Monday June 2

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This summer, you’re making moves — and we’re here for you. From personal banking to community support, Generations Bank is with you every sunny step of the way. Stop by one of our Northwest Arkansas locations. We’d love to meet you.

Community

NWA Cities Top Arkansas’s 2025 List of Safest Cities

A number of communities in NWA have been named some of the safest cities in Arkansas for 2025, according to SafeWise’s annual rankings.

• Top 10 Dominance: NWA cities claimed six of the top ten spots, with Cave Springs at #1, followed by Bella Vista (#4), Gentry (#5), Centerton (#7), and Farmington (#8). These cities separated surrounding communities due to low violent crimes and reported property crime.

• Crime Trends Show Improvement: The majority of Arkansas’s 20 safest cities saw year-over-year decreases in property crime, violent crime, or both.

For a comprehensive look at the rankings and detailed statistics, read the full report HERE

Nonprofit Highlight

Local Nonprofit Helps Families to Build Healthy Tech Habits

SelfCtrl is dedicated to helping families and individuals develop self-control around screen time and video gaming.

• Technology Bumpers: Founded by Ian McCready, a former gamer, SelfCtrl aims to redeem time for meaningful activities and relationships. Their approach, to build self-control around technology use.

• Learning Opportunities: SelfCtrl uses parents leading by example in show responsible tech use, creating freedom from technology addiction, and creating more connected communities. SelfCtrl offers resources, workshops, and speaking engagements tailored for churches, schools, and businesses.

You can learn more about SelfCtrl and their efforts HERE.

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Arts & Culture Monthly Spotlight

Keep up with Northwest Arkansas’s vibrant arts & culture scene with the Arkansas Creative Calendar by CACHE. Here are a few events we’re excited about this June:

• 🎵 5th Annual Her Set Her Sound Festival: Prairie Street Live host music lovers and historically overlooked artists June 7th at 1p with Her Set Her Sound.

• 📖 YOLO Workshop: YOLO is CACHE's professional development series sharing resources and learnings to the community. Join them June 11th for Collecting Data & Realistic Steps to Your Value.

• 🎤 Glorious: Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist GloRilla is performing at the Momentary - Live on the Green series June 13th.

• 🌳 Echoes in the Wild: On June 22, SoNA’s woodwind quartet musician will perform in the wild at the Bella Vista Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel.

  Event Date: June 22, 2025 2:00 Pm

• 🏔️ Patio Tunes: June 26th, Mountain Alice will be taking the stage at King Fish in Fayetteville. They have local artiest all this month.

Find other events happening this month on the CACHE Creative Calendar.

Events

Bentonville June First Friday: Festival of Nations Returns

Downtown Bentonville’s First Friday Festival is June 6th and the theme this month is: Festival of Nations - uniquely timed up with Walmart Shareholder’s week.

• Friday’s First Friday Goes Global: Returning for a three-day celebration of global cultures, featuring music, food, dance, and family-friendly activities the Bentonville Square will transform into an international celebration. Expect cultural performances, artisan booths, and international cuisine, highlighting the diverse communities that make up NWA. 

• More Than Just a Festival: The festivities kick off Thursday evening with an outdoor screening of Encanto. Saturday’s Farmers Market will feature global flavors, live cooking demos, and multicultural performances.

The full schedule of event and more details can be found HERE.

NWA Daily Picks

In other news…

• 🕵️ Knives Out. Curtain Up: If Knives Out and Downton Abbey had a musical baby, it’d be A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. This Tony-winning, side-splitting musical comedy follows a charming killer’s climb to the top. On stage at TheatreSquared June 4-29.*

• 🐶 Raining Dogs & Cats: All through June, adoption fees for cats and kittens at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center are covered by Litter Robot. Dog adoption fees are only $25 all month long! Visit us at 312 Melissa Drive in Bentonville to meet your new best friend.

• ⚾️ Home Series: NWA Naturals start a stretch of homes games starting tomorrow (Tuesday) going until Sunday, June 8th.

• 💻 Big AL: Al, not to be confused with AI, Roker has plans to visit CBMAA June 17th as part of the Bentonville film festival.

• 👕 On Point: Bentonville Fashion Week (BFW) is hosting its inaugural fundraising fashion show June 6 and June 7, at Thaden School in Bentonville.

• 🎤 Undisclosed: The All-American Rejects are on tour performing in nontraditional or even hidden venues. One of their stops is a backyard in Fayetteville.

• 🐈 Home Sweet Home: A facility in California was found to have acquired 16 restricted species without holding the required permit. USDA has relocated eight of those animals to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuse in Eureka Springs.

• 🌲 Wheels Up: Arkansas State Parks increases access to hiking trails with ‘Trackchairs’. Motorized, off road wheelchairs.

• 📅 Events Calendar: Find and post upcoming events in Northwest Arkansas on our Events Calendar.

• 💼 Job Board: Find exciting new job opportunities or find great candidates by posting your open positions on our Job Board.

• 🎂 HBD: Aldo R. Happy Birthday! Thanks for being a Fan.

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