Bentonville, official win budget awards
The city of Bentonville received the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget. Denise Land, finance director, received a Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation.
The city had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation to receive the award. The guidelines assess how well an entity's budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device. Budget documents must be rated "proficient" in all four categories and the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories to receive the award.
The Government Finance Officers Association services about 18,700 appointed and elected local, state and provincial-level government officials and other finance practitioners.
Guitar shop now in ex-auto dealership
Sunrise Guitars moved to 2781 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville, site of the former Subaru and Honda dealership owned by the Nelms family.
Miller Boskus Lack Architects P.A. designed the extensive remodel. The new facilities include 8,500 square feet of retail space including a temperature/humidity controlled storage room for sensitive instruments, six private lesson rooms, repair area and a media room.
An additional 3,000-square-foot performance venue will seat up to 130 guests and will include a reception area and restrooms. This area will be operated separately and will be known as "Sunrise Stage."
Home-health business ranked 4 stars
Springdale's Elite Home Health earned a 4-star rating in quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Five-Star Quality Rating System. The ratings were released in July. The system ranks providers in two categories: quality of patient care and patient satisfaction.
Elite Home Health is part of LHC Group, a national provider of post-acute care services with more than 11,000 employees operating in 350-plus locations in 25 states.
Bentonville's Crossmark building sold
CBRE brokered the sale of the Crossmark Center for Collaboration building in Bentonville from NL Ventures IX F Street LLC to Chester CM Bentonville Delaware Statutory Trust. The sales price was not disclosed.
The 18,562-square-foot office building is a collaborative working space for suppliers of the area's major retailers. The property is located at 607 S.W. F St. in downtown Bentonville. The building is 100 percent occupied by sales and marketing firm Crossmark, which offers modular planning facilities, conference rooms and collaboration technology to other companies.
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