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New Jobs Heading to Northwest Arkansas

By: Ifesinachi Egbosimba
Updated: March 9, 2013
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New jobs could soon be heading to Northwest Arkansas. 
    
According to information collected by the  Northwest Arkansas Chambers of Commerce and the Northwest Arkansas Council, businesses small and large plan to invest more than  $800 million in expansion efforts.

Adding nearly 1000 new jobs by 2015.

CEO for the council, Mike Harvey, says the Chamber Economics Team has met with almost 500 local businesses  and about a third of them plan to expand over the next three years.

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