith’s place in history at a variety of places, or check out the world-renowned murals from the annual “Unexpected” event.

52 STAY AND PLAY Annual events such as the Peacemaker Festival and Blues Fest bring music and festivities to Fort Smith.

57 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Meet the Fort Smith Area Chamber of Commerce members.

TRANSFORMING TOMORROW

FROM THE PRESIDENT Since 1887, the focus and mission of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has been to grow the local economy.

Through the full support of our members, we have accomplished the essential task of retaining business and recruiting new companies in a myriad of areas. Investing in the Chamber gives our community crucial advantages in economic development and a global voice emphasizing over and over again that Fort Smith is open for business.

The Chamber is pleased to be a leader and partner in the progressive development of our local economy. While we have experienced much success in the past year, our sights are set on preparing the workforce for the evolution in technology and the skills needed for success. It is an exciting time to live in Fort Smith and be a part of the progress that we see unfolding in every area of our community.

Tim Allen, Chamber President & CEO, joined the Chamber staff in November 2011. Prior to becoming Chamber President in 2013, Tim served as the Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for economic development for the Fort Smith MSA, overseeing Chamber staff and functions, and working with community leaders to improve the regional quality of place.

Advanced manufacturing, health care, and information technology are the strongest pillars of our economy. The Chamber is proud the local unemployment rate sits below four percent; however, there is more work to do. Fort Smith and the surrounding area has numerous global and nationally recognized businesses that drive our economy and we will continue to focus on deepening the stability and growth of the region with an magnified focus on championing workforce development.

In 2018, the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce received a $650,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation for the sole purpose of expanding workforce initiatives in the area. The Chamber has committed an additional $500,000 of its own funds to strengthen those initiatives. This will become part of the intensifying effort to build a regional infrastructure developing talent for a variety of career pathways and ensuring that our workforce has the skills necessary to retain and attract leading industries to our region.

In 2018, the Chamber, in partnership with local, state, and industry leaders, has generated over $150 million in capital investments comprised of 480 new jobs averaging over $19 an hour. The 10year economic impact of the Chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development projects is approximately $4.9 billion and we consistently lead the state in economic development announcements.

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The Fort Smith region plays a very visible role in Arkansas when it comes to governmental affairs and economic development and we tackle tough issues as an advocate for businesses of all sizes.

Decisions made by our legislators can have a direct impact on the livelihood of area entrepreneurs and business people and we strive to help protect the principles of free enterprise and ensure that businesses are being treated fairly at every level.

Once again, I extend my sincerest appreciation to our members for their support. If you would like to know more about joining the Chamber or if you are already a member and want to become more involved, please contact the office at (479)783-3111.

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rated, but its history is embraced and celeb ere wh w, ne d an old of on rfect combinati Pak, Mars PetCare The Fort Smith region is a pe ology growth at places like Pro hn tec d an ing tur fac nu s of ma on. With ith and the Arkansas College Sm rt Fo at future is clearly on the horiz s nsa ka Ar of ty rsi portunities at the Unive and more, to educational op iety of areas. es opportunities in a wide var vid pro ith Sm rt Fo , on ati uc Health Ed Businesses continue to grow and expand in the Fort Smith region. Fort Smith is home to corporate headquarters for companies like ABB and Qualserv 8

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and companies that produce everything from baby food to beer. Fort Smithmanufactured products can be found all over the world. The regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workforce

has excelled at taking on big jobs, thanks to training programs in association with growing local educational institutions like the University of Arkansas at Fort

Smith, UAMS, The Arkansas Colleges to performances by the Fort Smith approved millage increase in 2018. of Health Education, Vista College and Symphony and Western Arkansas Ballet.

The district’s plans include increased Arkansas Tech University-Ozark.

Annual events in Fort Smith offer fun security at all schools, new gyms at both Glatfelter created its first “airlaid” opportunities for everyone. Sign up for Northside and Southside high schools, materials facility in the United States, the Fort Smith Marathon each February new freshman centers and a career and bringing in around 80 high-tech jobs and test your running skills against your technology center. The University of where the average salary is about $27 friends and neighbors.

Arkansas at Fort Smith offers more than an hour. Companies like Mars Petcare, Head to the river in June and catch the 50 bachelor’s and associate degrees for Pernod Ricard, PRADCO, Midwest annual Blues Fest for two days of great its students ranging from dental hygiene Automation & Custom Fabrication music, or catch the Unexpected mural to graphic design and beyond. and others recently The Arkansas completed expansions Colleges of Health that brought more jobs Education continue to the area. to grow. The state-ofGlatfeltner, Siligan the-art college broke Plastics and Applied ground last year on Process all celebrated its newest facility, a grand openings in 66,000 square-foot, 2018. $25 million building Elsewhere in Fort that will house Smith, the opening of future programs in Tacos 4 Life, Gusano’s occupational therapy, Pizzaria, Freddy’s physical therapy and Frozen Custard & physician assistants.

Steakburgers and The new facility Baskin-Robbins will add 30 faculty Runners with Ainsley’s Angels kick off the Jim Rowland Fellowship Christian Athletes locations expanded (FCA) River Valley Run 5k, 10k, half marathon & virtual half marathon at Ben Geren positions with annual the selection for Regional Park. pay over $100,000 local diners. Zapata’s each.

Mexican Grill also opened on Rogers arts festival.

There are many opportunities for Avenue in the former Lin’s Garden If you’re in need of a helping hand with outdoor recreation in the area, whether location. your health, Fort Smith has you covered. it’s golfing at Ben Geren Park, visiting An array of arts and entertainment The region boasts two award-winning the Janet Huckabee Nature Center or opportunities exist everywhere you hospitals (Mercy Fort Smith and Baptist canoeing down the Mulberry River. look. Stop by and see who’s playing at Health), and each has convenient clinics There is also plenty of hiking and fishing TempleLive, or enjoy some food and and offices for their patients’ care. around at places like Lake Fort Smith music out at the StoneHouse at Chaffee Mercy Hospital launched a $10 State Park up Interstate 49, or Lake Crossing. 21 West End is one of Fort million fundraising program in 2018 to Tenkiller in Oklahoma. Head out for Smith’s go-to places to grab a meal and go toward its new 16,000-square-foot a walk along the trails at many of Fort a drink with friends, while Fort Smith Neurosciences Center. A ribbon-cutting Smith’s parks.

Brewing Co. often hosts fun events for and grand opening ceremony was held With its wide range of opportunities beer enthusiasts and others to enjoy. to mark Baptist Health’s emergence in in business and education and its The ArcBest Performing Arts Center at Fort Smith. assortment of fun things to do and see, the Fort Smith Convention Center has Fort Smith’s schools are poised to it’s easy to see why Fort Smith is a great played host to shows from nationally become some of the most modern and place to call home. Discover the area’s acclaimed performers, in addition upgraded in the state, following a voterpast, present and future for yourself.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE

FORT SMITH MSA POPULATION: 282,086 Source: US CENSUS BUREAU, 2018 Spring Population Estimates

CITY OF FORT SMITH POPULATION: 88,037 LARGEST EMPLOYERS BY INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING: 7,901 HEALTHCARE: 5,476 RETAIL TRADE: 5,284 Source: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.4%

MEDIAN AGE: 35.9

117,573

Source: DATA USA on Fort Smith, MSA

MEDIAN RENT:

$641 Source: DATA USA

Index comparisons from BestPlaces.net. 100 = U.S. Average. Below 100 means cheaper than the U.S. average. Above 100 means more expensive.

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Food: 89.6

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Housing: 57.4

Housing: 117.7

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Median Home: $107,000

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Utilities: 94.8

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Transportation: 82.5

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Health: 85.6

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YOUR BUSINESS CAN GET YOUR CONCEPT OUT SOONER AND FOR MUCH LESS. YOUR COMPANY HAS TIME TO GROW IN FORT SMITH.

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INNOVATION

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A testament to Fort Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business environment can be seen with the addition or expansion of several national and international companies in the past two years for more jobs with higher skilled labor.

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Continued investments in Fort Smith from both private and corporate citizens — as well as a growing medical college and two award-winning regional healthcare systems — offer additional support in the confidence with the city’s business environment and commitment from its citizens to take Fort Smith to its highest potential.

Phoenix Investors LLC is investing more than $10 million to renovate and repurpose 1.5 million square feet of new businesses and warehouse space in the building once used by Whirlpool.

Investors and businesses are keeping an eye on the push for further development of Interstate 49 over the Arkansas River on the edge of Fort Smith. This will create a north-south interstate corridor that eventually can flow seamlessly from Canada to New Orleans through Kansas City.

Five Rivers has the newest intermodal port facility on the Arkansas River System and features two convenient ports: The Port of Van Buren and the Port of Fort Smith. A new intermodal port across from Fort Smith in Van Buren on the Arkansas River is also in the works. This new port will be part of 12-foot channel in the Arkansas River to handle larger barges made possible with the expansion of the Panama Canal.

With encouragement from the city’s 2018 passage of the first millage increase in 31 years, workforce development continues to be a top priority for the area by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Tim Allen, president and CEO of the Fort Smith Chamber, says workforce development funding is expected to help meet the growing demands of advanced manufacturing.

A $500,000 commitment by the chamber to a $1.3 million Walton Family Foundation grant for workforce development was announced in

October 2018 at the chamber’s annual meeting. Thanks in part to a millage increase, officials in the Fort Smith Public Schools will be collaborating with the Chamber and local universities to create a technology center that is expected to help equip the next generation of workers with the skills needed in today’s technological environment.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Some of those students will go on to help boost Fort Smith’s long and strong history in manufacturing. Continued training programs, in association with growing local educational institutions, like the University of Arkansas at Fort

PRADCO opens its doors for a press conference and tour with the announcement that the company is expanding its Fort Smith operation.

Improvements in local amenities, such as an expanding trails system and healthcare options, are also a key piece in the focus on retaining and recruiting top talent.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has also made it a state priority to teach students computer programming to help prepare the state for its future.

Smith, Vista College, UAMS, Arkansas College of Health Sciences and Arkansas Tech University-Ozark show a concentrated effort for businesses and educational instituions to partner and stay on top of the latest technologies.

The total gross domestic product for the Fort Smith region from 2014-2017 is $8.9 billion and per-capita personal

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A barge passes along the Arkansas River traveling towards the Garrison Ave. Bridge

income for Fort Smith residents has continued to grow.

One Fort Smith-based company in particular, ProPak, has become both a downtown technology center and innovation hub with regular events that appeal to coders” like “hackathons,” and business pitch contests for regional entrepreneurs.

The national logistics company has hired 24 software developers in the past two years to write programs specifically for the demands of its customers. All of it happens out of a 110-year-old building that overlooks a downtown with forward momentum on revitalization.

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Downtown, what many here recognize as the “heart of the city,” has become one of several local “Opportunity Zones” designated by the governor to receive special tax benefits. Downtown also has been rezoned to allow for small-scale industrial uses and is expected to see the economic benefits of the forthcoming U.S. Marshals Museum.

On the east end of Fort Smith at Chaffee Crossing, former military land was donated to the cities of Fort Smith and Barling. These 7,000 acres have been developed into growing resource for business and education.

The redeveloped land is surrounded

by upscale residential neighborhoods dotted with commercial resources throughout. In addition to an extensive trails network, this area is now the home of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education. A Warehouse District also is taking shape out of World War II era warehouses.

A few of the Chamber’s recent successes in economic development have taken place at Chaffee Crossing.

ArcBest, an international logistics company, opened its new $31 million, 70-acre corporate headquarters in the spring of 2017. About 800 people work there now. It has room for about 1,000.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ArcBest has hired more than 400 of the 1,000 new positions that were expected to be created with the business expansion.

Glatfelter, the Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of specialty papers, set up shop last year in a 200,000-square-foot unused building in the middle of Chaffee Crossing to become one of the latest corporate additions to the city.

The global company invested about $90 million to a repurpose the building which had been built by Mitsubishi for windmill power generators.

Glatfelter repurposed it to create its first “airlaid” materials facility in the

U.S. and about 80 high-tech jobs where the average salary is about $27 an hour.

Glatfelter CEO Dante Parrini said in June 2018 with the grand opening of its Fort Smith facility that after an “exhaustive search” across the U.S., “it

became evident that Fort Smith had everything we were looking for.”

Chris Astley, senior vice president of Business Unit president for Advanced Airlaid Materials, also said at the grand opening “Fort Smith has more than

Tim Allen, president and CEO of the Fort Smith Chamber, says workforce development funding is expected to help meet th e growing demands of modern manufacturing an d coordinate job training initiatives with industry and educational institutions.

A crew with T & J Specialty works to set trusses on the FirstStar Bank under construction at the corner of Massard Road and Huntington Circle. The A+ Architecture designed building is scheduled for a 2019 opening.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT exceeded our expectations. We have every intent to grow here.”

Missouri-based Silga Plastic Food Containers Corp. has built a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Arkansas 45 with the ability to create up to 150 jobs.

Mars Petcare is another Fort Smith success story, showing continued expansion with several lines of pet foods.

Over the past three years, Mars Petcare in Fort Smith has invested $122 million and created more than 255 new jobs.

The Chamber has seen successes throughout the community, from downtown to the north side and east Fort Smith. Several Fort Smith area manufacturing facilities have seen expansions or additions over the past two years that have added more than 600 jobs to the local workforce.

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In addition to Mars Petcare, other local businesses that have expanded or moved to Fort Smith in the past two years include Pernod Ricard, PRADCO, Midwest Automation & Custom Fabrication, Bekaert and Applied Process.

Custom Fabrication and Engineering, a steel manufacturer in Fort Smith, and Midwest Automation in Arkoma, announced their merger in June with an expectation to create 85 new jobs.

PRADCO, makers of YUM fishing lures and Thill Floats, has added about 70 jobs at its Fort Smith facility since Jan. 1 for a total of about 200 jobs.

They also added 25 jobs last year, and about 80 jobs were added between 2014 and 2017 at PRADCO in Fort Smith.

Bruce Stanton, vice president and general manager of PRADCO — Fishing, noted some of their largest customers

like Walmart and Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s have “significant commitments to buying YUM (soft plastics) and Thill (balsa floats)” made in Fort Smith.

The company has invested more than $2 million in 16 new molding machines and a 13,000-square-foot production facility.

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TECHNOLOGY

Above: Southside’s Robotics Team Dopey, Max Gilbreath (from left) Christian Harp, Zachery Few and Ezra Haddock make thier presentation for the robotic arm that they programed to disassemble a Jenga tower at Southside.

Left: ABB Manufacturing Automation Engineer Jerry Williams, Jr. (left) talks Darby Junior High School student Debany Altamirano through the steps to work the robotic arm on display at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce Business & Career Expo at the Fort Smith Convention Center.

In addition to the ever-evolving medical technologies available through Fort Smith’s health-care providers, the city’s tech world continues to benefit from a presence by the U.S. military and several logistics companies.

The 188th Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard is likely the most hightech and security sensitive area in the region. The unit flies MQ-9 Reapers and other remotely piloted aircraft overseas from Ebbing Air National Guard Base.

Many of the military personnel live and work in the area, and provide the community with additional tech-savvy minds. A spokesman for the 188th Wing noted there are about 1,000 Airmen who are wing members, and around 325 full-

time wing members working on base.

This includes various state employees.

Recruiters are looking to fill almost 100 positions at the Fort Smith air base.

“There’s plenty of opportunity for aspiring tech wizards in the region who want to join,” Tech Sergeant John E. Hillier III writes.

While many companies rely on thirdparty agencies to provide software development, one Fort Smith-based company has taken it in-house.

ProPak Corporation, a Fort Smithbased logistics company, has hired 24 software developers to write computer programs tailored to their customers’ needs.

Justin Marshal, chief commercial

ArcBest, an international logistics company based in Fort Smith, has more than 1,000 employees in the area who also deal daily in a high-tech environment that calls for tracking thousands of vehicles and ships all over the world.

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TECHNOLOGY

Teams of hackers from Arkansas and Oklahoma representing large and small companies gather at ProPack for SH3LL On The Boarder, a two-day cyber security event featuring a Capture the Flag (CTF) hacking and various security workshops. Team challenges included networking, coding, cryptography, web application hacking, brainteasers, and real-life immersive geolocated puzzles in the downtown area.

officer for ProPak, runs the technology department from within their restored 110-year-old building overlooking downtown Fort Smith.

“We have a strong commitment to the area,” Marshal said when speaking of

making inroads.”

Marshal and others at ProPak stay in touch with the young tech crowd and innovative entrepreneurs in the region with their Hack-a-thon and a company pitch contest in association with StartUp

business and technology development.

Marshal said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s mandate on coding technology training in Arkansas schools has done a great deal of good for the state’s longterm technology initiatives.

Another local company that utilizes technology to a great extent is Van Buren-based USA Truck. recruiting coders and other tech-savvy employees. “The software community is a tight-knit group … This area has the talent, we just may not have the numbers as some other communities do. But we’re 20

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Junkie. The company also has developed relationships with local Fort Smith Public Schools, the new Fort Smith Future School and the Prism Education Center in Fayetteville with a keen interest in

“The governor has raised awareness of coding on a national level and show that opportunities are there” Marshal said.

The governor’s initiative, and efforts from companies like ProPak, have also

TECHNOLOGY begun to lift a veil of uncertainty about computer languages — something that impacts everyone, every day.

“It’s certainly nothing to be afraid of,” Marshal said. “My 7- and 9-year-olds

both commercial and residential, we foresee continued advances in how that equipment is built, operated and allocated and customers will seek out experts in helping them efficiently

number of hurdles including safetyrelated, regulatory, legal, operational including rapid decision-making capabilities, information security-related and general acceptance by the public,

“You could start preventing maintenance breakdowns before they happen looking at the data patterns and that kinds of things.” play on Code.org all the time. Technology is changing every day. So if you’re not focused on it, a lot is lost. For us, we focus on technology that can get you there, and we’re not going to walk away in the process. We’re building something to solve a problem that evolves every day.

And whatever we’re building we want to make it scalable.”

ArcBest, an international logistics company based in Fort Smith, has more than 1,000 employees in the area who also deal daily in a high-tech environment that calls for tracking thousands of vehicles and ships all over the world.

While driverless trucks are being developed by automakers and tech development groups, ArcBest is preparing for other major developments.

An ArcBest spokesperson said they don’t think there will be just one major change in the logistics industry but a convergence of many.

“Examples are autonomous technologies, ongoing digital transformation, blockchain advancement and heightened customer expectations for rapid and easy delivery,” writes Kathy Fieweger, communications director for ArcBest. “As goods will still need to travel on equipment to their destinations,

manage their supply chains and logistics needs.”

ArcBest management believes there will be a mix of driverless trucks and ones

Fieweger said.

ArcBest does not currently have any driverless vehicles, but like other logistics companies they have technology experts

Remotely piloted aircraft, a specialty for the 188th Wing in Fort Smith following a mission change that began in 2014, was described by Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson in March 2018 as the future of the Air Force and the Arkansas Air National Guard unit is “leading the way.”

that remain with drivers because some operations are simply too complicated to done completely driverless. Driverless technology, while promising, has a

in Fort Smith who monitor all emerging technologies in their industry, as well as other industries, that may have a potential impact on their business.

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TECHNOLOGY Fieweger also said they are “always looking for top talent who want to help ArcBest make a tangible difference for our customers.”

Another local company that utilizes technology to a great extent is the Van Buren-based USA Truck, Inc. Kim Littlejohn, vice president and chief technology officer of USA Truck, said technology is keeping the company’s trucks safe on the roads. The company does this in many different ways.

Littlejohn said technology is advancing with regards to automation.

“There are all kinds of sensory safety capabilities on the trucks these days … for lane changes, for the space capacity, and time to react,” Littlejohn said. “The trucks will automatically break when

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they’re sensing a slowdown in the traffic up ahead.”

USA Truck has cameras in its trucks as well. Littlejohn said she believes that has been the most pivotal, useful technology the company has put in place so far from its perspective.

These cameras are both inward and outward facing, which allows the company to observe both good and bad driver behavior.

The cameras also allow the company to provide coaching, in addition to rewards and recognition, to do real-time event coaching with its drivers.

USA Truck also employs telematics technology, allowing the drivers to communicate with the company when they are on the road. An aspect of the

Electronic Logging Devices mandate and the telematics technology will give the company more engine information and new data to analyze.

“You could start preventing maintenance breakdowns before they happen looking at the data patterns and that kinds of things,” Littlejohn explained. “You can keep the trucks safe by repairing things in advance. There’s just a lot of good information that we’re going to get from these new solutions that wasn’t available to us before.”

“So we’re finding a huge transition from the normal mainstays in the cab.

It’s an all-inclusive solution to more of an a la carte solution where … you have a telematics device, and then you have an application standalone. You have a tablet by which all of the information can be delivered to the driver and that kind of thing, whereas before it was all in one unit.”

The dedicated transportation page on the USA Truck website states the company has industry-leading systems for 24/7 tracking and reporting already installed in its fleet so no extra expenditure is needed for start-up. Littlejohn said that is talking about the company’s main Transportation Management System.

“We partner with one of the leading vendors in the industry for our Transportation Management System, TMS, and we’re just going through an upgrade on that right now,” Littlejohn said.

“And so that’s going to be delivered to our operations group in April 2019, so that’s another big initiative that we’ve got going on.”

Littlejohn said all the technology USA Truck currently uses is third-party. The company’s IT strategic planning took place Jan. 21 and 22, 2019.

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MANUFACTURING Training programs in association with local manufacturers are a focus for growing local educational institutions like the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Vista College, and Arkansas Tech University-Ozark.

A concentration on manufacturing is given by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce not just because of the city’s long history in the industry, but it has the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector.

According to the National Association of Manufacturers, for every dollar spent in manufacturing, another $1.89 is added to the economy. And for every one worker in manufacturing, there are another four employees hired elsewhere.

The number of manufacturing jobs in Fort Smith increased by about 300 between August and December 2018 to 17,700 jobs in large part to continued expansion at Mars Petcare. At its Fort Smith plant, the global company produces Cesar and Sheba wet dog and cat foods, as well as Iams, Nutro and Crave brands.

Over the past three years, Mars Petcare

has invested more than $120 million and created more than 255 new jobs.

The global pet food market is projected to grow to over $98 billion by the year 2022, according to Grand View Research.

With the recent addition of Silgan Plastics’ new facility 100,000-squarefoot facility in Fort Smith, the number of manufacturing jobs for the area is also expected to increase by another 150. Glatfelter, the Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of specialty papers, set up shop in late 2017 and early 2018

to become one of the latest corporate additions to the city. The global company invested about $90 million to a repurpose a building and create about 80 high-tech manufacturing jobs with its first “airlaid” materials facility in the United States.

The average salary there is about $27 an hour, making products like speciality paper products.

Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Allen says many manufacturing jobs have also been retained over the past five years

Glatfeltner, a manufacturing company for specialty paper products, celebrated an expansion at its new facility in 2018.

ArcBest, a global leader in transportation and logistics, invested in a new, 203,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for its headquarters, also providing space for nearly 1,000 additional jobs The building was designed to attract the best and brightest stars for a company that is a world leader in its industry.

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MANUFACTURING in an increasingly competitive market.

Much like the rest of the nation, the area is also in a transition period between traditional manufacturing jobs and hightech manufacturing jobs.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of manufacturing jobs has hovered around 18,000 for the past six years, hitting a high point in December 2014 with about 18,400 jobs. Total non-farm jobs in the Fort Smith metropolitan statistical area as of December 2018 was about 113,000.

Several Fort Smith area manufacturing facilities have seen expansions or additions over 2017 and 2018 have added about 650 jobs to the local economy.

Among the companies that are expanding or have expanded since 2016 also include Pernod Ricard, PRADCO,

Midwest Automation & Custom Fabrication, Applied Proces, Qual Serve, Simmons, Zero Mountain and Bekaert in Van Buren.

Custom Fabrication and Engineering, a steel manufacturer in Fort Smith, and Midwest Automation in Arkoma, announced their merger in June with an expectation to create 85 new jobs.

PRADCO, makers of YUM fishing lures and Thill Floats, has added over 200 jobs since 2017. PRADCO has invested more than $2 million in 16 new molding machines and a 13,000-square-foot production facility.

Bekaert announced in May it was investing $16 million in a 100,000-squarefoot expansion to its wire-production plant in Van Buren to add about 40 new jobs.

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While robots are not killing off all the jobs like many have feared, people are often working alongside them and that requires a different skill set, according to Michael Shapiro, director of Strategic Communications for the National Association of Manufacturers.

As a result of the new way of doing things, the nation has about 506,000 jobs sitting unfilled in what’s being called a “skills gap.”

Glatfelter and ABB, formerly known Baldor Electric Co., however, are

examples of the direction manufacturing jobs need to go locally, Allen said. Wages there average about $25 an hour, about 30 percent higher than in traditional manufacturing facilities.

With the change in technology comes a need for a different level of education for both teens in school to people already in the job market. That education level often relates more to computer programming.

The recent millage increase, which was heavily promoted by local employers like ABB, was passed by voters of the Fort Smith School District in 2018. IN that $825,000 has been budgeted for technology improvements to schools.

“The community realizes that new training is needed,” Allen said. “The millage increase was so important in preparing our workforce for the jobs of the future.”

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Fort Smith’s healthcare system is on the rise with the growing Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, the acquisition of Sparks Health System by Baptist Health and recent improvements at Mercy Hospital.

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up and running with 1,000 students on campus by 2022. There is also the possibility of the college opening up a veterinary program.

The college’s biggest goal is to recruit students who want to stay in the area after finishing their education, Parker

said. “You can graduate them all you want, but if they leave, that’s where you haven’t solved the problem,” Parker said at a recent First Friday Breakfast, hosted by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Parker said before the school opened,

HEALTH UPDATES its board would not take on the endeavor unless each student could be placed in a nearby program. Most students will stay within 1½ hours of where they received their education.

The school has contracts with Mercy, Baptist and every major hospital in Arkansas, as well as health systems in Oklahoma. Both hospitals in Fort Smith will run nearly 100 students through clinicals next year, Parker said.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education granted accreditation to the medical college. Graduate medical education is when students receive training in a specialty, the residency period, or a subspecialty, the fellowship period, after completing medical school.

This will allow the medical college to develop residencies in the areas of family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and surgical medicine. There

may be opportunities for other specialties and subspecialties.

“The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and the Board of Trustees are committed to providing the resources necessary to establish residency training for its graduates, increasing the likelihood that ARCOM students will stay and serve the needs of underserved Arkansas and surrounding states,” Parker said in a 2018 news release. “These residency programs are a key element in increasing the number of medical students that will be able to train in Arkansas.”

The graduate medical education system was implemented to allow allopathic (doctors of medicine, MD) and osteopathic (doctors of osteopathic medicine, DO) doctors complete residencies and fellowships at accredited programs. ARCOM residencies will be available for graduates of both

backgrounds.

The purpose of ACHE is more than just churning out more physicians, Parker said. It’s about the reason they’re doing it — giving access to healthcare, specifically to those in Arkansas.

“Every human being, regardless of stature, income, color of skin, religious belief, everybody is equal. Everybody needs to be treated fairly. That’s what we’re going to help change,” Parker said.

The college is also working on fundraising for a park and garden project to remember those who gave their bodies to the college for study, which it believes will bring honor and dignity to the individuals and families in the anatomical donation program.

It is supposed to be an additional way for the college to promote healthy living and will be connected to the city’s trail system.

Fort Smith’s location is a 492-bed acute care facility, while the Van Buren center has 103 beds.

Baptist Health, which is based in Little Rock, announced July 18 it had entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Sparks Health System’s facilities in Fort Smith and Van Buren.

A ribbon-cutting and grand opening

ceremony was held at each location Nov. 13, 2018. Troy Wells, president and CEO of Baptist Health, said Sparks had been a “trusted part of the community for 125 years, serving over 355,000 people in the 11-county area.”

Tim Allen, Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, previously said he appreciates Baptist Health investing in

Workers hang a Baptist Health banner covering the Sparks signage along the top of the Towson Avenue hospital.

FROM SPARKS TO BAPTIST Baptist Health purchased Sparks Health System, the oldest hospital in Fort Smith, at the end of last year.

The Fort Smith and Van Buren hospitals were both acquired in the sale, bringing Baptist’s total number of hospitals to 11.

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HEALTH UPDATES Fort Smith and that health care is a major factor in a city’s development.

“It really is the foundation whenever companies and people are looking to locate in a market,” Allen said. “When I learned Baptist Health was coming to Fort Smith, a couple things came to mind, and that is stability and worldclass health care.”

Around 1,600 employees work at the two hospitals and affiliate clinics in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.

and support the treatment in other healthcare specialties such as trauma and emergency.

Mercy was also approved in December 2018 for a city building permit worth more than $1 million. Spokesperson Todd Nighswonger said this will go toward office space as doctors will be moved around.

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MERCY FOCUSES ON NEUROSCIENCES Mercy Hospital launched a $10 million fundraising program in 2018 to go toward its new 16,000-squarefoot Neurosciences Center and hired a husband and wife neurosurgeon team.

The goal of this initiative is to provide 24-hour neurosurgical care, which has not been available for several years.

Ryan Gehrig, president of Mercy-Fort Smith previously said around 2,200 neuro cases leave Fort Smith annually due to a lack of round-the-clock care.

He also said roughly 700 neuro trauma patients are transferred and 1,500 spinal cases leave the area each year.

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by CAR The Fort Smith Region is easily accessible from Interstate 40 — the nation’s main east/west corridor stretching from North Carolina to California. The I-540 extension also allows for easy north/south travel especially between Fort Smith and northwest Arkansas including Fayetteville, Rogers and Bentonville. According to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Depart-ment, more than 32 billion miles are driven on these roads each year.

The Fort Smith Public Transit also provides public transportation and operates passenger mini-buses that run Monday through Saturday.

The service is only $1.25 and offers curb-to-curb service along four routes through the city. The city also operates a 25-seat trolley that travels through Fort Smith’ss downtown and historic districts.

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another group evaluated the different needs that could justify an increase.

The district-wide improvements were combined into a voter-approved millage rate increase last May. Nearly 62 percent of voters were in favor of the plan, which propelled the

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EDUCATION millage rate from the lowest in the county at 36.5 mills to the highest at 42.058 mills. This was the first time in more than three decades the district had a millage increase. More than $120 million will go toward the improvement projects.

Some of the projects include, but are not limited to, a new technology center, storm shelters, increased security and new gyms at both high schools.

“We want to thank the Fort Smith and Barling communities for their support of Fort Smith Public Schools and the students we serve,” Brubaker said in a news release after the increase was approved by voters in May 2018. “We also are grateful for the efforts of so many to get the word out about this ballot question. I am committed to ensuring that our processes and projects are characterized by the high degree of transparency that our community expects.”

The Fort Smith Board of Education approved in August the formation of a millage oversight committee to oversee and report on the use of funding. It is required to meet at least once per quarter.

Contracts are being finalized and design work is in progress. The millage advisory board received a timeline update in early 2019, with “dirt work” starting in the spring and summer for some of the projects, which are all scheduled to be finished at the start of the 2021-22 school year.

DIVERSITY AND OPTIONS Students and their families aren’t confined to the Fort Smith district, however, and have other educational opportunities.

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Future School student Nicole Hill, left, shares her creative process with Lisa Marie Gala of Hope Federal Credit Union in Little Rock, during the 2nd annual Student Internship Gallery Night at the charter school.

Those in elementary school and junior high school may attend one of three different Catholic schools in the city.

There are two elementary schools — St. Boniface and Immaculate Conception — and Trinity Junior High.

It was announced last fall that in alignment with the public school sector, there may be a grade restructuring in the coming years.

Father John Antony said elementary schools would serve kindergarten through fifth grade. Middle schools would serve sixth through eighth grade.

Keeping grades aligned with the Fort Smith School District would be most effective as students transition to high school and match how the state splits grades.

“I’m a product of Catholic education from fifth grade, high school, university and seminary. I love Catholic school, and I really felt a passion for helping them,” Antony said.

“I think where we are today is really beautiful, because we have the opportunity to redraw the map for Catholic schools in Fort Smith in a way that we (can) provide the best.”

Future School of Fort Smith is another opportunity. It serves 10th through 12th grade students looking for a more fluid

education experience. The school is on a block schedule with each class meeting twice a week. Wednesdays are reserved for internships and concurrent classes through the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

The purpose of the school’s set up is to allow students an opportunity to explore different career fields prior to college and provide a professional network for them as they move onto college or a job.

“Our vision is to create a network of future leaders that we can ground in our community here, so they stay put,” said Principal Allison Montiel. “We’ve got a brain drain problem here in Fort Smith.

Our best and brightest go off and don’t come home. So what we’re trying to do is get a group of kids who are so engaged

EDUCATION in their community that they think about (moving home).”

HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is the city’s flagship university.

It offers more than 50 bachelor’s and associate degrees, three dozen certificate programs and various clubs and NCAA Division II athletics.

It is currently in the midst of a nationwide search for a new chancellor following the departure of Paul Beran in 2018. A search committee is assisting University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt in the effort.

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Bobbitt will present a recommendation to the board of trustees and, if everything falls into place, he said the school hopes to have a new chancellor by this fall.

UAFS also recently received a $10.8 million donation from the late Myles Friedman, who attended the school when it was still a junior college.

Prior to his death, Friedman donated the money for a scholarship endowment

that would support students going into the arts or sciences and have high standardized test scores. The school has already provided 20 Myles Friedman scholarships.

When the school held its fall commencement ceremony in 2018, more than 690 students were eligible for graduation, half of which earned their bachelor’s degree. This was about 75 more eligible students than in fall 2017.

Other higher education opportunities in and near Fort Smith include, but are not limited to, UAMS, Vista College, Arkansas Colleges of Health Sciences, Arkansas Tech University, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Carl Albert State College, John Brown University, Northeastern State University and the University of the Ozarks.

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OUT AND ABOUT The growing trail system at Chaffee Crossing is part of the overall master plan to connect the city and other paths as part of a 30+ mile trail.

This project is important for Chaffee Crossing and the city because of the exponential growth there, and that is part of a developing area of the city of Fort Smith. Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Sara Deuster said in January construction for segment one was due to begin in February.

Another project that is in the works in Fort Smith will be located at the riverfront. In November, the Fort Smith board of directors approved the purchase of 312 acres of land from Kansas City Southern Railroad Company for softsurface trails along the riverfront across from the Riverfront Sports Complex.

Soft-surface trails are essentially paths that are cut in the woods and do not have any sort of infrastructure.

“A soft surface trail is just going to be cutting brush out of the way to create anywhere from a four or five foot to 12 foot path through the woods and across boulders, whatever it may be, but you have very minimal construction costs,” said Doug Reinert, director of the Fort Smith Parks and Recreation.

The riverfront land would be purchased jointly with Fort Smith business owner Bill Hanna for about $104,000. Reinert said he believed the soft surface trails are just one more interaction with nature, with the project opening up this property to the public.

“The public in general is always looking for additional recreational opportunities, and Arkansas itself is known for its trail systems, and they are always looking for more opportunities for us to grow that system, and it gives you access to the river,” Reinert said.

Brian Longley, a member of Phat Tire Bike Shop Team, heads down the Zippidee Doo Dah bike trail on in Fort Smith during a regular Tuesday evening group ride.

Reinert said there are also more opportunities for thrills and adventure because mountain biking and riding a cruiser bike down a paved trail are completely different experiences, with the project adding something else to

what already exists.

The Fort Smith Parks Department finished a variety of outdoor-related projects last year. The city wrapped up the third phase of the Greg Smith River Trail by extending the walking trail by

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OUT AND ABOUT 1.5 miles. The addition begins at the end of the Rice Carden Levee Trail, extends past Fort Smith Park, and ends at the railroad tracks along Riverfront Drive.

The completion of this phase in October 2018 brought the total length of the Greg Smith River Trail to 6.3 miles.

The Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park opened to visitors with a grand opening in October. The park features pump tracks, skate equipment, climbing structures and landscaping along the Arkansas River.

Reinert described this park as a great success.

“It’s heavily used all year-round,” Reinert said. “Since it’s opened, even in the dead of cold, there’s always somebody down there, and there are very few days that I don’t see at least one person down

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Austin Anderson rides in the Fort Smith Riverfront Skate and Bike Park.

there unless it’s raining really hard, or so on and so forth.”

Reinert said the people who use the new park do very good job at policing the area. This includes picking up trash and not vandalizing the park.

“If there’s bad behavior, I’ve been told that others will step in instead of just necessarily calling the police or calling us, they actually will intercede and ask them to cool it,” Reinert said. “And I appreciate the fact that the citizens and the users actually take ownership of it.”

Four-legged furry friends can enjoy a new dog park at Fort Smith Park, which opened to dogs and their human friends in July. As part of the renovation, the playground also received upgrades in August. A fishing pavilion and new parking lot had been added earlier in the spring.

The fishing pavilion will provide a place for a variety of the large fishing tournaments the city plans to host.

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If one can’t find anything fun and ins piring to do in Fort Smith, then the blame, in a not-so-roundabout-way, is on him or her. Local go-to venues such as 21 West End, Temple Live, Fort Smith Brewing Co . and StoneHouse continue to offer a variety of entertainment via food, live music , special events and more.

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These venues and many more within the Fort Smith area have been called ideal places by many who are wishing to relax, forget about stress for a bit, meet friends and create new friendships.

Located at 21 N. Second St., Suite 102, 21 West End offers a lengthy menu of entrees, small plates, shared appetizers, soups, salads, drinks and more for patrons. The bar-and-restaurant establishment also is one of numerous venues that include performances by area groups and visiting musicians and singers.

Fort Smith Brewing Co., 7500 Fort Chaffee Blvd., is a Fort Smith brewery that prides itself on bringing localized beverages to the community and includes

Neumeier’s Rib Room & Beer Garden, founded and operated by the late Bill Neumeier, will resume its live-music schedule in mid- to late-April.

a tasting room with 62 taps.

Among the special events the site has hosted in the past were tasting sessions, a 1980s-style party, gaming and cornhole tournaments and a scholarship fundraiser, as well as the ongoing Fort Smith Beer & Hymns event.

Described as an outgrowth of the North Carolina-based Wild Goose Festival, the Fort Smith Beer & Hymns gathering takes place at 6 p.m. on the last Sunday of each month. Organizers and attendees sing traditional hymns and other material, with the aim to attract literally everyone of every belief and every lifestyle, according to the Fort Smith Beer and Hymns Facebook page.

StoneHouse, 8801 Wells Lake Road, is a place where various cocktails are named after historic events and people in the Chaffee Crossing area. Two of these creatively named drinks on the menu are the Maness, which is named after the building that houses StoneHouse, and the Barrack 803, which is named after what is now the Chaffee Barbershop Museum; Rock and roll “king” Elvis Presley famously had his first military haircut at Barrack 803.

Standing at Garrison Avenue and Second Street, the Park at West End has been a long-running favorite of area residents and visitors, thanks to its large,

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VENUES fast-moving Ferris wheel. The park also is home to a carousel and an area that is called ideal by many for birthdays, weddings, family reunions and other special events.

Temple Live, which can be found at 200 N. 11th St., continues to be known for its host of genre-hopping concerts and a downstairs restaurant area, whose evolving menu tackles multiple food tastes. Special screenings of the movies “Frozen,” “Casablanca,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Citizen Kane,” “Elf,” “Step Brothers” and others recent drew crowds inside the renovated Masonic Temple, and the plan calls for Temple Live to host more movie-related events for all ages, said Mike Brown of Temple Live.

Individuals who travel to 900 Garrison Ave. will find the park known as Garrison Commons, which is the site

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Street artists, musicians and special movie showings have been known to be common at Garrison Commons.

Fans of live music, food and friendship also can find congregating at the Sound Room, Neumeier’s Rib Room & Beer Garden, Harry’s Downtown, Gus’s Bar & Grill, Hero’s, the Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown, the new 906 Cocktail and Cigar Lounge and the 801 Media Center, to name a few. A variety of Fort Smithbased bands, regional acts and nationaltouring artists commonly are found inside these locations, dishing up original material and cover songs that dip into blues, rock, country, soul, Americana and other musical genres.

At Hero’s, $1 tacos, music and various drinks are favorites of customers, while American food, pool tables and TV screens inside Gus’s Bar & Grill are cherished by patrons. Neumeier’s Rib Room & Beer Garden, founded and operated by the late Bill Neumeier, will resume its live-music schedule in mid- to late-April, officials said.

The 801 Media Center houses the annual Artist Audience Community Live! concert series, which will present intimate, low-key gigs by Gaye Adegbalola (Feb. 7) and Gretchen Peters (March 6). The 2019-20 season schedule soon will be announced, according to organizers.

No stranger to scheduled concerts and other community friendly events, the ArcBest Performing Arts Center in the Fort Smith Convention Center acts as the performance site for the Fort Smith Symphony, as well as for other activities like the Western Arkansas Ballet’s annual “Nutcracker” production, local fundraisers and numerous statewide and national dance competitions.

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S ’ H T I M S T R FO nd arts culture a

Fort Smith has a breadth of opportunities if you’re looking to get a little more culture in your world.

From the award-winning Fort Smith Symphony to the much talked-about future U.S. Marshals Museum, the city and its residents take pride in a rich history and modern take on its developing future.

The Marshals Museum building in Fort Smith began taking shape in 2018, with the promise of more on the horizon.

Since the announcement in early 2007 that the museum was “coming home” to

Fort Smith, residents have been eager to see progress at the site along the Arkansas River downtown. Fort Smith was headquarters for marshals who patrolled the Indian Territory in the 1800s, memorialized in movies such as “True Grit” and “Hang ‘Em High,” so the city’s selection as the site for a national museum seemed fitting. More U.S. Marshals and deputies also have died in the line of duty while based out of Fort Smith than any other location in the 230 year history of the organization founded

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The first segments of concrete for the new U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith were poured in late October 2018, followed by the first beams for the Mary Carleton and Robert A. Young III Building, home of the future museum.

The museum’s president hopes to have the building completed and the Hall of Honor, which honors the deputy U.S. marshals killed in the line of duty, open by the projected grand opening. Most of the exhibits will likely be installed later.

The museum will pay homage to the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement

Above: The Fort Smith Symphony entertains with a Christmas performance at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center.

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CULTURE AND ART agency and help unite other Fort Smith locations — including the National Historic Site and “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker’s gallows — as part of the city’s rich “Old West” legacy. Fort Smith was named by True West Magazine as a 2019 Top True Western Town, the seventh year in a row for the city to make the magazine’s top 10. It was featured in the February 2019 edition of the magazine.

“Back in the frontier days, Fort Smith was a gateway for people seeking their future in the Oklahoma and Indian territories — or beyond,” a True West Magazine news release states. “Travelers faced numerous obstacles and challenges in this rough and tumble place; they had to possess ‘true grit.’ That same character shows today in Fort Smith’s determination to showcase its place in Old West history.”

The historic Atkinson-Williams Warehouse at 320 Rogers Ave. houses the Fort Smith Museum of History. The museum was established in 1910 and is home to about 40,000 items that help tell Fort Smith’s story.

Exhibits include the William O. Darby Memorial Room, which features artifacts from the founder of Darby’s Rangers, who was born in Fort Smith in 1910 and attended Fort Smith High School and West Point. Other exhibits feature furnishings from the court of Judge Isaac C. Parker, a collection of 19th century woodworking tools, a display depicting the region’s broadcast history; and an exhibit on African-American history in Fort Smith. The Boyd Gallery offers temporary exhibitions as well as traveling exhibitions.

Visitors can enjoy ice cream sundaes, floats and more at the museum’s oldfashioned soda fountain. The museum’s gift shop offers locally made items such as pottery and art, and prints of historic

Visitors to the Steel Horse Rally take in the sights of the Unexpected Project as they ride through the city during this annual summertime event that features thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts.

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The AtkinsonWilliams Warehouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Colorful reminders of the annual Unexpected Project can be seen

The Fort Smith National Historic Site visitors center at left, and the Fort Smith Museum of History.

Visitors see a glimpse of local art and the rich history of Fort Smith at the Regional Art Museum.

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CULTURE AND ART throughout Fort Smith, including several projects that came to life in 2018.

The 2018 Unexpected Project, held Oct. 22-28, 2018, was the fourth installment of the event that brings artists together to Fort Smith to celebrate not just art itself but the ability to get a community to come together.

The murals provide an opportunity for residents and tourists alike to walk throughout the downtown area to find these “hidden gems” of Fort Smith.

In 2018, Towson Avenue was the target location for many artists. Nate “Buffalo” Meyers of Fort Smith created a mural on the north wall of the Habitat For Humanity ReStore building on Towson Avenue. Meyers, who has painted murals in Denver and Memphis, said he has worked in The Unexpected in different capacities since 2016 but got his own wall this year.

Muralist Alex “Pref” Geoffrey of London participated in the 2018 Unexpected Project by painting a mural on the north side of a building in the southwest corner of Towson Avenue and North C Street. That mural depict threedimensional block letters that spell out “the very best is yet to come” in a flowing banner. Geoffrey said he got the idea for the mural because of the mission of The Unexpected to revive Fort Smith.

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Diogo “Add Fuel” Machado created his interpretation of Native American art on several storefronts in the 200 block of Towson Avenue.

Snooper’s Barn Used Books owner Janice Wade at 208 Towson Ave. in downtown Fort Smith said she has seen an increase in foot traffic since the multi-building, Southwest-design mural

by Add Fuel of Portugal was painted in during the 2018 Unexpected.

Residents of Decatur, Alabama, during last year’s Unexpected approached festival leaders about using the event as a benchmark for revitalization in their town, Unexpected founder Steve Clark said.

Unexpected director Claire Kolberg said festival leaders regularly receive calls and emails from people in other towns who would like to duplicate the festival in their own community.

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Any given calendar year in Fo rt Smith is filled with festivals tailored to just about anyone liking. These events range ’s from an internationally-acc laimed arts festival, a rapi growing motorcycle rally an dly d two summer riverfront m usic festivals.

“You’ve seen over the last five years two things -- one, an interest to put them on, and two, the citizens’ and the region’s response to those festivals and events,” said Propak CEO and Unexpected Public Arts Festival founder Steve Clark.

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dominated by The Unexpected, The Steel Horse Rally, the Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival and Peacemaker Festival.

Other festivals like Ales 4 Trails beer festival and the Fort Smith Fall Festival give citizens and visitors alike options to fit their preference of event.

Clark said he is hopeful for Fort Smith’s festival scene in coming years.

“There’s no reason the current ones won’t continue and new ones won’t begin,” he said.

TOURISM THE PEACEMAKER FESTIVAL It still brings the blues, but Fort Smith’s second music festival each year also caters to an even more diverse musical palette.

Peacemaker Music Festival in its fourth year drew thousands July 2728 to the Riverfront Amphitheater to enjoy a lineup of nationally-acclaimed roots rock, soul and blues among other genres. Musical acts in 2018 included soul vocalist Anderson East, hard rock act Rival Sons and Grammy-nominated roots rocker Grace Potter.

“It seems to be a really great thing, a great tradition,” said Chip Davis of Dardanelle, who commuted to Fort Smith for the festival.

People from 19 states had purchased tickets to the festival in 2018, according to festival president Trent Goins. The festival donates its ticket revenues to multiple charities, Goins said.

The festival in 2018 drew 3,500-5,000 people on both nights to watch the live music acts, Goins said.

Though he expected a larger crowd for Potter, he spoke well of all the acts in the 2018 lineup.

“It’s definitely variety,” Davis said.

Along with raising money for charity and bringing live music to Fort Smith, Goins said the festival gives locals “the opportunity to really showcase what Fort Smith can be.”

“Seeing Fort Smith progress has been one of the greater things I’ve experienced with it,” Kleck said.

“Growing up here, it was a place that you just looked forward to kind of getting out of, but now, seeing how much it’s come forward with everything, it’s really

nice to go from Russellville and come back here and really enjoy something I can experience in the hometown.”

STEEL HORSE RALLY The month of May in Fort Smith is always met with the rumble of

motorcycles along Garrison Avenue.

Thousands of motorcyclists from all over the United States for two days each year descend upon downtown Fort Smith for the Steel Horse Rally, which in 2018 drew an estimated 100,000 people to downtown Fort Smith and surrounding areas. Though the rally has filled

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TOURISM Garrison Avenue in each of its four years, it expanded in 2018 to a two-state event with the addition of the Steel Horse Rally Shootout race in Pocola “Decades ago, I rode my HarleyDavidson across the Arkansas River Bridge from Oklahoma onto Garrison Avenue. I knew then that this would be a great place for a motorcycle rally of this magnitude,” Rally Director Dennis Snow said.

Snow in 2015 brought the inaugural Steel Horse Rally to Garrison Avenue.

The rally in 2018 drew bikers from as far away as Wisconsin and Colorado enjoy a host of vendors, a parade through Fort Smith and two days of camaraderie.

Other than a handful of events at the rally, Snow called his rally “family friendly.”

“The people who come out and support the rally — the bottom line is, without them, we wouldn’t be doing this,” he said. “They come out and put on their best face. It’s a nice, positive experience for everybody, and it’s a lot of fun, and we appreciate everybody who comes out.”

Austin Calvillo, the Wanda Watson Band, BRaines Baind and Eric Mathews Band.

The acts over the two nights performed original numbers and covers for the audience on the banks of the river.

“I am so excited the festival has started, and I am excited to be playing (tonight) with the BRains Band,” said the drummer of the BRains Band. “It’s been too long

since I have played. This is fun.”

“There’s something for all,” board member Robert Marsh said.

The festival goers seemed to agree with the artists and planners. “All of these artists are so worth seeing,” said Natalie Simmons of Conway. “ I am loving this event.”

RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL For two nights each year, the Fort Smith riverfront is home to howling vocals, raw lyrics and heavy guitar riffs.

Fort Smith in 2019 will hold its 29th annual Riverfront Blues Festival, which brings artists of the genre to perform at Harry E. Kelley Park on the Arkansas River. The acts form “a fun, family friendly gathering,” according to festival president Christine Ulrich.

“It’s all good here,” said festival board member Denise Messamore.

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TOURISM UNEXPECTED PROJECT Practically no one can drive through downtown Fort Smith without seeing the fruits of The Unexpected Public Arts Festival.

Founded by Clark in 2015, The Unexpected each year draws muralists from around the world to Fort Smith to beautify the outsides of buildings in downtown Fort Smith for one week.

International muralists including Diogo “Add Fuel” Machado of Portugal and and Alex “Pref” Geoffrey of England joined local muralists like Ana Maria and Nate “Buffalo” Myers from Oct. 2228 to beautify the outsides of buildings on Garrison and Towson avenues and several blocks north of Garrison Avenue.

“It’s always fun to have artists in town working and to be able to talk to people on the street and what their reactions are to what’s happening in downtown and with the art, whether they like the piece or not, getting their feedback on why,” said Festival Director Claire Kolberg.

The muralists were accompanied by The Outlier music series, which on Friday and Saturday evenings filled Garrison Avenue with music leaving the doors of just about every venue on the street.

Futurist Thomas Frey gave a keynote address as the festival wound down that

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Kolberg said adding different kinds of art to the festival “felt like a natural evolution.

“Having the name ‘The Unexpected’ always gives us a little bit of flexibility in how we want to do it,” she said. “We

take that very seriously in the artists that we bring in. We work with our curatorial team every year to make sure the programming is fresh from an artistic perspective, but also, how can we continue to expand the brand of The Unexpected?”

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First National Bank (Towson)

Arvest Bank (Main Branch) (479) 573-1100

First Security Bank (479) 289-6000

Arvest Bank (Main St)

First Western Bank (479) 424-2626

Arvest Bank (Midland)--ATM Only Arvest Bank (Parklane)

Firstar Bank (479) 782-4000

Arvest Bank (Rena Road Branch)

Grand Savings Bank (479) 289-7200

Arvest Bank (Zero 1) Arvest Bank (Zero) BancorpSouth (Alma) (479) 632-2258 BancorpSouth (Grand) (479) 784-8024

First Western Insurance (479) 424-2788 BOTTLED WATER DISTRIBUTORS Mountain Spring Water Co. (479) 648-9696 BOUTIQUE

TransFormation Salon (479) 434-4545

Clothologie (479) 926-9000

BEER DISTRIBUTORS

Crane Clothing Co. (479) 629-5712

Belle Point Beverages, Inc. (479) 782-3511 Burford Distributing, Inc. (479) 783-8979 BOAT DEALERS & MARINE SUPPLIES Copher’s Boat Center (479) 646-5672

Red Leopard Boutique (479) 434-2430 BOWLING Bowling World (479) 646-5050 BREWERY

Whit’s Marine, Inc. (479) 785-5985

Fort Smith Brewing Company (479) 242-3722

BOILERS

BRICK & CLAY PRODUCTS

Mid-South Steam Boiler & Engineering Company Inc (479) 471-1468

Acme Brick Company (479) 782-7974

BONDS BHC Insurance (479) 452-4000

BROADCASTING-RADIO-TV-INTERNET 40/29 TV, The Arkansas CW & MeTV Arkansas (479) 783-4040

First National Bank (Hwy 71 S) (479) 788-4391

Armstrong Bank (Hwy. 71 South)

Regions Bank (Jenny Lind) Regions Bank (Main Branch) (479) 494-1000 Regions Bank (Rogers Ave 2) Regions Bank (Rogers Ave)

BancorpSouth (Greenwood) (479) 996-9082

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Cross Pointe Insurance Advisors LLC DBA JMR/PFP Insurance (479) 785-2912

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FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc. (479) 452-0681 KFSM TV (479) 783-3131 KTCS Radio Station (479) 646-6151 KWHN/KMAG/KZBB/KKBD Broadcasting Co. (479) 782-8888 Pearson Broadcasting Group/ESPN Arkansas 95.3FM (479) 484-7285

BUTCHER-SPECIALTY MEATS

CERAMIC TILE

Paul’s Meat Market (479) 648-1118

Acme Brick Company (479) 782-7974

CABLING

Allison Sales Company, Inc. (479) 649-9989

CLINICS & MEDICAL GROUPS

CoffeeUSA.com (800) 344-2739

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & DAY CARE

CANDY SHOPS

Harvest Time Academy (479) 434-3211

ACENTA (479) 242-4220

Fort Smith Coffee Co. (479) 226-2437

Arkansas Blood Institute (479) 452-5880

Grounds Hero Coffee Co. (479) 222-6747

Center for Hearing, LTD (479) 785-3277

Imperial Vending (479) 782-8363

Balkman Chiropractic Clinic (479) 646-3984

Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, The (479) 785-2825

Mountain Spring Water Co. (479) 648-9696

Elite Chiropractic Center (479) 452-4433

Chaffee Crossing Clinic, LLC (479) 434-6205

Seubold Chiropractic Clinic (479) 484-7200

Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House (479) 782-6302

Candy Craze (479) 484-1169 CAR WASH Car Wash USA Express (Phoenix) (662) 420-7916

Talk Business & Politics (479) 242-2800

Car Wash USA Express (Rogers) (662) 420-7916

The Mix 105.1 KXMX/ Life 98.7 (479) 783-1650

CARPET & RUG DEALERS/CLEANING Alford’s House of Carpets (479) 782-8616

Head Start Child and Family Services, Inc. (479) 474-9378 CHIROPRACTORS

CHURCHES

Jimmy Bell Real Estate Company (479) 474-9200

ChemDry of Crawford & Sebastian County (479) 646-8800

Cavanaugh Free Will Baptist Church (479) 646-2806

Nunnelee & Wright Commercial Properties (479) 785-4343

D & D Floor Covering (479) 474-0533

Central Christian Church (479) 452-1901

CATERING

Central Presbyterian Church (479) 783-8966

Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties (479) 478-6161 BUILDING MATERIALS A & D Supply Company (479) 668-2069 Capital Structures (479) 783-8666 Felix Thomson Company (479) 646-7321 River Valley Door & Trim (479) 785-3655 Sutherland Lumber Co. (479) 646-7858

21 West End (479) 434-4213 Apple Arkansas, Inc. dba Applebee’s (479) 452-4112 Aramark (479) 788-7311 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Fort Smith (479) 646-9464 Bruce & Terri Drive-In and Catering (479) 452-8171 Calico County (479) 452-3299

BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS

Catfish Cove (479) 646-8835

Alert Alarm Systems, Inc. (479) 782-4954

Chick-fil-A (479) 484-5152

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Smith City Center (479) 783-1000

Chitwood Consultant LTD (479) 650-7543 NWA Score (800) 646-0450 ValueMetrikCFO (479) 242-1236 BUSINESS BROKERS Confidential Bus. Intermediaries-CBI+Team (479) 784-9522 BUSINESS FORMS & SYSTEMS Anders Group, Inc. (479) 646-1007 BUSINESS/DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS Carl Norris, Partner, B2BCFO (479) 461-2321 Central Business Improvement District (479) 784-2201

Super Clean (479) 226-0800

COFFEE AND TEA Booneville Vending (479) 675-3849

Advanced Cabling (479) 439-2610

Pharis Broadcasting - Fort Smith Radio Group (479) 242-1047

BUILDERS-DEVELOPERSMANAGEMENT

ServiceMASTER by Quality Restoration (479) 242-5765

Community Bible Church (479) 452-9201 Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) (479) 242-7737 East Side Baptist Church (479) 452-1481 Evangel Temple (479) 782-9121 First Baptist Church (479) 788-6100 First Lutheran Church & School (479) 452-5330 School

Stirred Catering & Coffee (479) 831-7847 Sweet Bay Coffee Co. (479) 785-0685 COINS & CURRENCY: RARE/ COLLECTABLES

Family Medical Care (479) 784-0990

DBKJ Numismatics Rare Coins & Currency (479) 783-5881

Fort Smith Radiation Oncology (479) 648-1800

COLD STORAGE

Johnson Dermatology Clinic, PLLC (479) 649-3376

Arkansas Refrigerated Services, Inc. (479) 783-1006

Keystone Family Clinic (479) 434-6140

Zero Mountain, Inc. (479) 646-7757

KIDS FIRST (479) 785-9091

COLLECTION AGENCIES

MedExpress Urgent Care (479) 494-7443

Advantage Recovery Services, Inc. (479) 782-9230

Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith Communities (479) 314-1109

Credit Service Company (479) 782-7236

Pediatric Partners, P. A. (479) 478-7200

COMMUNICATIONS/VOICE & DATA AT&T (479) 785-6610

River Valley Primary Care Services (479) 635-0091 X 240

Boost Mobile by In & Out Wireless (Grand) (479) 434-3016

First Presbyterian Church (479) 783-8919

River Valley Primary Care Services Eastside Family Clinic (479) 434-4747

First United Methodist Church (479) 782-5068

The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center (479) 785-4677

Boost Mobile by In and Out Wireless (Rogers) (479) 434-3032

Grand Avenue Baptist Church (479) 783-5161

Thera-Play Pediatrics (479) 856-6400

Commercial Communications, Inc. (479) 756-1141

El Zarape Mexican Restaurant (479) 478-1066

Harvest Time (479) 646-6001

UAMS West (479) 785-2431

DCS Radio Communication Inc. (479) 646-6445

Golden Corral (479) 484-1040

Immaculate Conception Parish (479) 783-7963

Womens Center for Health and Wellness (479) 459-6528

Mainstream Technologies (479) 439-5700

Jerry Neel’s Bar-B-Q & Catering (479) 646-8085

New Life Church (479) 484-4411

CLOTHING-GENERAL

COMMUNITY SERVICES

La Huerta Mexican Restaurant (Garrison Avenue) (479) 783-3655

St. Boniface Church & School (479) 783-6601

BrickCity Emporium (479) 434-5858

Abilities Unlimited (479) 471-5354

Designer Again (479) 782-8313

Arkansas Family Supports, Inc. (479) 763-0314

Red Leopard Boutique (479) 434-2430

Arkansas Support Network (479) 927-4100

CLOTHING-WOMEN

Children’s Emergency Shelter (479) 783-0018

La Huerta Mexican Restaurant (Rogers Avenue) (479) 478-6425 River City Bistro (479) 434-6474 Stirred Catering & Coffee (479) 831-7847 Taliano’s Italian Restaurant (479) 785-2292 TGI Fridays (479) 484-0906 Tropical Smoothie Cafe (479) 452-1833

St. Luke Lutheran Church (479) 452-2385 St. Scholastica Monastery and Retreat Ctr. (479) 783-4147 The House of Restoration (479) 478-9700

Crane Clothing Co. (479) 629-5712

CLEANING SERVICES: RES. OR COM.

Emi-Lee’s (479) 452-5488

Joe Martin Janitorial, Inc. (479) 461-0583

COAL MINING INDUSTRY

Office Cleaning Department (479) 561-5414

Farrell-Cooper Mining Co. (479) 646-4366

Christmas Honors (479) 926-0939 Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc. (479) 785-2303 ext. 104 Donald W. Reynolds Crisis Intervention Ctr. (479) 782-1821

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FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Girls Inc. (479) 782-0622

Edmoundson Steel (479) 648-3242

Heart to Heart Pregnancy Support Center (479) 452-2260

Flintco LLC (479) 306-6280

Project Compassion, Inc. (479) 783-2273

Forsgren, Inc. (479) 782-1061

Restore Hope Arkansas (479) 353-2683 Senior Care Alliance (479) 459-0418

Griffin Properties of Fort Smith, LLC (479) 783-5191 Kaelin Contractors, LLC (479) 650-7334

STEPS Family Resource Center (479) 782-7837

CONTRACTORS-PLUMBING

DENTISTS

DISTILLER

Neidecker Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (479) 474-3341

Belle Point Dental (479) 452-4333

Pernod Ricard USA (479) 646-6100

CONVENTION SERVICES

Criswell Clinic (479) 474-7076

DISTRIBUTION/SHOES

Fort Smith Convention Center (479) 788-8932 RSVP Event Rentals, LLC (479) 434-4466 COPIERS AND FAX

Kajacs Contractors, Inc. (501) 221-1131

Digital Business Solutions, Inc. (479) 783-4980

Meadows Construction (479) 478-6788

Dixie Digital Imaging, Inc. (479) 783-6600

Nabholz Construction Services (479) 358-8002

Preferred Office Technologies (479) 782-7991

COMPUTER SOFTWARE-SERVICES

Petree Construction (479) 242-4410

Progressive Business Systems, LLC (479) 471-1771

Custom Computer Source (479) 769-0177

Sawyers Inc. (479) 649-4600

Mainstream Technologies (479) 439-5700

SSi Incorporated (479) 646-2901

COMPUTERS-COMPUTER PRODUCTS

Turn Key Construction Management (479) 709-0044

United Way of Fort Smith Area, Inc. (479) 782-1311 COMPRESSORS-AIR Evans Enterprises, Inc. (479) 648-1500

D-Best Technologies (479) 226-3090 Mainstream Technologies (479) 439-5700 MegaByte Computer Center (479) 715-6032 CONCRETE/CONCRETE PRODUCTS/ CONTRACTORS Buckner Concrete Contractors, Inc. (479) 782-4351 Mid-South Painting of Fort Smith, Inc. (479) 783-0353

Ward Brothers Roofing, LLC (479) 806-9148 Wear Construction Mgmt. Inc. (479) 646-7676 CONSTRUCTION COMPANIESHOMEBUILDERS

Dallas Street Dental (479) 452-6600 Dental Health of Fianna (479) 646-0410 Dentures and Dental Services (479) 434-6966 Dentures Today/Fort Smith (479) 646-4499 Fort Smith Pediatric Dental Group (479) 785-5437

Anchored Hope Counseling (479) 561-7600

Moore Dental Care (479) 484-5050

Fresh Roots Family Counseling (479) 226-8403

New Health Dental (479) 478-6060

Heart to Heart Pregnancy Support Center (479) 452-2260

Parklane Family Dental (479) 782-0080

AllCare Pharmacy (877) 420-9400

The Guidance Center (479) 452-6650

River Valley Smile Center (479) 646-0706

Coleman Pharmacy, Inc. (479) 783-5171

COUNTER TOPS

Saviers, D.D.S., P.A., James B. (479) 785-1419

Laws Drug Store (479) 452-6116

Staton, D.D.S., Richard A. (479) 452-1738

MediSav Pharmacy (479) 452-0278

Winborn Family Dentistry (479) 478-9955

Walgreens #1 (479) 783-4782

DENTISTS-ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURG.

Walgreens #2 (479) 452-3330

Fianna Hills Country Club (479) 646-7861

Fort Smith Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Grp, PA (479) 484-0200

Walgreens #3 (479) 646-5208

Hardscrabble Country Club (479) 782-7211

River Valley Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (479) 484-1011

Majestic Marble & Granite (479) 783-0060

CONSULTANTS

Eagle Crest Golf Community (479) 632-0187

FTN Associates, Ltd. (501) 225-7779

Arkhola Sand & Gravel Co. (479) 788-6342

Gallagher Benefits Services (479) 452-3000

GCC Ready Mix (479) 782-0291

McClure Professional Services (479) 431-8590

CREDIT CARD MERCHANT SERVICES

DENTISTS-ORTHODONTISTS

CONSIGNMENT/RESALE

The Markham Group, LLC (501) 374-6000

Guardian Payment Systems (479) 434-4338

Arkansas Denistry and Braces - Fort Smith (479) 782-7080

VIP2 (501) 225-3105

CREDIT REPORTING

Udouj Orthodontics (479) 782-3021

CONSTRUCTION COMP.-GENERAL CONTR.

Bieker Electric, Inc. (479) 783-3086

Adams and Son Roofing and Construction LLC. (479) 629-0986

Matlock Electric Company Inc. (479) 783-7777

Beshears Construction, Inc. (479) 646-0846 Blake Construction Co. Inc. (479) 461-9983 CDI Contractors, LLC (501) 666-4300 Crawford Construction Company (479) 474-9955 Curb Appeal Roofing, LLC (479) 259-1964

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Thomas Electric, Inc. (479) 783-1019 Trotter Electric (479) 783-5198

Southwest Garage Door Company (479) 782-0178 DRUG STORE/PHARMACY

Walmart Neighborhood Market #4579 (479) 289-6896 DRUG TESTING Applicant Information (479) 649-8601 CourtHouse Concepts, Inc. (479) 582-3660

Advantage Recovery Services, Inc. (479) 782-9230

DEPARTMENT STORES

Job-Lab Services (479) 242-0477

CREDIT UNIONS

Savers (479) 452-1984

DRY CLEANING/LAUNDRY

Arkansas Federal Credit Union (479) 782-1000

DESIGNER/INDUSTRIAL

Mr. Rob’s Inc. (479) 785-2481

United Federal Credit Union 35840 (479) 646-0114

ADKO, Inc. (479) 646-2533

ELECTRIC MOTORS & CONT./SALES & SERV.

CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTER

DEVELOPER

AFS Business Solutions/Div. of Answer Fort Smith (479) 788-9300

Blochberger Company (479) 646-4588

Global Energy Solutions, LLC (479) 434-5176 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Ivey Management, L.L.C. (479) 414-9432

CED dba Keathley-Patterson Electric (479) 648-3600

DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORES

Corley Electric Inc. (479) 646-6214

CONTRACTORS-MECHANICAL

Sykes Enterprises (479) 784-8600

Action, Inc. (479) 452-5723

DANCE INSTRUCTION

Malone’s Mechanical, Inc. (479) 474-8094

R.G.A. - Fort Smith (479) 648-1150 Overhead Door Company of Fort Smith, Inc. (479) 783-0667

Ben Geren Regional Golf Course (479) 646-5301

AC/DC Contracting Co. (479) 883-3631

Parker Solvents Company, Inc. (479) 785-2321

Kidz Choice Dental (479) 452-8650

COUNTRY CLUBS - GOLF/TENNIS

Still Fabulous (479) 763-1516

Frost Oil Company (479) 471-9992

COUNSELING

Justin Green Custom Homes (479) 242-0469

CONTRACTORS-ELECTRICAL

A & D Supply Company (479) 668-2069

DOORS-OVERHEAD

Cobblestone Homes (479) 646-7444

Emi-Lee’s (479) 452-5488

DISTRIBUTORS/HOME, INDUST. & AUTO

Friddle Dentistry (479) 452-8800

CONCRETE/SAND/ASPHALT/GRAVEL/ CRUSHED ROCK

Designer Again (479) 782-8313

Walmart Distribution Center 6007 (479) 452-4143

Western Arkansas Ballet (479) 785-0152

Walmart Store #388 (479) 785-5964

DENTAL LAB

Walmart Super Center #141 (479) 452-3370

Dentures and Dental Services (479) 434-6966

Walmart Supercenter #125 (479) 646-6382

Elliott Electric (479) 648-1902 J & B Supply, Inc. (479) 649-4915

FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY J M Supply Inc. (479) 783-6220

ENGINEERS-CIVIL/ENVIRON./ MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL

Rolling Video Games of Arklahoma (479) 459-2198

Upchurch Electrical Supply Co. a division of Mayer Electric Supply Co. (479) 648-1276

Crafton, Tull & Associates, Inc. (479) 878-2422

The Markham Group, LLC (501) 374-6000

E D M Consultants, Inc. (479) 782-0474

Wholesale Electric Supply (479) 646-2000 EMBROIDERY & ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES CW Sports Graphics (479) 649-1900 Graphic Service Co. Inc. (479) 783-1297 The Print Company (479) 561-8983 EMERGENCY MED. SERVICESAMBULANCES Fort Smith EMS (479) 783-1078 Pafford Air Med (844) 324-7367 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & CONSULTANTS Everett Agencies of Liberty National Life Ins. (479) 883-1762 Konecny Insurance Services (479) 646-9400

Frontier Engineering (479) 414-1013 Hawkins-Weir Engineers, Inc. (479) 474-1227 HSA Engineering Consulting Services, Inc. (479) 452-8922 Leraris Engineering (479) 452-5822 McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. (479) 434-5333 Mickle Wagner Coleman, Inc. (479) 649-8484 RJN Group, Inc. (479) 709-9439 Traffic Engineering Consultants (405) 720-7721 ENGINEERS-STRUCTURAL Myers-Beatty Engineering, PLLC (479) 474-4412 ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS

EXCAVATING CONTRACTORS

Credit Service Company (479) 782-7236

Farmers Cooperative (479) 474-6622

Forsgren, Inc. (479) 782-1061

Landmark PLC (479) 484-5740

Sharum’s Garden Center, L.L.C. (479) 649-0662

H.L. Johnson Construction Co., Inc. (479) 646-1658

New York Life (479) 452-9100

GASES-INDUSTRIAL & MEDICAL

Warren Cat (918) 660-2322

Northwestern Mutual Life (479) 783-7388

FABRICATED WIRE PRODUCTS

State Farm Insurance - Ethan Gammill (479) 783-2588

Industrial Splicing and Sling (479) 649-8388 FABRICATION/METAL Midwest Automation and Custom Fabrication Inc (479) 782-6535

Allison Sales Company, Inc. (479) 649-9989

FEED & FARM SUPPLIES Atwood Distributing LP (479) 649-8100

Everett Agencies of Liberty National Life Ins. (479) 883-1762

Choctaw Casino & Resort Pocola (918) 436-7761

FINANCIAL & FINANCIAL ADVISORS

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

Midland Family Bowl.

(479) 785-2551

C.F.S.I. Employment Services (479) 782-7563

ENTERTAINMENT/SOUND EQUIP/DISC JOCKEY

Ameriprise Financial/Siebenmorgen and Assoc.

(479) 478-1000

Drivers Select (479) 434-5743

Casino Nights LLC (479) 358-7560

Express Employment Professionals (479) 452-6400

Dancenhance Entertainment (479) 871-8710

FirstStaff Inc. (479) 452-9292

MS Entertainment Group (479) 242-4235

Go Ye Employment Services (479) 782-4693

ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS & CONTROLS

JAF, Inc D/B/A Labor Finders (479) 226-3828

Occupational & Environmental Hazard Control, Inc. (501) 658-6342

Farmers Cooperative (479) 474-6622

Fort Smith Flooring Group (479) 289-7111

Hardscrabble Country Club (479) 782-7211

Smith Hardwood Floors, Inc. (479) 783-2850

The First Tee of Fort Smith (479) 648-9833

Williams Flooring & More (479) 434-4622

GOVERNMENT

FOOD PREPARATION SERVICE

188th Wing (479) 573-5188

River Valley Food Truck Association (479) 883-3828 FOOD PRODUCTS/SERV/SUPPLIES

Cherokee Nation (918) 776-0416

Carl Norris, Partner, B2BCFO (479) 461-2321

Tankersley Foodservice (479) 471-6800

Judge David Hudson (479) 783-6139

Edward Jones-Bryan Peters (479) 782-1770

FORMS AND LABELS

U. S. Army Recruiting Ft Smith (479) 452-1598

Edward Jones-Libby Meyer (479) 494-7119 Landmark Financial, LLC (479) 484-5173

Peopleready (479) 783-3465 ext 1

Holmes Erection, Inc. (479) 646-4331

McMillan Financial Services, Inc. (479) 785-5151

PRN Medical Services (479) 785-9222

ESCAPE ROOMS

WorkSource, Inc. (479) 646-3868

Fianna Hills Country Club (479) 646-7861

Markham Restaurant Supply Co., Inc. (479) 782-3233

EQUIPMENT LEASING & RENTAL

TRAC Staffing (479) 783-9230

Eagle Crest Golf Community (479) 632-0187

Dean’s Discount Carpets, Inc..

(479) 785-4161

BKD, LLP (479) 452-1040

Penmac Staffing Services (479) 478-9106

TEC Staffing Services (479) 785-3022

GOLF

Arkansas Career Edu. Rehab Serv.

Division (479) 755-3300

Mariner Wealth Advisors (918) 991-6922

Snelling Personnel (479) 782-4911

Mr. Auto Glass (479) 782-4441

Arkansas Best Federal Credit Union (479) 649-2060

Water Tech, Inc. (479) 649-7447

C & J Forms & Label Company (479) 646-8716

Western Arkansas Emp. Dev. Agency Inc. (479) 474-7061

FUNERAL HOMES

Western Arkansas Planning & Dev. Dist.

(479) 785-2651

Brotherton Bro. Cremation Services (479) 434-3901 Edwards-Fentress Funeral Homes, Inc. (479) 782-8203 FURNITURE SALES FFO Home (479) 646-0687

October Wealth Advisors, Inc. (479) 452-0996

FFO Home (479) 452-2869

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (479) 494-3880

FFO Home Corporate (918) 427-0241

EVENT CENTER

Stifel (479) 782-2527

H3 La-Z-Boy Comfort Studio (479) 434-4920

Fort Smith Convention Center (479) 788-8932

The Stephens Group, LLC (501) 377-3401

Hank’s & More Fine Furniture (479) 646-6631

Temple Live (479) 222-6186

United Financial Advisors (479) 471-6775

McCourt Manufacturing (479) 783-2593

EVENT PLANNING

Wells Fargo Advisors (479) 785-5750

FURNITURE-SALES AND/OR RENTALS

Fort Smith Escape Room (479) 259-2300

Dancenhance Entertainment (479) 871-8710

Aaron’s (479) 452-5257

GROCERS 10Box Cost- Plus Food Store (479) 783-3690 Aldi, Inc. (913) 768-1119

Northern Star Financial Group (479) 755-9944

ClueMasters Escape Room (479) 274-0700

ACE Glass Construction Corp.

(501) 372-0595

Dillmeier Enterprises, Inc. (479) 474-7733

FLOORING

FASTENERS

GLASS/MIRRORS

Arkansas Glass & Mirror (479) 782-8611

Northwest Fire Protection, Inc. (479) 646-8934 Alford’s House of Carpets (479) 782-8616

Komar Screw Corp. - SW Division (479) 646-9328

Matheson (479) 997-2677

FIRE SPRINKLER AND/OR ALARM SYSTEMS

SPF America, LLC (479) 646-7815

Cherokee Casino & Hotel Roland (918) 427-7491

SMX Staffing (479) 221-0377

Prestigious Pool Care, Inc. (479) 648-1213 GARDEN CENTERS & NURSERIES

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-THIRD PARTY ADMIN.

Kelly Services, Inc. (479) 646-6569

FINANCIAL SERVICES Chambers Bank (Main Branch) (479) 478-9877

Harp’s Marketplace (479) 452-1007 Walmart Neighborhood Market (479) 484-9122 Walmart Neighborhood Market #4579 (479) 289-6896 GUNS & ACCESSORIES (RETAIL) Thermold Magazines (480) 371-6676 HARDWARE Yeager Hardware (479) 783-4629

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FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY HEALTH CARE - LONG TERM

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (479) 649-8815

Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter (479) 273-5559

True Grit Running Company, LLC (479) 434-3571

Brownwood Life Care Center, Inc. (479) 785-2273

Vertical Horizons Rock Climbing Gym (479) 883-7957

Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, Inc. (479) 783-4672

HEATING/AIR COND. DIST. EQPT & REPAIRS

Covington Court Health and Rehab.

Center (479) 646-5700

Air-Pro Heating & Air (479) 646-9699

Golden Living (479) 201-2000 IMWell Health, LLC (479) 434-3333

Business Insurance Consultants, Inc. (479) 783-7005

Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Lab (479) 785-1881

Rodeway Inn (479) 434-3911

Chitwood Consultant LTD (479) 650-7543

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

HOSPITAL OPERATOR

Division of Services for the Blind (479) 782-4555 x3224

Cross Pointe Insurance Advisors LLC DBA JMR/PFP Insurance (479) 785-2912

Shared Services Center (479) 226-5424 HOSPITALS

Global Recruiters of Fort Smith (479) 763-3803 My HR Professionals (479) 474-7752

Baptist Health-Fort Smith (479) 441-4000

Blaylock Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. (479) 782-8940

Encompass Health (479) 785-3300

Ferguson Enterprises (479) 782-7901

Mercy-Fort Smith (479) 314-6000

Fort Smith Winsupply Company (479) 649-0863

River Valley Animal Hospital & Emerg.

Serv.

(479) 462-6367

Boyd, Justin (479) 221-5864

Select Specialty Hospital - Fort Smith, Inc. (479) 441-3980

Cindy Crawford (479) 883-1667

Springwoods Behavioral Health (479) 973-6000

Judge David Hudson (479) 783-6139

Valley Behavioral Health System (479) 494-5700

Robert Viguet (479) 646-8909

HOTELS/MOTELS

Thames, Dr. Mike (479) 883-1243

Memory Lane (479) 474-7233

J M Supply Inc. (479) 783-6220

PRN Medical Services (479) 785-9222

Martin’s Heating & Air, Inc. (479) 785-4444

Select Specialty Hospital - Fort Smith, Inc. (479) 441-3980 CPR Center (479) 785-1578

Residence Inn by Marriott (479) 478-8300

Fort Smith Medical & Janitorial Supply (479) 783-8929

B & J Heating & Air, Inc. (479) 646-0284

Legacy Health & Rehabilitation Center (479) 783-3101

HEALTH CENTERS/EQUIPMENT

HOSPITAL & MEDICAL EQUIP/SUPPLIES

Midsouth Distributing, USA (501) 557-8300 Neidecker Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (479) 474-3341

Direct Auto and Life Insurance (479) 441-3000 Direct Auto and Life Insurance (Hwy 71) (479) 242-7411

HYDRAULIC & PNEUMATIC EQUIP/ SUPPLIES

Direct Auto and Life Insurance (Grand Ave) (479) 242-7411

Applied Industrial Technologies (479) 648-3597

Engstrom Insurance (479) 420-4032

INDIVIDUALS

Everett Agencies of Liberty National Life Ins. (479) 883-1762 Falkner Insurance Agency (479) 452-1159 Farmers Insurance - Elizabeth Johnson (479) 782-3276 Farris Insurance Agency (479) 926-0423 First Western Insurance (479) 424-2788

Oren Atchley Co., Inc. dba Atchley Air (479) 785-1111

Baymont Inn & Suites (479) 484-5770

INDUSTRIAL & OILFIELD SUPPLY

Gallagher Benefits Services (479) 452-3000

Sanders Supply, Inc. (479) 648-8747

Candlewood Suites (479) 424-3800

Pruitt Tool and Supply Co., Inc. (479) 646-1641

HealthPointe Insurance Services LLC (479) 434-6556

River Valley Fitness (479) 648-9400

Ted’s Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Htg Inc. (479) 783-7857

Cherokee Casino & Hotel Roland (918) 427-7491

INDUSTRIAL AUTO/INSTRUMENTATION

Konecny Insurance Services (479) 646-9400

Vertical Horizons Rock Climbing Gym (479) 883-7957

HEAVY COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT DEALER

Womens Center for Health and Wellness (479) 459-6528

Alma Tractor & Equipment, Inc. (479) 632-6300

World Class Fitness (479) 646-4022

Hugg & Hall Equipment (479) 648-3322

HEALTH FOOD STORE

J. A. Riggs Tractor Co. (479) 646-4755

DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Smith City Center (479) 783-1000

Warren Cat (918) 660-2322

Fairfield Inn & Suites (479) 755-3111

HOME & GIFT/SPECIALTY

GuestHouse International Inn (479) 646-5100

Fort Smith Athletic Club (479) 452-4031 Planet Fitness (479) 755-9888

Olde Fashioned Foods (479) 649-8200 HEALTH INSURANCE Arkansas Health & Wellness Solutions (501) 954-6100

BrickCity Emporium (479) 434-5858

DaleyCare (479) 444-0444

Scentsy/Jennifer Summers (559) 381-9851

Everett Agencies of Liberty National Life Ins. (479) 883-1762 QualChoice (501) 228-7111 HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

Sunshine & Oak (479) 763-1092 HOME HEALTH SERVICES Independent Case Management Inc. (479) 494-5555

Fort Smith Athletic Club (479) 452-4031

Olivia’s Senior Home Care (479) 285-5241

Choctaw Casino & Resort Pocola (918) 436-7761 Comfort Inn & Suites (479) 434-5400 Courtyard by Marriott (479) 783-2100

Hampton Inn (479) 452-2000 Hampton Inn - Van Buren (479) 471-7447 Homewood Suites By Hilton (479) 452-7100

Grainger, Inc. #294 (479) 646-6091 JDS Supply Company LLC. (479) 646-8493 Memco, Inc. (479) 689-4122 Star Mechanical Supply (479) 785-1168

State Farm Insurance - Craig Gigerich (479) 434-4844 State Farm Insurance - Ethan Gammill (479) 783-2588 State Farm Insurance/Brad Thomas (479) 452-4320 State Farm Ins./Jason Glover Agency LLC (314) 809-2597 State Farm West Central AR Sales Territory (479) 856-1273

INTERIOR DECORATORS & DESIGNERS

Home2 Suites by Hilton (479) 452-2100

Unique Prescotech, Inc. (479) 646-2973

La Quinta Inn & Suites (479) 484-0303

INSURANCE

Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects (501) 378-0878

AAA Auto Club (479) 452-2010

INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Motel 6 (Towson Avenue) (479) 785-1401

Harris Siding & Windows (479) 452-5000

Quality Inn (479) 484-0227

HOSPICE

Quality Inn & Suites - Alma, AR (479) 632-4141

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GNB Industrial Power (479) 646-8341

Shelter Insurance/Brent Lovell (479) 646-1700

Pro Insulation (479) 646-5644

HOME IMPROVEMENT

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Evans Distributing Company (479) 783-3025

Nelson Insurance Agency, Inc. (479) 782-8718

Holiday Inn Express (479) 452-7500

9Round Ft Smith (479) 522-0236

Peachtree Hospice Fort Smith (479) 494-0100

Arkansas Mill Supply, Inc. (479) 783-8951 ext.3100

Windsor Insurance Services LLC (479) 648-9949

Visiting Angels (479) 434-4634

CBD American Shaman (479) 763-1680

INDUSTRIAL EQUIP & SAFETY SUPPLIES

Nationwide Insurance/Alan Mashak (479) 782-0000

INSULATION

HEALTH/FITNESS/WELLNESS

Body Tailors Personal Training L.L.C. (479) 226-3545

Kaman Industrial Technologies (479) 646-0155

Red Roof Inn (479) 783-0548

Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America (866) 206-5851 Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield (479) 648-1635 BHC Insurance (479) 452-4000

Diversified Design (479) 452-7852

Architecture Plus, Inc. (479) 783-8395 Sarah Howe Interior Design (479) 452-2770 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER Cox Business (479) 573-2206

FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY LAND DEV./INVESTMENTS & BROKERS

MANUFACTURING-BATTERIES

INTERNET/WEB SITE DESIGN

Griffin Properties of Fort Smith, LLC (479) 783-5191

GNB Industrial Power (479) 646-8341

CyberSpyder Marketing Services (479) 782-0005

K & C Properties (479) 782-4930

MFG-BOXES/CONTAINERS/ CORRUGATED

The Richland Group (479) 648-9252

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTSCONTRACTORS

Alpha Packaging, Inc. (479) 996-2829

MFG-MOTORS, DRIVES, GENERATORS

INVESTMENT COUNSELORS

Frank Sharum Landscape Design, Inc. (479) 646-6517

Corrugated Specialties Inc. (479) 646-6225

ABB (479) 646-4711

LANDSCAPE/IRRIGATION, MAINTENANCE & SUPPLIES

Craig Box Corporation (479) 782-6700

MFG-PACKAGING MATERIALS

Alber Irrigation, Inc./Alber Directional Drilling, Inc (479) 783-6202

International Paper (479) 646-8376 x 231

WOW - World of Wireless (479) 478-6616

Landmark Financial, LLC (479) 484-5173 McMillan Financial Services, Inc. (479) 785-5151 October Wealth Advisors, Inc. (479) 452-0996 Palm Beach Capital Corporation (479) 785-4630 INVESTMENTS 2M Investments, LLC (918) 315-5596 Hobbs & Curry Family Limited Partnership (479) 785-0844

MARKETING RESEARCH/MARKETING SERVICES CO.

Umarex USA, Inc. (479) 646-4210

Pryor Marketing and Communications, Inc. (479) 783-1904 MASSAGE THERAPY Will & Powers - Massage Therapy & Hypnosis (479) 459-2700

Alpha Packaging, Inc. (479) 996-2829 Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (479) 441-1900

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP.

Ellis Landscape Services (479) 494-7346

MANUFACTURING-CUSTOM PRODUCTS

Unique Prescotech, Inc. (479) 646-2973

MEDICAL AESTHETICS CLINIC

LAWN MAINTENANCE

Ingersoll Rand/Trane Custom Products (479) 648-7400

MANUFACTURING-PAPER PRODUCTS

Beauty Through Health (479) 648-1800

First Cut Lawn Services (479) 755-7618

Solar Feeders, Inc (479) 646-7123

Greenview Lawns, Inc. (479) 242-0466

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (479) 494-3880

LIBRARY

IT SERVICES

Stainless Innovations (479) 783-1900

LANDSCAPE/MAINTENANCE

P & K Equipment (479) 242-3337

Wells Fargo Advisors (479) 785-5750

Target Marketing (800) 933-3909

WestRock Company (479) 785-4750

Merrill Lynch - Scott Price & Associates (479) 441-2142

Stifel (479) 782-2527

MAPS

QualServ Corporation (479) 646-8386

Fort Smith Public Library (479) 783-0229 LIGHTING-FIXTURES & SUPPLIES Arkansas Lighting (479) 474-0876

Hammer Solutions Inc. (479) 431-6890

Upchurch Electrical Supply Co. a division of Mayer Electric Supply Co. (479) 648-1276

Pinnacle IT Services (479) 242-8324

LIQUOR STORES

Georgia-Pacific (479) 782-4001

Wiese Material Handling (479) 646-8937

Swan Center Aesthetics (479) 259-4387

MFG-FIBERGLASS MATERIALS

Glatfelter Advanced Materials NA, LLC (479) 242-0754

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & OXYGEN

Owens-Corning (479) 646-8000

MANUFACTURING-PET FOOD

C & H Medical Waste Management (479) 414-3866

MFG-FISHING LURES/ACCESSORIES

Mars Petcare US (479) 709-6900

PRADCO Outdoor Brands (479) 782-8971

Mid-South Milling Co., Inc. (479) 782-5705

The Guidance Center (479) 452-6650

MANUFACTURING-FOAM PRODUCTS

MANUFACTURING-PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Elite Comfort Solutions (479) 282-3150

Arkansas Poly, Inc. (479) 474-5036

Valley Behavioral Health System (479) 494-5700

HSM Solutions (479) 646-6161

Ashland Inc. (479) 494-1600

Bradley Stamping Corp.

(479) 785-0730

MANUFACTURING-FOOD CONTAINERS

River Bend Industries (479) 646-3473

Fort Smith Plating Company, Inc. (479) 646-5266

Umarex USA, Inc. (479) 646-4210

Shamrock Bolt & Screw (479) 648-9401

MANUFACTURING-STEEL BARS

MINI STORAGE

Silgan Plastic Food Containers Corp.

(630) 414-4650

MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS

METAL PRODUCTS

Garrison Liquor (479) 222-6226

MANUFACTURING-FOOD PRODUCTS

JANITORIAL SERVICES

In Good Spirits (479) 434-6604

Bryant Preserving Company (479) 632-2401

DOW Building Services (800) 791-2902

Liquor Mart (479) 484-9463

Gerber Products Company (479) 782-8671

Gerdau (479) 646-0223

Rogers Avenue Storage, Inc. (479) 452-5300

MFG-STEEL WIRE/PRODUCTS

MOBILE HOME DEALERS

JANITORS, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Shamrock Liquor (479) 783-2076

Hiland Dairy (479) 782-0383

Bekaert Corporation (479) 474-5211

Sue White Homes (479) 452-6045

Sodie’s Wine & Spirits (479) 783-8013

Pepper Source, Ltd. (479) 474-5178

Terra Aqua Gabions (479) 785-5344

LOGISTICS

Tankersley Foodservice (479) 471-6800

MANUFACTURING-SUB CONTRACTING

Cotner Monument (479) 783-3103

MANUFACTURING-FURNITURE

Abilities Unlimited (479) 471-5354

MORTGAGE LOANS & BANKERS

McCourt Manufacturing (479) 783-2593

Bost, Inc. (479) 478-5554

MANUFACTURING-HEAT /AIR COND.

MANUFACTURING-TANKS

Farm Credit of Western Arkansas (479) 434-4040

Rheem Manufacturing Co. (479) 646-4311

Mid-South Steam Boiler & Eng. Co. Inc (479) 471-1468

First Financial Mortgage (479) 782-9300

MANUFACTURING-HEAT TREATMENT

MFG-VINYL WINDOWS & DOORS

Applied Process Inc.

WeatherBarr Windows & Doors (479) 646-7891

First Western Bank (479) 424-2626

Progressive Business Systems, LLC (479) 471-1771

Acme Janitor & Chemical Supply (479) 646-8956 Fort Smith Paper Company (479) 646-6171 Fort Smith Medical & Janitorial Supply (479) 783-8929 Joe Martin Janitorial, Inc. (479) 461-0583 Morgan Supply, Inc. (479) 646-3922 JEWELERS Diamond Center (479) 452-0246

Hoss Transportation LLC / Landstar Transportation Agency (479) 420-0999 Logistics Warehouse, Inc. (479) 410-2611 Spartan Logistics (479) 668-2371 LUMBER General Pallets (479) 648-1225

John Mays Jewelers, Inc. (479) 452-2140

MACHINE SHOPS, EQUIP,TOOLS, PARTS

MANUFACTURING-METAL PRODUCTS

Newton’s Jewelers, Inc. (479) 782-9123

Becko Machine Works (479) 785-4740

American Precision Fabricators, Inc. (479) 649-0894

LABORATORY TESTING

Kopco, Inc. (479) 783-6962

HSM Solutions (479) 646-6161

Data Testing (479) 649-8378

Metal Roofing Supply Manufacturing, Inc. (501) 728-2122

MONUMENTS

Centennial Bank (Main Branch) (479) 358-8692

Firstar Bank (479) 782-4000

Window World of The Ozarks LLC (479) 424-1330 MANUFACTURING-WOOD PRODUCTS Lovvorn Wholesale Lumber Corporation (479) 646-4685 River Valley Door & Trim (479) 785-3655

FirstTrust Home Loans (870) 942-5050 Gateway Mortgage Group (479) 763-0725 Prime Mortgage Lending, Inc (479) 431-5486

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FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Regions Bank (Main Branch) (479) 494-1000

Arkansas Family Supports, Inc. (479) 763-0314

OFFICE-SUPPLIES, EQUIP. & FURNITURE

Simmons Bank (Main Branch) (479) 226-5945

Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund, Inc. (479) 434-6171

Bull’s Office Systems, Inc. (479) 782-5546

SWBC Mortgage, NMLS #256669 (479) 783-4400

Arkansas Support Network (479) 927-4100

U.S. Bank Home Mortgage (479) 410-5363

Cherokee Nation (918) 776-0416

MOTOR TRUCK EQUIPMENT DEALER

Child Care Aware River Valley (479) 222-6930

Carco International Inc. (479) 441-3270 MOTORCYCLE SALES & SERVICE

Christmas Honors (479) 926-0939

Honda Power Sports of Fort Smith (479) 646-7377

Classic Charitable Foundation (479) 452-8944

Old Fort Harley Davidson (479) 648-9004

Community Rescue Mission (479) 434-2155

Wheeler Powersports, Inc. (479) 783-5822

Community School of the Arts (479) 434-2020

MOTORS-INDUSTRIAL

Disabled American Veterans (479) 646-0928

Evans Enterprises, Inc. (479) 648-1500

Fort Smith Civitan Club (501) 209-0556

Williams Enterprises, LLC (479) 782-9139

Goodwill Industries of Arkansas (479) 434-4717

MOVING AND/OR STORAGE

Harvest Time Academy (479) 434-3211

Koller Moving & Storage, Inc. (479) 782-2088

Calvert McBride Inc. (479) 646-8311 Dixie Digital Imaging, Inc. (479) 783-6600 Preferred Office Technologies (479) 782-7991

ORGANICS growfresh (479) 648-8885 ORGANIZATIONS River Valley Ovarian Cancer Alliance (479) 646-3431 Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter (479) 273-5559

Mercy Foundation (479) 314-1133 Next Step Homeless Services (479) 782-5433 Pajaro Gun Club (479) 414-0685 River Valley IT Professionals Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma (479) 756-5600

TonersAreCheap (479) 461-1216

Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (479) 649-8501

OIL & GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Arkansas Industrial Traffic Association (479) 782-0323

The CALL (479) 353-0767

Shamrock Natural Resources, LLC (479) 785-1222

Bonneville House Association (479) 782-7854

The First Tee of Fort Smith (479) 648-9833

XTO Energy Inc. (405) 232-4011

Christian Business Men’s Connection (479) 452-5597

The Fort Smith Boys Home (479) 646-2819

OIL & GAS OPERATORS & MARKETING

Clayton House (479) 783-3000

United Way of Fort Smith Area, Inc. (479) 782-1311

Community Services Clearinghouse Inc. (479) 782-5074

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Foundation (479) 788-7020

Hanna Oil & Gas Company (479) 782-8808 Pruitt Tool and Supply Co., Inc. (479) 646-1641 Robert Westphal and Co. (479) 783-3038 Ross Explorations, Inc. (479) 783-7022

Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc. (479) 785-2303 ext. 104 Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House (479) 782-6302

The Arc for the River Valley (479) 783-5529

Western Arkansas Ballet (479) 785-0152 OUTDOOR POWER EQUIP. SALES/SVC. The Mower Shop, Inc. (479) 646-5102

HOPE Campus (479) 668-4764

OIL & GAS PRODUCTION

Manes & Miracles at Chaffee Crossing (479) 847-5535

Stephens Production Company (479) 783-4191

MUSEUMS

NWA Score (800) 646-0450

OIL & GAS SERVICES

Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club (479) 782-7093

Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (479) 784-2787

NWAAA (479) 445-3903

Arklahoma Pipeline (479) 474-0656

Fort Smith Chorale (479) 242-7464

Fort Smith Trolley Museum (479) 783-0205

River Valley Landlords Association (479) 461-3832

Diamond Pipeline LLC (713) 646-4196

Fort Smith Express Soccer Club (479) 461-1071

PAINTING CONTRACTORS

Titanic Museum Attraction (417) 334-9500

Susan G. Komen-Ozark Affiliate (479) 430-4365

Mike Jordan Company, LLC (479) 484-5059

Fort Smith Juniors Volleyball Club (479) 459-2452

Five Star Painting of Fort Smith (479) 650-8400

NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE

The CALL (479) 353-0767

Robert E. Miller Investments (479) 646-3858

Fort Smith Little Theatre (479) 783-2966

Mid-South Painting of Fort Smith, Inc. (479) 783-0353

OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Fort Smith Noon Exchange Club (479) 719-2514

PAINTS-MFG/DEALERS & CONTRACTORS

Fort Smith Noon Lions Club (479) 462-8813

Sherwin-Williams (479) 646-2774

Movemart Relocation, Inc. (479) 242-1118 U-Haul (479) 739-3894

LRM RiverValley Marketing (479) 883-3828

The House of Restoration (479) 478-9700

Northwest Arkansas Business Journal (479) 725-0394 ext.321 Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, LLC (479) 442-1700 Poteau Daily News (918) 647-3188 Southwest Times Record (479) 785-7700 NON-PROFIT River Valley Ovarian Cancer Alliance (479) 646-3431

The Young Homes (479) 965-0581 United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas (479) 434-6329 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Foundation (479) 788-7020 VAREP - Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals - River Valley Chapter (479) 653-4040 NURSING HOMES

Air Compressor Equipment Company (479) 783-6181 Kopco, Inc. (479) 783-6962 OPHTHALMOLOGIST, OPTOMETRISTS, & OPTICAL LABS Arkansas Retina (479) 452-1000 Eye Group, LLC (479) 782-8892 Steven Stiles, O.D. (479) 452-2020 OPTOMETRY

1st Choice River Valley Pregnancy Medical Ctr (479) 484-5244

Ashton Place Health & Rehabilitation (479) 650-9165

ACCESS/Project SEARCH (501) 217-8600

Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab (479) 452-1541

American Cancer Society (479) 273-3906

Methodist Village Senior Living (479) 452-1611

American Heart Association (479) 439-6800

Van Buren Health & Rehab (479) 474-8021

ARORA (479) 422-4706

American Red Cross Serving Northwest AR (479) 782-1056

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Employers’ Advanced Cooperative on Healthcare (479) 431-6762

Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival, Ltd (479) 573-1345 Fort Smith Round Table (479) 459-6572 Fort Smith Symphony Association (479) 452-7575 Fort Smith Trolley Museum (479) 783-0205 Fort Smith Young Actors Guild (479) 879-1034

PACKAGING SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT Sigma Supply, Inc. (479) 785-0367 PACKAGING/SHIPPING The UPS Store (479) 783-5800

PALLETS General Pallets (479) 648-1225 Lovvorn Wholesale Lumber Corporation (479) 646-4685 ProPak Logistics (479) 478-7864 PAPER DISTRIBUTORS Fort Smith Paper Company (479) 646-6171

Laster Eye Center (479) 242-2020

Girl Scouts-Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas (501) 758-1020

PARTY SUPPLIES & EQUIP./RETAIL OR RENTAL

Steven Stiles, O.D. (479) 452-2020

Girls Inc. (479) 782-0622

The Party Place (479) 782-9494

ORGAN & TISSUE DONOR RECOVERY

Harbor House, Inc. (479) 785-4083

Unforgettables, Inc. (479) 646-8109

HOPE Campus (479) 668-4764

PAVING CONTRACTORS

Kay Rodgers Park (Customer) (479) 783-6176

Moore Contracting Company (918) 436-0606

FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY PAWNBROKERS

PHYSICALS

PRINTING

RAILROADS

Cooper’s Coin & Pawn, Inc. (479) 646-4001

Job-Lab Services (479) 242-0477

Consolidated Printing, Inc. (479) 474-8036

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Company (479) 751-8600

PAYROLLS

PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS

PRINTING/COPYING SERVICES

C.F.S.I. Employment Services (479) 782-7563

ACENTA (479) 242-4220

C & J Forms & Label Company (479) 646-8716

Fort Smith Railroad Co. (479) 782-2511

Hankins & Company (479) 646-6730

Arkansas Heart Center (479) 484-1010

PRINTING/COPYING SERVICES

My HR Professionals (479) 474-7752

Eye Group, LLC (479) 782-8892

PEST CONTROL SERVICES

Fort Smith Medical Center (479) 434-3131

Aapest Pest Control (918) 839-8745

Radiologists, P. A. (479) 316-3322

Calvert McBride Inc. (479) 646-8311 Davis Printing, Inc. (479) 782-6248 The UPS Store (479) 783-5800

Adams Pest Control (479) 280-0941

PIPELINES-REFINED PETROLEUM

Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc. (479) 783-4113

Five Star Pest Control Co., Inc. (479) 782-1530

Magellan Pipeline Company, LP (479) 646-1721

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. (479) 646-8275 Pest Free, Inc. (479) 782-2353 Terminix Service (479) 648-1176 Tri-Hill Turf & Pest (479) 782-0404 Turf & Pest Pro USA (479) 474-5296

Phoenix JCR Fort Smith Industrial Investors, LLC (414) 301-6476

Assurance Realty (479) 783-3110

Stephens Production Company (479) 783-4191 REALTOR

Chuck Fawcett Realty Inc (479) 484-5588

PLASMA COLLECTION FACILITIES

Amy Waack with Linsey E. & Co Realtors (479) 462-2664

Biomat USA, Inc. (479) 782-0197

Professional Security, Inc. (479) 785-9333

Envision Real Estate Group, LLC (479) 478-6755

Brian Martin- Weichert- The Griffin Company (479) 252-2651

PROPERTY MANAGERS

Forrest Brook Apartments (479) 259-4701

Charlotte King with WEICHERT REALTORS - King Realty Group (479) 242-4000

PLUMBING-SERVICE, SUPPLIES & CONTRACTORS Benefit Plumbing, Inc. (479) 459-3678 Blaylock Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. (479) 782-8940

The Whole Pet (479) 452-3235

Hajoca Supply Company (479) 782-4018

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

J & B Supply, Inc. (479) 649-4915 Malone’s Mechanical, Inc. (479) 474-8094 Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Greater Fort Smith (479) 595-0411

Asset Management of Fort Smith Inc. (479) 785-1500 Belmont Management Company Inc (479) 242-8900 CrownRidge Apartments (479) 649-8400 Ivey Management, L.L.C. (479) 414-9432 KCP Real Estate & Property Management (479) 242-4001 Oakwood Gardens (479) 782-5155 Real Property Management (479) 242-0791 Reese Properties (479) 755-6552 Rental Management, Inc. (479) 782-7268

PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTO SUPPLIES

Star Mechanical Supply (479) 785-1168

Kelsie Jo Photography, Inc. (479) 461-1236

Westark Plumbing & Expert Drain Cleaning Services (479) 646-5151

Trinity Property Management LLC (479) 452-1817

PORTABLE RESTROOM SERVICES

United Properties Management, Inc. (501) 280-0037

2 boudoir chicks (479) 886-0714

Albanese Cormier Holdings, LLC (409) 892-0200

Coldwell Banker Fleming-Lau Realty, Realtor (479) 782-7285

Fort Smith Winsupply Company (479) 649-0863

PHOTOGRAPHY/STUDIO

ERC (479) 478-5103

2M Investments, LLC (918) 315-5596

Hudson Consulting & Investigations, LLC (479) 650-4033

Adorable Pets Inc. (479) 783-5600

Retif Oil & Fuel LLC (479) 619-7862

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

REAL ESTATE

Cobblestone Homes (479) 646-7444

Ferguson Enterprises (479) 782-7901

Littlefield Oil Company (479) 646-0595

WEICHERT REALTORS - The Griffin Company (479) 242-4000

Allison Moore with Warnock Real Estate, LLC (479) 653-3381

PET SHOP, GROOMING & KENNELS

Frost Oil Company (479) 471-9992

Warnock Real Estate (479) 434-2818

A Clean Potty (479) 783-4333

Matthew Ray Photos (501) 548-7425

POULTRY & MEAT PROCESSING

Misty Byrd Photography (870) 904-4741

OK Foods, Inc. (479) 783-4186

Stephen Thetford Photography (479) 442-4043

Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc.

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Twin River Foods (479) 785-2600

Arkansas Pediatric Therapy (479) 471-1290

Tyson Foods of Fort Smith (479) 783-8996

BIG Physical Therapy (479) 434-4033

PRINTERS, DESK TOP PUB/TYPESETTERS/GRAPHICS

F & S Physical Therapy (479) 484-1100

ABC Printing and Signs (479) 638-8608

Total Rehabilitation, Inc (479) 452-7773

Trophies Unlimited and Trophy Printing (479) 783-6634

The Commerce Park Companies (479) 646-0900

Fort Smith Board of Realtors (479) 783-0655

Chase Tipton, Realtor (479) 445-5543

Gateway Mortgage Group (479) 763-0725

Dinah McCord with Warnock Realty (479) 461-3244

Guaranty Abstract & Title Co., Inc. (479) 783-7793

Fort Smith Real Estate Company, LLC (479) 285-1493

IRC Retail Centers (630) 218-8000

Jonella Graham with Weichert, Realtors (479) 459-5079

Jimmy Bell Real Estate Company (479) 474-9200 KCP Real Estate & Property Management (479) 242-4001

Kelly Underwood with Warnock Real Estate (479) 434-2818

Kelly Williams Platinum Realty (479) 434-3000

Marshall L. Yantis with Warnock Real Estate (479) 883-2302

Kelley Realty Company (479) 782-9179

Rosalba DeMondesert with Warnock Real Estate (479) 629-3570

Linsey E. & Co. Realtors (479) 431-4168 Nunnelee & Wright Commercial Properties (479) 785-4343

Wayne King with WEICHERT REALTORS King Realty Group (479) 242-4000 RECORDS MANAGEMENT

O’Neal Real Estate (479) 242-4609

Central Records Service (479) 782-7779

Waldon Properties & Ventures, Inc. (479) 522-3743

R.H. Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties (479) 478-6161

RECREATION

Woodcrest Park Apartments, LLC (479) 452-4090

Real Property Management (479) 242-0791

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

PROSTHETIC/ORTHOTIC

Robert E. Miller Investments (479) 646-3858

Old Fort Harley Davidson (479) 648-9004

Robert Westphal and Co. (479) 783-3038

Wheeler Powersports, Inc. (479) 783-5822 RECYCLED PRODUCTS

PSYCHIATRISTS/PSYCHOLOGISTS

Rosalba DeMondesert with Warnock Real Estate (479) 629-3570

Springwoods Behavioral Health (479) 973-6000

Sagely & Edwards Company (479) 782-8911

R. V. PARKS

The Commerce Park Companies (479) 646-0900

Hanger Clinic (479) 484-1620 Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Lab (479) 785-1881

William O. Darby RV Comm./TRCP Inv. LLC (479) 242-0799

Trinity Property Management LLC (479) 452-1817

Prestigious Pool Care, Inc. (479) 648-1213

Marck Industries, Inc. (479) 783-6478 Smurfit Kappa (479) 646-8922 Yaffe Iron & Metal Corporation (479) 782-8294

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FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY REHABILITATION

K-Mac Enterprises, Inc (479) 646-2053

Fort Smith Restaurant Supply Co. (479) 646-1606

Salon Five Zero Four (479) 308-3448

La Huerta Mexican Restaurant (Garrison Avenue) (479) 783-3655

Markham Restaurant Supply Co., Inc. (479) 782-3233

Salon Strawn (479) 226-2676

QualServ Corporation (479) 646-8386

SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & EDUCATION

Alert Alarm Systems, Inc. (479) 782-4954

RESTORATION

Academy of Salon & Spa (479) 782-5059

Armored Transport Service (479) 646-6330

McAlister’s Deli (479) 452-2622

CK Restoration, LLC (479) 452-8282

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (479) 308-2243

Commercial Communications, Inc. (479) 756-1141

McDonald’s Restaurant # 11594 (479) 785-0726

ServiceMASTER by Quality Restoration (479) 242-5765

Professional Security, Inc. (479) 785-9333

REMODELING-REPAIRS

McDonald’s Restaurant # 1330 (479) 646-7911

Wall 2 Wall Restoration (479) 252-6650

Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund, Inc. (479) 434-6171

Sawyers Inc. (479) 649-4600

McDonald’s Restaurant # 16196 (479) 452-1204

RETIREMENT LIVING/CENTERS

RENTAL EQUIPMENT

McDonald’s Restaurant # 18761 (479) 648-3939

Addiction Campus (479) 561-5501 Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab (479) 452-1541 Covington Court Health and Rehab.

Center (479) 646-5700

La Huerta Mexican Restaurant (Rogers Avenue) (479) 478-6425

Encompass Health (479) 785-3300 The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center (479) 785-4677

AAA U-Rent-It, Inc. (479) 646-4341

McDonald’s Restaurant # 29430 (479) 646-7047

Carco Rentals, Inc. (479) 441-3230

McDonald’s Restaurant # 33471 (479) 709-9107

RENTALS: INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

McDonald’s Restaurant # 4173 (479) 452-5500

Hugg & Hall Equipment (479) 648-3322

McDonald’s Restaurant #36558 (479) 646-7006

RESTAURANT 21 West End (479) 434-4213

Panera Bread (479) 478-8989

Anthony’s Italian Restaurant (479) 222-6808

Papa’s Pub & Pizzaria (479) 783-9941

Apple Arkansas, Inc. dba Applebee’s (479) 452-4112

Ralph’s Pink Flamingo BBQ (479) 649-7427

Art’s BBQ and Burgers (479) 414-2481

River City Bistro (479) 434-6474

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Fort Smith (479) 646-9464

Rolando’s (479) 573-0404

Bricktown Brewery (479) 434-2739

Sabores Mexican Cuisine, LLC (479) 522-7492

Bruce & Terri Drive-In and Catering (479) 452-8171

Slim Chickens (479) 434-6500

Calico County (479) 452-3299

Stonehouse at Chaffee Crossing (479) 668-2828

Catfish Cove (479) 646-8835

Sweet Bay Coffee Co. (479) 785-0685

Chick-fil-A (479) 484-5152

Tacos 4 Life (479) 226-8152

Doe’s Eat Place of Fort Smith (479) 784-9111

Taliano’s Italian Restaurant (479) 785-2292

Domino’s Pizza of Fort Smith (479) 785-0841

TGI Fridays (479) 484-0906

Domino’s Pizza of Fort Smith (479) 434-6996

Tropical Smoothie Cafe (479) 452-1833

El Zarape Mexican Restaurant (479) 478-1066

Uncork’d (479) 434-5000

Eureka Pizza (479) 782-4545 Five Guys (479) 478-1007 Golden Corral (479) 484-1040 Hooters of Fort Smith (479) 452-6132 Jerry Neel’s Bar-B-Q & Catering (479) 646-8085

Brookfield Assisted Living at Fianna Oaks (479) 649-7100 Butterfield Place (479) 484-5200 Landmark Ministries (479) 262-6466 Mercy Crest Retirement Living (479) 478-3000 Methodist Village Senior Living (479) 452-1611 Mid-Town Apartments (479) 783-1089 Peachtree Village, LLC (479) 785-5544 Rental Management, Inc. (479) 782-7268

First Lutheran Church & School (479) 452-5330 School Fort Smith Adult Education Center (479) 784-8185 Fort Smith Montessori School (479) 646-7225 Fort Smith Public Schools (479) 785-2501

Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (479) 452-3829 SELF DEFENSE Fort Smith Krav Maga (479) 276-3260 SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED/ DISABLED Bost, Inc. (479) 478-5554 Division of Services for the Blind (479) 782-4555 x3224 SEWING MACHINES

Fort Smith Wellness (479) 648-1107

Sewing Machine Center (479) 484-5351

FSPS-Community Partnerships (479) 785-2501

SHAVED ICE

Future School (479) 431-8695 Greenwood School District (479) 996-4142

Kona Ice of Fort Smith (479) 561-9966 SHEET METAL Action, Inc. (479) 452-5723

RODEO Cowboys Regional Rodeo Association (918) 869-8351

Immaculate Conception School (479) 783-6798

SHOPPING CENTER/SHOPPING MALL

Kay Rodgers Park (Customer) (479) 783-6176

John Brown University (479) 646-0082

Central Mall Fort Smith (479) 452-1866

ROOFING

St. Boniface Church & School (479) 783-6601

Stonewood Village (479) 478-1908

Trinity Junior High School (479) 782-2451

SIDING & EXTERIOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Curb Appeal Roofing, LLC (479) 259-1964

Union Christian Academy (479) 783-7327

Window World of The Ozarks LLC (479) 424-1330

Dale Crampton Company (479) 782-7251

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (479) 788-7000

SIGNS/BANNERS: MFGING/ INSTALLATION

Elite Roofing LLC (479) 478-8668

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, Athletics (479) 788-7687

ABC Printing and Signs (479) 638-8608

Adams and Son Roofing and Construction LLC. (479) 629-0986

Foster Roofing Inc (479) 751-2300 GRI Graham Roofing Inc, (479) 806-0548 Harness Roofing, Inc. (479) 785-1829 SAFETY PROGRAMS

Speer Foods, Inc. dba ‘’Whole Hog Cafe’ - Fort Smith (479) 646-2227

American Red Cross Serving Northwest AR (479) 782-1056

Zapata’s Mexican Grill (479) 434-2669

CPR Center (479) 785-1578

RESTAURANT SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

SALON FULL SERVICE

Coca Cola Bottling Company (479) 646-0571

Salon Elements (479) 649-3435

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Christ The King Catholic School (479) 782-0614

Advanced Cabling (479) 439-2610

Harvest Time Academy (479) 434-3211

JRAN, INC. (479) 452-8489

JJ’s Grill (479) 434-4555

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Brookdale Fort Smith (479) 484-5556

Arkansas Tech University Ozark Campus (479) 667-2117

SECURITY SERVICES

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, College of Business (479) 788-7807 Vista College (479) 434-2180 SCRAP METAL Davis Iron & Metal Inc. (479) 783-8931 Yaffe Iron & Metal Corporation (479) 782-8294 SCREEN PRINTING CW Sports Graphics (479) 649-1900

Dale Crampton Company (479) 782-7251

Graphic Service Co. Inc. (479) 783-1297 Harrison Quik Sign (479) 783-4330 Time Striping, Inc (479) 474-0452 SOFT DRINK DISTRIBUTORS Coca Cola Bottling Company (479) 646-0571 Pepsi Beverages Company (479) 646-0123 Platinum Distributing, Inc. (479) 646-7632 SPA Fort Smith Wellness (479) 648-1107

FORT SMITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Swan Center Aesthetics (479) 259-4387

Pinnacle Telecom (479) 242-0000

SPECIAL EVENTS/RECEPTIONS

Verizon Wireless (479) 295-2879

Fantasies at the Fort/Enchanted Wedding Chapel (479) 478-0225

WOW - World of Wireless (479) 478-6616

MS Entertainment Group (479) 242-4235

TRANSPORTATION Consolidated Terminals and Logistics (479) 474-7931

Shipley Motor Equipment Company (479) 782-8281

Spartan Logistics (479) 668-2371

TURF CARE

Zero Mountain, Inc. (479) 646-7757

Drivers Select (479) 434-5743

Tri-Hill Turf & Pest (479) 782-0404

WATER TREATMENT

TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT

Five Rivers Distribution (479) 410-1557

Turf & Pest Pro USA (479) 474-5296

Water Tech, Inc. (479) 649-7447

Apex Communications (AT&T) (479) 646-8877

Midwest Bus Sales (479) 474-2433

UNIFORM-RENTALS/SALES/LAUNDRY

WATERPARK

SPORTING GOODS/NEW OR USED

Digital Business Solutions, Inc. (479) 783-4980

ProPak Logistics (479) 478-7864

Cintas Corporation (479) 646-9647

Parrot Island Waterpark (479) 788-6550

A to Z Outdoors, LLC (479) 632-6360

TELEVISION-CABLE

Southeastern Freight Lines Inc. (479) 471-3001

CLEAN The Uniform Company (417) 623-7195

WEB DESIGN

Unforgettables, Inc. (479) 646-8109

Play it Again Sports-Fort Smith (479) 308-9090 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Alber Irrigation, Inc./Alber Directional Drilling, Inc (479) 783-6202 STEEL DISTRIBUTOR Boyd Metals (479) 782-9060 Davis Structural Steel, Inc. (479) 783-0888 Ryerson (479) 646-7331 STEEL-ERECTORS Holmes Erection, Inc. (479) 646-4331 STEEL-FABRICATORS Mainer Iron Works (479) 785-2577 STRIPING CONTRACTORS Time Striping, Inc (479) 474-0452

Cox Business (479) 573-2206

Village Tours & Travel (479) 478-9780

Pinnacle Media, LLC (479) 785-4600

TRASH HAULING-COMMERCIAL

TERMINAL BARGE/TRUCK/RAIL

Inland Waste (479) 452-9098

Five Rivers Distribution (479) 410-1557 TEXTILE RENTAL INDUSTRIAL Cintas Corporation (479) 646-9647 CLEAN The Uniform Company (417) 623-7195 THEATERS Fort Smith Little Theatre (479) 783-2966 THRIFT STORE Goodwill Industries of Arkansas (479) 434-4717 TIRE DEALERS Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Centers (479) 788-6400

Marck Industries, Inc. (479) 783-6478

Branchout Studios LLC (479) 242-3456

Unifirst Corporation (479) 646-5943 UTILITIES

WEDDING CHAPELS

Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp.

(479) 783-3181

Fantasies at the Fort/Enchanted Wedding Chapel (479) 478-0225

Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative (479) 667-2176

WEIGHT CONTROL CENTER

TRAVEL AGENCIES

CLEAResult Consulting (479) 689-6089

Body Tailors Personal Training L.L.C. (479) 226-3545

Universal Travel (479) 785-1800

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (479) 649-5301

Jenny Craig (479) 452-1213

TREE SERVICE, SPRAYING & ARBORICULTURE

VENDING

Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery (479) 434-6222

Juan’s Tree Service (479) 285-9621

Bob’s Dogs (479) 252-1773

WHOLESALE CLUB

TROPHIES & PLAQUES

Booneville Vending (479) 675-3849

Sam’s Club (479) 484-5454

Trophies Unlimited and Trophy Printing (479) 783-6634

Imperial Vending (479) 782-8363

WHOLESALE DIST. SNACKS, TOBACCO, GROCERIES

TRUCK RENTING & LEASING

VETERINARIANS

Carco Rentals, Inc. (479) 441-3230

All Animal Health Center (479) 452-5154

Glidewell Distributing Company (479) 649-3999 WHOLESALE/RETAIL

MHC Truck Leasing (479) 785-9600

Eastside Veterinary Clinic (479) 452-5700

A to Z Outdoors, LLC (479) 632-6360

SURVEYORS

Jim Grizzle Tire Company (Rogers) (479) 452-5678

TRUCKING-MOTOR FREIGHT

Mickle Wagner Coleman, Inc. (479) 649-8484

Jim Grizzle Tire Company (Towson) (479) 783-6157

ArcBest Corporation (479) 785-6000

Fort Smith Animal Emergency Clinic (479) 649-3100

Jake’s Fireworks (479) 353-1651

SWIMMING POOL/HOT TUBCONTRACTOR/SERVICE

Southern Tire Mart, LLC (479) 649-3900

Carman, Inc. (479) 646-8486

River Valley Animal Hospital & Emergency Services (479) 462-6367

Olen and Co. Market (479) 763-1198

Burton Pools and Spas (479) 648-3483

TOBACCO PRODUCTS

DanCor Transit Inc. (479) 474-9756

TAX PREPARATION

Winston’s Pipe and Cigar Emporium (479) 434-5627

Lawson Accounting Group (479) 648-3680

TOURISM

TEAM BUILDING

U.S. Marshals Museum, Inc. (479) 709-3766

ClueMasters Escape Room (479) 274-0700 TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE AFS Business Solutions/Div. of Answer Fort Smith (479) 788-9300 TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION AT&T (479) 785-6610 MobileOne LLC (479) 452-2327

Marrlin Transit, Inc. (479) 474-2325 Maverick Transportation, Inc. (479) 648-3769

Rogers Avenue Animal Clinic (479) 452-4300 VIDEO PRODUCTION

WHOLESALER - FURNITURE Riverside Furniture Corporation (479) 785-8100

Branchout Studios LLC (479) 242-3456 WAREHOUSES

TRACTOR DEALERS

Scranton Transfer (479) 782-3483

Arkansas Refrigerated Services, Inc. (479) 783-1006

Alma Tractor & Equipment, Inc. (479) 632-6300

USA Truck (479) 471-3446

Arkansas Warehouse, Inc. (479) 648-3378

TRADE/BARTER COMPANIES Local Trade Partners, LLC (479) 648-9999

Utility Tri-State, Inc. (479) 997-1111

Blochberger Company (479) 646-4588

TRUCKING/TRANSPORTATION BROKERS

TRAINING-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

M K F, Inc. dba BDL Logistics (479) 434-6126

Consolidated Terminals and Logistics (479) 474-7931

Dale Carnegie Training (479) 756-2443

TRUCKS-CUSTOM PARTS, EQUIP.

Logistics Warehouse, Inc. (479) 410-2611

Six Sigma Development Solutions, Inc. (479) 739-4940

River Valley Truck Outfitter’s Inc. (479) 648-8855

M P Warehouse Inc. (479) 649-9080

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