Chamber honors construction projects
The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce held its annual Construction & Developers 2017 Appreciation Awards Banquet on Monday at Fayetteville Town Center.
The event honors Fayetteville chamber member projects that were recently completed in Washington and Benton counties.
Ten awards were given out:
• Agricultural Heritage Award -- Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences project, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
• Generational Award -- The New School: academic center, gymnasium and innovation center, Fayetteville.
• Historic Preservation Award -- historic Cane Hill College, Canehill.
• Phoenix Award -- Record, Bentonville.
• Infrastructure Award -- Stadium Drive realignment and improvement project, Fayetteville.
• Transformation Award -- Northwest Arkansas Community College Brightwater, Bentonville.
• Vision Award -- The Fields at Pinnacle, building 1, Rogers.
• Community Impact Award -- Walton Arts Center renovation and expansion, Fayetteville.
• Regional Wellness Award -- Women and Infants Center and William L. Bradley Medical Plaza, Fayetteville.
• Developer of the Year -- Johnelle Hunt of Hunt Ventures.
Climb Bentonville opening in fall 2018
Climb Bentonville, a branch of Climb Nashville, will open next fall. This is the company's first location outside of Tennessee. Climb Bentonville is a joint venture among local businessman Dennis Nelms and Climb Nashville owners Drew Sloss and Lance Brock.
Climb Bentonville will be 22,000 square feet on Arkansas 102 and S.W. I Street in Bentonville. The facility will have more than 16,000 square feet of climbing terrain and will feature walls measuring as high as 45 feet vertically, built by Walltopia. The building's two-story interior will include a workout room, yoga/fitness class space, restrooms, locker area, retail store and kids climbing area. There will also be a party room for birthday parties and private events.
The design-build team for Climb Bentonville includes local architects Audy Lack, Matt Hoffman and Shay Hawkins of Miller, Boskus, Lack Architects PA; Scott Archer, Jeremy Calloway and Rob May of HSA Consultants; Heath Rheay and Mark Dillard of Kinco Construction; and Brahm Driver and Alison Jumper with Ecological Design Group.
Briefs are for businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are new, have moved or closed, opened a new branch, changed owners or have been honored by an independent organization. Email items to cswanson@nwadg.com. Information will be published as space allows.
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