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Today on The Outline: Arkansas tax revenue is up 4%. Also, the next few days will be the hottest of the year for NWA and the River Valley. Plus, the Walton Family Foundation is investing more than $1 million in a K-12 education initiative.
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The 45,000-square foot Market Center of the Ozarks, under construction on east Emma Avenue in Springdale, will open next summer. The state-of-the art facility funded by the Walton Family Foundation will offer a wealth of resources to regional farmers, food entrepreneurs and surrounding communities. Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich takes a tour of the center's Spring Creek Food Hub which recently opened in temporary quarters on West Shady Grove Road.
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This month, the Walton Family Foundation announced a big gift to create a new theater building at Opera in the Ozarks campus near Eureka Springs.
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A legislative package addressing criminal sentencing is progressing at the Arkansas Capitol, and continued tornado relief efforts are taking place in Central Arkansas.
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NorthWest Arkansas Community College is celebrating the first decade of its LIFE Program, a near-peer mentorship program with an aim to empower Latino youth and increase Hispanic enrollment at the school by going into area high schools to discuss the prospect of going to college. The program recently received a $432,883 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to grow their efforts.
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More new programs are coming to northwest Arkansas aimed at helping both growers and consumers of local food.
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More new programs are coming to northwest Arkansas aimed at helping both growers and consumers of local food.
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The Market Center of the Ozarks will be built in Springdale and allow farmers a place to aggregate and distribute their produce.
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The Market Center of the Ozarks will be built in Springdale and allow farmers a place to aggregate and distribute their produce.
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The Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program was launched by the Walton Family Foundation in 2015 to help connect design firms with local projects…