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[KJW]

Hello, all.

I moved my family from the Atlanta area to Bentonville in the summer of 2002 after accepting a job here.  On President's Day of this year we moved our business (retail, on-line and 800 number gift sales) from Georgia to Centerton, just west of B'ville.

It's amazing what's going on out here...

[Arkansawyer]

KJW, on Aug 18 2005, 03:07 PM, said:

Hello, all.

I moved my family from the Atlanta area to Bentonville in the summer of 2002 after accepting a job here.  On President's Day of this year we moved our business (retail, on-line and 800 number gift sales) from Georgia to Centerton, just west of B'ville.

It's amazing what's going on out here...

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Welcome.

It's nice to know that not all new Northwest Arkansas residents come from California or the North. :grin: I think you're the first member from Bentonville. It'll be nice to hear from someone from that city, as I'm not as familiar with the area north of Fayetteville.

[arkansas_buff]

KJW, on Aug 18 2005, 03:07 PM, said:

Hello, all.

I moved my family from the Atlanta area to Bentonville in the summer of 2002 after accepting a job here.  On President's Day of this year we moved our business (retail, on-line and 800 number gift sales) from Georgia to Centerton, just west of B'ville.

It's amazing what's going on out here...

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Welcome to AR (although a little belated)!  I'm from the upper right hand corner.  I'm sure you will be able to add tons of NWA insight.  I need to get up there to see a football game this season.  Again... welcome!

[Mith242]

Welcome KWJ, nice to have someone from Benton County here.  Hopefully you won't mind giving us your perspective.  Although I'm not too far from you it can be hard enough just keeping up with what's going on here in Washington County.  I admit I haven't kept up with Benton County as well as I would have liked.  There's a restaurant topic around here.  I'd like to hear if you have any favorites there in Benton County.

[KJW]

Thanks, all.

Arkansawyer, interestingly, in the place where I used to work here (and still do on a contract basis) there were no less than four other Georgia transplants...three from the Atlanta metro area (one of them was originally from South Africa!) and another one from Brunswick on the coast).  Another fellow moved from North Carolina.  I've a neighbor a few blocks down who moved from Cartersville, GA NW of Marietta and Atlanta, and another neighbor from Bogart, GA near Athens...the latter family has a replica of UGA, the University of Georgia bulldog, on their lawn garden.

They're starting to migrate from other parts of the southeast here...

[Mith242]

KJW, on Aug 19 2005, 01:42 PM, said:

Thanks, all.

Arkansawyer, interestingly, in the place where I used to work here (and still do on a contract basis) there were no less than four other Georgia transplants...three from the Atlanta metro area (one of them was originally from South Africa!) and another one from Brunswick on the coast).  Another fellow moved from North Carolina.  I've a neighbor a few blocks down who moved from Cartersville, GA NW of Marietta and Atlanta, and another neighbor from Bogart, GA near Athens...the latter family has a replica of UGA, the University of Georgia bulldog, on their lawn garden.

They're starting to migrate from other parts of the southeast here...

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It is interesting to see.  That's one aspect I guess I don't see quite as much here in Fayetteville.  Although now that the students are coming back it's harder to judge because we have so many students that come from all over.  But it is interesting to see that there are people other than people from Califonia and the Midwest coming into the area.  So maybe northwest Arkansas won't totally lose all of what 'southern' culture we have here.

[Mith242]

Ever since Katrina things have died down on this forum.  I guess it's also just been sorta quiet with not a whole lot of other stuff going on right now.  But it looks like some of our regulars are showing up.  Just don't have anything to say on our board.  Hopefully we'll have some more news come up ot one of us will think of something to discuss.

[mcheiss]

Hey, my name is Matt. I just found this website on the internet about a few weeks ago and decided to sign up since it discusses many things that I myself have been keeping track of for years. Me I live in Rogers, and I always love to hear about what is going on in other parts of Arkansas.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Sep 15 2005, 04:32 PM, said:

Hey, my name is Matt. I just found this website on the internet about a few weeks ago and decided to sign up since it discusses many things that I myself have been keeping track of for years. Me I live in Rogers, and I always love to hear about what is going on in other parts of Arkansas.

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Welcome Mcheiss, nice to have someone else around.  Unfortunately it's been a little slow around here since Katrina.  But these things seem to go in cycles and hopefully things will pick up again soon.  Hopefully you can also help keep us informed on what's going on up in Benton County.  Please feel free to discuss or ask anything here on the forum.  

[ZachariahDaMan]

Hey everyone,
I thought I would introduce myself, I don't live in Arkansas but I would like to go there someday, I wouldn't mind visiting Little Rock.  I like reading your guys posts.

[RemusCal]

ZachariahDaMan, on Sep 19 2005, 07:14 AM, said:

Hey everyone,
I thought I would introduce myself, I don't live in Arkansas but I would like to go there someday, I wouldn't mind visiting Little Rock.  I like reading your guys posts.

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Hey Zachariah,

Nice of you to introduce yourself.  We welcome anyone into our beautiful state.  Little Rock, Northwest Arkansas, and Hotsprings are definitely places you would want to visit.  I live in Northwest Arkansas and absolutely love it here.  There is a lot happening all throughout our state.  Where are you from?

[ZachariahDaMan]

I live in Canton, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.  What's your favorite place in Arkansas to go to?

[Mith242]

ZachariahDaMan, on Sep 19 2005, 09:27 AM, said:

I live in Canton, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.  What's your favorite place in Arkansas to go to?

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Welcome to the board.  As far as favorite place to go in Arkansas, that depends on what you're looking for.  If you're talking about outdoors there's a number of places to go in the Ozarks, Ouchitas and the River Valley.  The Buffalo Natl River (especially around Newton County) is probably my favorite.  If the outdoors aren't exactly what you're looking for Eureka Springs and Hot Springs are both pretty nice places to visit.  If you're looking for more of an urban place to go then Little Rock and the northwest Arkansas metro might be what you want.

[Arkansawyer]

ZachariahDaMan, on Sep 19 2005, 08:14 AM, said:

Hey everyone,
I thought I would introduce myself, I don't live in Arkansas but I would like to go there someday, I wouldn't mind visiting Little Rock.  I like reading your guys posts.

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Who is our "guy?"

Anyway, I notice that others have mentioned the mountainous areas of Arkansas, in the northern and western parts of the state. Those are beautiful places, but I also love the Delta in eastern Arkansas. Sure it's the poorest region in America, but it's a wonderful place to visit and relax. For one, it's a truly unique American place; it just oozes Old South culture. There's beauty in the Mississippi River and cotton fields too, and the people are so friendly. Helena, which sits right on the Mighty Mississippi, is probably the best town to visit there.

[ZachariahDaMan]

I think you read that wrong, what I ment was I like reading everyone's posts.

[mandrws1]

Whats up everyone? I'm your neighbor from Memphis.  I had to check out Arkansas' forum after my recent visit to Little Rock.  I've only passed through Little Rock until I recently visited the Clinton museum.  I have to say that downtown Little Rock is beautiful!  Everything looks so new and clean.  I noticed that yall have a trolley system too.  How old is it and how far does it go.  Up until now, the only thing that I associated with Little Rock was Dillard's department stores and  gangs from watching an old HBO special and one that aired recently.  That has all changed now.  Although downtown wasn't that dense, it was still gorgeous!  You should be proud.

Edited by mandrws1, 20 September 2005 - 09:23 PM.

[Mith242]

mandrws1, on Sep 20 2005, 10:22 PM, said:

Whats up everyone? I'm your neighbor from Memphis.  I had to check out Arkansas' forum after my recent visit to Little Rock.  I've only passed through Little Rock until I recently visited the Clinton museum.  I have to say that downtown Little Rock is beautiful!  Everything looks so new and clean.  I noticed that yall have a trolley system too.  How old is it and how far does it go.  Up until now, the only thing that I associated with Little Rock was Dillard's department stores and  gangs from watching an old HBO special and one that aired recently.  That has all changed now.  Although downtown wasn't that dense, it was still gorgeous!  You should be proud.

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Welcome to the Arkansas forum.  We sometimes have a few Memphis forumers come over and post.  You guys are more than welcome to join in.  Glad you were impressed with Little Rock.  I'm no expert on Little Rock, but I've gotten the impression that things have been going rather well the last few years.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Welcome to the forum.  I can't wait to visit Little Rock someday!

[Arkansawyer]

ZachariahDaMan, on Sep 20 2005, 09:40 AM, said:

I think you read that wrong, what I ment was I like reading everyone's posts.

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I knew what you meant, but I didn't read it wrong. "Your" is a possessive adjective, and the object of possession in your post is "guys." I was being somewhat facetious.

I'm glad you enjoy this forum.

[Arkansawyer]

mandrws1, on Sep 20 2005, 10:22 PM, said:

Whats up everyone? I'm your neighbor from Memphis.  I had to check out Arkansas' forum after my recent visit to Little Rock.  I've only passed through Little Rock until I recently visited the Clinton museum.  I have to say that downtown Little Rock is beautiful!  Everything looks so new and clean.  I noticed that yall have a trolley system too.  How old is it and how far does it go.  Up until now, the only thing that I associated with Little Rock was Dillard's department stores and  gangs from watching an old HBO special and one that aired recently.  That has all changed now.  Although downtown wasn't that dense, it was still gorgeous!  You should be proud.

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Thanks for the compliments.

Our trolley line opened in November 2004, shortly before the opening of the Clinton Library. Currently the track only runs 2.5 miles, but it will soon be extended to the Clinton Library for an estimated $7.6 million. We recently received a $6 million grant from the federal government, so it should be completed soon.

I thought for sure you would have associated Little Rock with being FedEx's birthplace, since y'all took it from us.

By the way, let me compliment Memphis. I can't count how many times I've been there, since I've had family there for so long, and I consider it one of the great American cities.