Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Roads, electric cars and finding one's way through Northwest Arkansas, all in this morning's Week in Review.
Steven Clardy grew up in Clardy's Cobbler Shoppe on College Avenue in Fayetteville as his father fixed shoes and a little bit of everything else. Now, Steven's own children watch as he cobbles things together.
"The cobblers Daughter" by Kate Rusby
Jim and Susan Nelson moved to northwest Arkansas nearly forty years ago to set up shop…and they’ve stayed. Jim Nelson talks about the differences of then and now when it comes to northwest Arkansas, Eureka Springs and starting a business.
Jed Clampit discusses receiving one of Bruce Walker's first, patented-leather guitar straps years ago and performs a song for us.
Jim Harwell makes saddles in his shop in Prairie Grove slowly, but with quality. We spent an afternoon with him to see the tools of his trade.
"Hobo Blues" by Ray LaMontagne