utility providers SWEPCO, Carroll Electric and Black Hills Energy, to ARDOT. “Those have been our key partners to try to get ahead of this growth,” Stanton acknowledges. “Highway 72 is going to be our big sticking point for growth in the future, and we’ve been working very closely with ARDOT and trying to get that to become a priority corridor for them to address, getting us a good connection to the rest of the region and the interstate system.” Pea Ridge also works with the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rogers Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Arkansas Economic Development Council.Another valuable collaborator is the Community Development Institute at the University of Central Arkansas, which has supported branding, walk audits, and staff development. Stanton remarks,“We’re really open to our business community in the region, nationally, and trying to draw in retail, restaurants, even national employers. So any of those that would like to work with and 139 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 12 PEA RIDGE, AR
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