Mobile flower truck comes to NWA
Eden Garrett brought her mobile flower truck to Northwest Arkansas. The 22-year-old started the business in Springfield, Mo.
Garrett started the business as a project in her senior year in college.
The walk-in mobile flower boutique can travel to a variety of events from weddings to corporate parties. Prices start at $15 per person with a $150 party minimum. Customers can order an arrangement or create one themselves.
Additional information about the business and where the truck will be can be found online at www.edensflowertruck.com/ or www.facebook.com/edensflowertruck/.
Mars site wins safety award
Mars Petcare's Fort Smith facility earned a Four Million Work Hours Safety Award from the Arkansas Department of Labor for accumulating 4 million work hours over seven years without a lost day away from work due to a work-related injury or illness.
The Fort Smith facility, which manufactures pet food, is one of 55 workplaces in the state of Arkansas to reach this milestone. The factory has 300 employees.
Mars Petcare has invested more than $200 million in Fort Smith in the past 10 years, including a $2.4 million expansion announced in November to expand and upgrade office and laboratory facilities. The company has 75,000 employees across more than 50 countries.
Nitron Industries opens store
Nitron Industries, an organic supply store, will launch a local storefront and change its name change to Garden IQ Organics, streamlining its local and digital brands. The Nitron Industries line of products remain unchanged, but packaging will be updated with the new Garden IQ Organics logo.
The company is owned by Matt Schilling and Clint Morris.
The company will continue to operate in its current location at 5703 S. Hewitt St. in Fayetteville, but the storefront will move to the historic Johnson Switch Building at 3201 Main St. in Johnson.
Garden IQ Organics recently renovated at the front of the Johnson Switch Building. The 113-year-old building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cereset center opening in Fayetteville
Katinka Van Der Merwe is opening Arkansas' first Cereset center at 12 Cold Square Drive in Fayetteville. Cereset is a wellness company that works with clients to relax their brain to manage stress with patented BrainEcho technology.
Van Der Merwe grew up in South Africa and received her Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker College in Dallas in 1999.
Cereset's all-natural and non-invasive technology uses sensors to detect brain rhythms, which echo as audio tones played back to the client.
The name Cereset comes from a combination of the words Cerebrum (brain) and the word "reset," as it helps the brain reset itself to its natural state, thus aiding the brain and body in more quickly and easily falling asleep. Cereset technology has been used with more than 130,000 clients in 25 countries.
Siloam Springs Family Medicine moves
Siloam Springs Family Medicine moved to Siloam Springs Medical Plaza at 3721 E. U.S. 412 in Siloam Springs. The clinic is located in the plaza with Northwest Health Urgent Care -- Siloam Springs and Siloam Springs Internal Medicine.
Beth Harp, D.O., family medicine provider, is accepting new patients and sees all ages from infants to adults. Same-day appointments are available and walk-ins are welcome. Clinic hours are 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
A member of the medical staff of Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Dr. Harp previously practiced medicine at the Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center in Stilwell, Okla. Harp graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency with Tahlequah City Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program.
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