Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas
Fayetteville is located in northwest Arkansas and is one of 5 big cities in the northwest Arkansas region.  Fayetteville MSA currently enjoys a vibrant economy with rapid population growth, increasing jobs creation, low unemployment rate and excellent quality of life amenities.  

A sample of statistics about the Fayetteville MSA:

• An estimated 30.6% of residents in Benton and Washington Counties will be Hispanic/Latino, Asian, African-American, Native American or Pacific Islander by 2022. 
• Becomes one of the nation's largest 100 MSAs by 2019
• 21,402 new jobs created between 2015 to 2018
• #2 Best Midsize Cities for Jobs (Forbes)
• 8.9% population increase since 2015, from 493,095 (2015) to 537,463 (2018)
• #8 Best Affordable Places to Live (US News & World Report)
• 27% of homes sales in Arkansas in 2017 came from Washington and Benton counties
• 33.6 people (average) moved to northwest Arkansas daily from July 2016 to July 2017
• #5 Best Places to Live (US News and World Report) 

Economic Development Events

2018 Calendar
January               Thur-Fri           18-19            Walmart Conference on American Life
                            Friday              26                 CBER Annual Business Forecast Luncheon
 
February             Sat-Sun            3-4               NWA Housing Symposium
                            Wed                  28                Little Rock Public Policy Trip
 
March                  Thur                 1                  Little Rock Public Policy Trip
                            Mon-Wed         5-7               National Fab lab Symposium
                            Mon-Wed         5-7               Chamber of 100
                            Thursday         15                 Nowhere Developers Conference
                            Fri – Sun         22-25            CEcD Exams Grading
                            Sun-Tue          25-27            IEDC Federal Forum
 
April                     Mon-Thur        2-5                Mid-South Basic Course
                            Sun-Tue          15-17            MAKO Conference
                            Thursday         19                 NWA Team Building Leadership Conference
                            Friday              27                 Job Expo
 
May                     Wed-Fri           2-4                IDA College Town Summit
                            Sun-Wed        20-23             ICSC ReCon
 
June                    Mon-Fri           18-22             Makers Camp
                                                                          Washington DC Public Policy Trip
 
August                 Sun - Tue       26-28              AEDEC Annual Conference

September          Thur-Sun        20-23              Hispanic Heritage Festival
 
October               Monday          15                   Construction & Developers Banquet
                            Wed               24                   Excellence In Business Breakfast
 
November           Mon-Fri           12-16              Manufacturers Appreciation Week
                            Saturday       24                    Small Business Saturday
 
Other programs:
 
Fayetteville Adult Leadership
Fayetteville Teen Leadership
Washington County Teen Leadership