Bentonville

Between now and Sunday, September 15, an internationally-recognized 250-pound, 15-foot inflatable mobile sculpture work called the RedBall Project will be traveling across northwest Arkansas. Sophia Nourani speaks with artist Kurt Perschke to learn more about the piece.

Later this month, the Bentonville Public Library will close for about four weeks. However, staff will remain in the building. The closure will allow the library expansion project to reach the finish line. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams sat down with Hadi Dudley, director of the Bentonville Public Library, in the current children’s library area, to find out what will occur when the library is closed from Sept. 29th through Oct. 27.

On today's show, the Arkansas branch of Goodwill is phasing out plastic shopping bags. Also, learning from a decade of packing and delivering meals to neighbors nearby and far away. Plus, we are nearing the finish line on the Bentonville Public Library expansion.

Pete speaks with Maggie Matuschka from the Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce about the Hob Nob and Business After Hours event taking place Aug. 22.

Bentonville Restaurant Week begins on Sunday, Aug. 18, and runs through Aug. 24. Ozarks at Large's Daniel Caruth spoke with Visit Bentonville about the upcoming events and the results of a recent restaurant study.

In this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal report, Roby Brock speaks with Brandom Gengelbach, the President and CEO of the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce.

On today's show, we explore a new childcare facility that is up and running on the Walmart Home Office campus. Also, the new national tour of "Hamilton" will launch from Fayetteville. Plus, one musician goes from Springdale to the New World Symphony

Excellerate Housing, a division of Excellerate Foundation, announced $18.7 million in additional funding for a housing development in Bentonville. McAuley Place is described as a workforce housing development targeting employees of Bentonville schools and other residents in the school district. Jeff Webster, the president and CEO of Excellerate Foundation, the parent organization for Excellerate Housing, spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.

The Bentonville Public Library's new book sorter has officially been named: Bookie Monster.

Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams speaks with Bentonville Public Library's Tara Cloud Clark about the facility's new automatic 9-bin book-sorting machine and the effort to give the equipment a fitting monicker.