Is NWA the Next Austin? | Kalene Griffith, President and CEO of Visit Bentonville

Show Notes

(0:27) Introducing Kalene Griffith 

(2:52) Why Kalene Chose Bentonville

(4:39) How Bentonville Has Changed

(6:39) Introducing Visit Bentonville

(11:58) Upcoming Events in Bentonville

(14:05) How People Should Think of Bentonville

(18:04) Why YOU Need to Experience Bentonville

(29:34) Is NWA the Next Austin? 

(32:26) Stories that Encapsulate Bentonville

(38:01) Punching above Our Weightclass

(40:20) Bentonville Schools

(43:05) Superpowers and Closing Thoughts

Links

James Bell 

Kalene Griffith

Visit Bentonville  

Quotes

“What I love about [Bentonville} is the people, hands down. I’m fortunate that within about three to five months I felt like this was home…I felt like the people that were here made me feel welcome and part of their families.” (2:59) - Kalene Griffith

“[Early on], we were the home of Walmart, and that was pretty much our story. Now, we’re the home of Walmart, we’re the mountain bike capital of the world, we are an arts destination. So we’re a lot of different things now. And so we get to tell a lot of different stories in 2022 versus 2005.” (8:55) - Kalene Griffith

“If you’re here for the cycling, you get an experience where everybody in our community has adopted that cycling culture or that cycling initiative that we have pushed through for our community.” (18:30) - Kalene Griffith