Runway Group Co-Founder Tom Walton to be New CEO

Runway Group Co-Founder Tom Walton to be New CEO

Runway Group Chief Executive Officer Chris Seay will retire as CEO effective at the end of March, the company has announced. Runway co-founder Tom Walton will step into the role as CEO. 

Seay has served as CEO since October of 2021, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer for the holding company, which makes investments in real estate, outdoor initiatives, hospitality and other businesses.

“I’d like to thank Chris for his commitment to our organization in getting Runway’s oriented for success,” Walton said. “We are positioned well for the future, and we wouldn’t be here today without his leadership.”

Blue Crane ventures into Bella Vista with $33.9M acquisition that includes Sugar Creek Center

Blue Crane ventures into Bella Vista with $33.9M acquisition that includes Sugar Creek Center

Bentonville real estate developer Blue Crane completed a real estate acquisition for approximately 54 acres in Bella Vista in three separate deals totaling $33.9 million, laying the groundwork for future developments. The property acquired lies east of U.S. Highway 71 Business and includes the 9.5-acre, 48,000-square-foot Sugar Creek Shopping Center, a multi-tenant shopping center anchored by a grocery store, Allen’s Food Market. The remaining land is north and east of the shopping center.

Ozarks at Large: Bentonville’s Thaden Field, Fly OZ Club observe Women in Aviation Week

Ozarks at Large: Bentonville’s Thaden Field, Fly OZ Club observe Women in Aviation Week

Desi Eddy and MK McKinley from Thaden Field talked with KUAF 91.3 Public Radio about the Women of Aviation Week hangar party taking place Saturday, March 9 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the exhibit hangar. Attendees can enjoy snacks and refreshments, race pedal planes, draw in the chalk art area, get up close and inside aircraft, chat with pilots, and join in national contests like the Inspiration Challenge and Pink Paper Plane Challenge.

Bentonville named Top-10 in Southern Living’s ‘The South’s Best Cities on the Rise’

Bentonville named Top-10 in Southern Living’s ‘The South’s Best Cities on the Rise’

“Often referred to as ‘the town that Walmart built,’ this Arkansas hotspot is riding a strong and rising tide. It has become a veritable cultural center, with museums like the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary. An expanding culinary landscape has fostered buzzy ONYX Coffee Lab and restaurants like Conifer and The Hive. It’s no wonder everyone’s talking about Bentonville.”