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What's Bella Vista Arkansas known for?
Located in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas, it boasts amenities which include numerous parks, clubhouses with workout areas, swimming pools, five 18-hole golf courses, two nine-hole golf courses, seven lakes with fishing and boat docks (three ski lakes), a marina, swimming beach, putt-putt golf courses and tennis courts, dog park, softball field, and extensive hiking and biking trails.
Bella Vista, Arkansas
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While it was previously known as an affluent retirement community, Bella Vista has diversified in recent years with young couples and families moving in, making it a premier location for all stages of life. The city has been recognized as one of the Top 25 best places for affordable homes by CNNMoney.com and Money Magazine, as well as being listed as one of America's Top 10 Best Places to Retire by U.S. News & World Report. Bella Vista is a recreational community that boasts seven golf courses, private lakes stocked with fish, swimming pools, parks, and miles of hiking and biking trails suitable for all levels of experience.
Wal-Mart Home Office
Walmart is the world's largest retailer and has been in its current home office in Bentonville, AR since 1971. Wal-Mart’s announced in September 2017 it’s new corporate campus will be built on the east side of Southeast J Street, bordered by Arkansas Highway 102 to the south and Arkansas Highway 72 (Central Avenue) to the north, and Southeast Eighth Street dividing the property. The total footprint is about 350 acres. It’s continued commitment to the Northwest Arkansas area along with the Walton Family Foundation support to the community shows the commitment to the Northwest Arkansas area strong economic future.
Sam’s Club Home Office
Sam’s Club is headquartered in a 382,000-square-foot, four-story building just off Moberly Lane in Bentonville.
Downtown Bentonville
Welcome to Bentonville Downtown Square, surrounded by locally-owned businesses and the newly restored Walmart Museum.
The Downtown Square features the Bentonville Farmer’s Market, First Fridays, Art Walk and many other events held throughout the year. As a community gathering space it is wonderful for families, friends and visitors to enjoy year round.
Adding to the liveliness of the downtown area are several new outdoor food venues, 21c Museum Hotel, Friday night flicks, an ice-skating/splash park at Lawrence Plaza and the summer concert series at Orchards Park.
The city’s Downtown Activity Center offers bicycle rentals to all who would like to experience riding along our trails and downtown area.
Crystal Bridges
Crystal Bridges was founded in 2005 by the Walton Family Foundation as a nonprofit charitable organization. Philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton chairs the Museum’s board of directors and works diligently to expand their already world famous collection of American Art.
The museum was designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, featuring a series of pavilions nestled around two spring-fed ponds house galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, and a large, glass-enclosed gathering hall. Guest amenities include a restaurant on a glass-enclosed bridge overlooking the ponds, a Museum Store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, and a library featuring more than 50,000 volumes of art reference material. Sculpture and walking trails link the Museum's 120-acre park to downtown Bentonville, Arkansas.
Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection spans five centuries of American masterworks ranging from the Colonial era to the current day. Included within the collection are iconic images such as Asher B. Durand’s Kindred Spirits, Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter, and Andy Warhol’s Coca-Cola — each reflecting a distinct moment in American artistic evolution—as well as major works by modern and contemporary American artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe, John Baldessari, and James Turrell. The permanent collection, which continues to grow through a strategic acquisition plan, is on view year-round.
Mountain Biking
Bentonville Parks and Recreation is proud to provide more than 28 miles of award-winning mountain bike trails. Riding the trails is not only a favorite activity of locals, but the trails also attract thousands of riders from all over the country each year.
Bike Bentonville
Bike Bentonville is apart of the City of Bentonville and the city's tourism bureau, Visit Bentonville, who works to promote, market and increase the number of cycling events, while adding permanent cycling amenities to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Their vision is a community that supports and encourages an all-inclusive cycling culture with bikes all over the city which contributes to a world-class quality of life in Bentonville, Arkansas.
NWACC - Northwest Arkansas Community College
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a public institution based in Bentonville, AR. The student-faculty ratio is 19-to-1.
The commitment of NWACC to life-long learning can be seen in the quality of instruction it offers. Its classes are taught by experts in small class sizes, providing for more personalized instruction. Transfer courses are taught by instructors with a master's degree or higher; many with doctorates.
A wide variety of programs have been designed to move students into the job market in a minimum amount of time, enrich their lives, and prepare them for additional education and degrees.
Bentonville Municipal Airport
Bentonville Municipal Airport (Also known as Louise Thaden Field) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles south of the central business district of Bentonville.
In 1951 the airport was named after Louise McPhetridge Thaden who was born in Bentonville on November 12, 1905. She was aviation pioneer and set the women's altitude record, solo endurance record, and speed record in the late 1920s. She was the most famous female American aviator of her time, only after Amelia Earhart.
XNA Regional Airport
This commercial services airport has transportation to more than 16 destination cities provided by American Eagle, Delta – ASA, Continental, US Airways Express, Northwest and United Express.
Bentonville School District
Bentonville’s school system has been widely recognized for excellence and has established itself as a leader within the State of Arkansas. Recently, Bentonville High School was named by the Department of Education as a “No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School.” This is one of the most coveted education awards in the country.
Bentonville Recreation
Bentonville boasts a park system consisting of more than 950 acres with 23 parks and more than 50 miles of trails. A 2.5 mile shared-use trail now connects recreational enthusiasts to the 36 mile Northwest Arkansas Razorback Regional Greenway, which links residents to many popular destinations in five major cities. In 2015, the city opened the doors to a 83,000 square foot Community Recreation Center that provides a leisure and competitive pool, fitness center, track, community rooms, multi-purpose athletic fields, amphitheater and more.
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Wal-Mart Home Office
Walmart is the world's largest retailer and has been in its current home office in Bentonville, AR since 1971. Wal-Mart’s announced in September 2017 it’s new corporate campus will be built on the east side of Southeast J Street, bordered by Arkansas Highway 102 to the south and Arkansas Highway 72 (Central Avenue) to the north, and Southeast Eighth Street dividing the property. The total footprint is about 350 acres. It’s continued commitment to the Northwest Arkansas area along with the Walton Family Foundation support to the community shows the commitment to the Northwest Arkansas area strong economic future.
Sam’s Club Home Office
Sam’s Club is headquartered in a 382,000-square-foot, four-story building just off Moberly Lane in Bentonville.
Downtown Bentonville
Welcome to Bentonville Downtown Square, surrounded by locally-owned businesses and the newly restored Walmart Museum.
The Downtown Square features the Bentonville Farmer’s Market, First Fridays, Art Walk and many other events held throughout the year. As a community gathering space it is wonderful for families, friends and visitors to enjoy year round.
Adding to the liveliness of the downtown area are several new outdoor food venues, 21c Museum Hotel, Friday night flicks, an ice-skating/splash park at Lawrence Plaza and the summer concert series at Orchards Park.
The city’s Downtown Activity Center offers bicycle rentals to all who would like to experience riding along our trails and downtown area.
Crystal Bridges
Crystal Bridges was founded in 2005 by the Walton Family Foundation as a nonprofit charitable organization. Philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton chairs the Museum’s board of directors and works diligently to expand their already world famous collection of American Art.
The museum was designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, featuring a series of pavilions nestled around two spring-fed ponds house galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, and a large, glass-enclosed gathering hall. Guest amenities include a restaurant on a glass-enclosed bridge overlooking the ponds, a Museum Store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, and a library featuring more than 50,000 volumes of art reference material. Sculpture and walking trails link the Museum's 120-acre park to downtown Bentonville, Arkansas.
Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection spans five centuries of American masterworks ranging from the Colonial era to the current day. Included within the collection are iconic images such as Asher B. Durand’s Kindred Spirits, Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter, and Andy Warhol’s Coca-Cola — each reflecting a distinct moment in American artistic evolution—as well as major works by modern and contemporary American artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe, John Baldessari, and James Turrell. The permanent collection, which continues to grow through a strategic acquisition plan, is on view year-round.
Mountain Biking
Bentonville Parks and Recreation is proud to provide more than 28 miles of award-winning mountain bike trails. Riding the trails is not only a favorite activity of locals, but the trails also attract thousands of riders from all over the country each year.
Bike Bentonville
Bike Bentonville is apart of the City of Bentonville and the city's tourism bureau, Visit Bentonville, who works to promote, market and increase the number of cycling events, while adding permanent cycling amenities to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Their vision is a community that supports and encourages an all-inclusive cycling culture with bikes all over the city which contributes to a world-class quality of life in Bentonville, Arkansas.
NWACC - Northwest Arkansas Community College
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a public institution based in Bentonville, AR. The student-faculty ratio is 19-to-1.
The commitment of NWACC to life-long learning can be seen in the quality of instruction it offers. Its classes are taught by experts in small class sizes, providing for more personalized instruction. Transfer courses are taught by instructors with a master's degree or higher; many with doctorates.
A wide variety of programs have been designed to move students into the job market in a minimum amount of time, enrich their lives, and prepare them for additional education and degrees.
Bentonville Municipal Airport
Bentonville Municipal Airport (Also known as Louise Thaden Field) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles south of the central business district of Bentonville.
In 1951 the airport was named after Louise McPhetridge Thaden who was born in Bentonville on November 12, 1905. She was aviation pioneer and set the women's altitude record, solo endurance record, and speed record in the late 1920s. She was the most famous female American aviator of her time, only after Amelia Earhart.
XNA Regional Airport
This commercial services airport has transportation to more than 16 destination cities provided by American Eagle, Delta – ASA, Continental, US Airways Express, Northwest and United Express.
Bentonville School District
Bentonville’s school system has been widely recognized for excellence and has established itself as a leader within the State of Arkansas. Recently, Bentonville High School was named by the Department of Education as a “No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School.” This is one of the most coveted education awards in the country.
Bentonville Recreation
Bentonville boasts a park system consisting of more than 950 acres with 23 parks and more than 50 miles of trails. A 2.5 mile shared-use trail now connects recreational enthusiasts to the 36 mile Northwest Arkansas Razorback Regional Greenway, which links residents to many popular destinations in five major cities. In 2015, the city opened the doors to a 83,000 square foot Community Recreation Center that provides a leisure and competitive pool, fitness center, track, community rooms, multi-purpose athletic fields, amphitheater and more.
