City Spotlight: Walton Wealth Creates Booming Arts, Marketing Tech Hub in Bentonville
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If Sam Walton were alive, he might have trouble recognizing the hub of the empire he created.
Downtown Bentonville, home to the original Walton’s 5 and 10, has been transformed in recent years thanks to the success of his business and the largess of his heirs. His original store still stands, around the corner from the Walmart vendor outpost of DreamWorks. Down the road is the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the first major art museum to open in the U.S. since 1974, thanks to more than $300 million invested by his daughter, Alice Walton. There are tony, if reasonably priced, restaurants such as Table Mesa and the Hive, the latter located at 21c Museum Hotel, a boutique hotel and art museum. Bentonville has also lured young professional residents and even, some say, hipsters.
A growing test market
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