Five on Friday, June 8
June 08, 2018Happy June! Schools are on break, but we’re still here, ready to share our five favorite articles from this week.
- Best cities for jobs: Growth in America is tilting to smaller cities
Forbes
“Ranking second among mid-size metro areas and 10th overall is Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, an Ozarks Mountains region that sprawls through the northwestern corner of Arkansas to across the Missouri border.”
- UAFS regional workforce program brings robot, IT programs to area high schools
Charleston Express
“Warden said the goal is for a student to have ‘a year of college under their belt in a very high-wage field’ by the time they leave high school.”
- Argenta Downtown Council announces 15 areas for revitalization
Arkansas Money & Politics
“Over the next four months, task forces will go into the 15 areas and ask what the people who use those areas need.”
- Fayetteville startup one of six to receive grants from Health InnovatAR
Talk Business & Politics
“Dr. Chris Taylor, a laparoscopic surgeon from Harrison, has performed more than 4,000 procedures, and he believes he has a tool, Ab Grab, to make future ones safer. To get that tool to market, he’s getting help from the Health InnovatAR accelerator program.”
- Who becomes an inventor? This Arkansas innovation hub is trying to spark a new generation
PBS News Hour
“The Innovation Hub, which opened in 2014, is a maker-space, where people in the community and would-be entrepreneurs can find tools, technology and expertise for their businesses, products or inventions.”
