Tyson Foods donated $1 million to the Downtown Springdale Alliance on Friday.
The gift is to help the nonprofit's effort to develop infrastructure and green space in its mission to "revitalize the city's original center of commerce," according to the news release.
Tyson also announced that it will move its Northwest Arkansas employment center and company store to a building at 516 E. Emma Ave., according to the news release.
“My grandfather started Tyson Foods 80 years ago on Emma Avenue,” John Tyson, chairman of the company, said in the news release. “We’re proud of our heritage here. We look forward to the regeneration of downtown Springdale, and the positive impact it will have on this great city’s economy and its future.”
Tyson owns other property downtown, including its original headquarters at 319 E. Emma Ave. The company has an internal group studying reviewing potential uses for those properties, according to the news release.