Walton Family Foundation Funds Design for Now and the Future

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published November 12, 2020 at 1:35 PM CST

A rendering of one of the park spaces planned for Bentonville's Quilt of Parks project that was funded through the Design Excellence Program.

The Walton Family Foundation's Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program has provided grants to three projects this autumn in Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville. Foundation leaders say public space design is a matter of importance now and for the post-pandemic future.

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