Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazers Association, Inc.
To complete the surveying, design, engineering and permitting for 2,000 linear feet of paved trail from the Razorback Greenway to Peach Orchard Road in Bentonville, AR.
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazers Association, Inc.
Construction of approximately 8 miles of natural surface trail on the west side of Coler, a mountain biking preserve located in the City of Bentonville, AR.
To support Grit Studios, an entrepreneurial business support center in Bentonville, AR, that will focus on developing professionally trained, qualified and experienced business leader
To support grantee's initiative to partner with the House of Songs to create a pilot international song-writer residency and exchange program in Northwest Arkansas. NWAC will serve as the fiscal sponsor for this project.
Support for grantee's initiative to partner with The House of Songs to launch The House of Songs Ozarks, a songwriter's residency program in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Organizational capacity-building efforts and programming in collaboration with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and in conjunction with the Fall 2017 Crystal Bridges exhibition featuring the work of Stuart Davis.
To support grantee's costs to take a Northwest Arkansas delegation from local municipalities and transportation agencies to the 25th Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in Seattle, WA.
To support grantee's efforts to recruit, train and place Arkansas Teacher Corp fellows in the state of Arkansas, emphasizing on the Arkansas Delta region and open-enrollment charter schools
To conduct an analysis of economic vitality of the five primary downtowns in Benton and Washington counties: Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville and Siloam Springs.
To organize and conduct a three-tiered project focused on the issue of attainable housing in Northwest Arkansas, consisting of a regional symposium focused on the community, a design studio focused on students, and a professional design competition focused on the challenge of attainable housing.
To support grantee's initiative towards the acquisition of property for the permanent preservation of green space and to secure the land for the future development of cycling-optimized natural surface trails in Washington County, Arkansas.
To conduct a feasibility study for a pilot project that would provide bus service on 71B for approximately 30 miles between Fayetteville and Bentonville, with a dedicated bus lane during peak rush hour.