A strong region is built in the neighborhoods, parks and main streets where everyday life unfolds. Across Northwest Arkansas' smaller communities, residents are shaping places that are welcoming, connected and uniquely their own. From Farmington and Centerton, to Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove and Siloam Springs, the Walton Family Foundation is supporting their efforts to build a future where growth is intentional, community voices guide decisions, and towns work together to create places where people can live, connect and thrive.
The Delta region of Arkansas and Mississippi holds enormous potential, but has experienced generations of underinvestment and systemic barriers to opportunity. Through 2030, the Walton Family Foundation's Home Region Program will invest in initiatives that ensure all students have access to a high-quality education, help residents build assets and economic mobility and strengthen the capacity of local leaders and community-driven solutions.
Our Theory of Change for Northwest Arkansas allows us to be bold in the challenges we take on together. It also helps us be nimble in how we approach solutions.
The Community Compass is a new measurement tool created to help communities better understand how public spaces and programs support connection, belonging and trust. Developed by the Walton Family Foundation and Trust for Public Land, this free tool helps communities better how people experience those spaces and one another.
What does it take to build a region where growth strengthens communities and opportunity reaches everyone? Across our Home Region, we know that opportunities grow when people learn, earn and thrive together in the communities they call home. We invite you to learn more about Strategy 2030, our ongoing commitment to Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.
