Bentonville, AR is known for being the hometown of Walmart and the headquarters of the world’s largest retailer. Visitors to Bentonville can explore the town’s many parks, trails, museums, and cultural attractions. Popular attractions include Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Compton Gardens, as well as day trips to nearby Beaver Lake. Bentonville has also become an increasingly popular destination for cycling and outdoor recreation enthusiasts with its miles of mountain bike trails that traverse through scenic Ozark terrain. The city also offers plenty of entertainment options like live music venues, festivals, theater performances, and a vibrant nightlife.
Visitors have praised Bentonville for its hospitality and beautiful scenery. Many reviews mention how friendly locals are towards tourists and how easy it is to get around town due to its organized bike paths and wide array of restaurants and bars. Tourists have also commented on how clean the town is kept while noting its eclectic mix of cultural attractions like art galleries, museums, concert halls, performance theaters, outdoor recreation centers, and unique shopping experiences unlike any other in the region. With so much to see and do in Bentonville it's no surprise why tourists flock here each year.
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68% growth in the next 10 years - 2/22/2007
a overwelming 1 million people expected to move to the bentonvile-fayetteville area in the next 15 years over 3,000 people a month move to this area. the total amount of the four city metro area for the next 10 years of growth combined is over 200%.
because of the growth: construction,retail,hospitals,food service,business marketing,and production have been needed to fill these demands.
i have watched this place grow into a major metro area. the expensive high rise construction litters the landscape off of I-540. showing the muscle of retail giant
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Sam Walton's turning over in his grave seeing what - 10/12/2006
Since Mr. Sam Walton (rest in peace old man, you had good intentions) passed away in 1992, his family and those now in power of his empire are greedily destroying what "Daddy Sam" had anticipated. Recently, the powers that be have incorporated policy that people who "want to do business with WalMart must at least hold an office in Bentonville." Guess what? NOW, there's million dollar homes popping up, traffic on these tiny little streets that can't handle it, and the natives are PIZZED OFF! One native in particular, an elderly woman who had lived in the area 50+ years told me that "they're mowing down all this beautiful natural things, like streams and pastures, to put up new yuppie housing!" Employees of "Home office" wear their badges on display more than a police officer would display his/her shield. Walmart has its own bank (ARVEST) and church (Cornerstone I think it was called; it was this HUGE church on the outskirts south of Rogers) among other things. Mr. Sam did this economy
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