The Bentonville Library Foundation has announced Booked For the Evening with Steuart Walton. The event will be at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at Tavola Trattoria, 108 S.E. A St. downtown. The topic is “Smart Growth and Avoiding Complacency.” Discussion will revolve around how the community is growing, opportunities and challenges about that growth and how to avoid becoming complacent in an ever-changing environment. The format will be a conversational question-and-answer between Walton and Anthony Soohoo, executive vice president of the U.S. Home Division at Walmart, according to the release. Read MORE.
Steuart Walton to discuss smart growth in Bentonville on Sept. 15

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