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ULI Northwest Arkansas Launches Plan Local
ULI NWA is evolving the Small Cities Initiative into Plan Local, a new program helping communities plan for intentional growth.
Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2025
This Giving Tuesday, we’re celebrating the incredible progress we’ve made together. With your help, we’re ensuring that great places remain at the heart of our region’s growth. Your involvement has shaped meaningful programs and continues to guide how we evolve and strengthen the place we all call home.
As we look ahead to 2026, we’re excited for everything that’s coming up. If ULI NWA has been part of your year, we invite you to make a gift that fuels our mission and helps us create even stronger communities.
Support the work shaping the future of Northwest Arkansas
Give TodayTop 5 in 2025 – When you support ULI NWA, you can see it in action.
We work hard to continuously evolve our programs, events, and learning opportunities to further connect our community.
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Hosted over 700 attendees at networking and educational events
We couldn’t do this work without a community that shows up, learns together, and shares a vision for our region. Your support makes it possible for us to offer ongoing education around the issues shaping Northwest Arkansas.
Launched Faithful Foundations to Support Affordable Housing Solutions
We brought together six churches throughout Northwest Arkansas in our inaugural program, Faithful Foundations. These churches learned and worked alongside each other to build plans for the future of their properties, centered on supporting their communities through housing.
Expanded Small Cities Initiative, Supporting 4x as many cities per year
Now known as Plan Local, the program extends the reach of the Small Cities Initiative, providing additional municipalities with opportunities to participate, gain shared learning, and access an ongoing support network for alumni.
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Taught 480 UrbanPlan participants
The UrbanPlan program extended its impact by facilitating sessions across eight different groups (schools, municipalities, non-profits, etc.) and engaged 125 volunteers to support ongoing education around thoughtful city development.
Largest Place Summit yet, welcoming over 400 attendees
At our 4th annual Place Summit, we welcomed attendees from across the region to learn from one another and strengthen our community. Keynote speaker Gregg Colburn shared valuable insight into our affordable housing challenges, and by offering a standalone ticket for his session, we were able to open that learning opportunity to even more community members.