Fueled by Passion
May McNeil has carried an entrepreneurial spark since childhood. “I was the 10-year-old with a lemonade stand, an at-home restaurant, a family newspaper – you name it, I made it a business endeavor,” May admitted. As she…
Broadband Progress Picks Up
When festivalgoers arrived in downtown Bentonia, Mississippi, for the annual Blues Festival in June, they found more than music and barbecue — they found free public Wi-Fi. The service, launched just in time for the event,…
Creating a Lasting Legacy
When Laking Harris left the Marine Corps after eight years and returned home to Texarkana, Texas, he felt a sense of emptiness. Having once signed a contract to fight and, if necessary, give his life for his country, he…
Driven Forward
For years, Ben Reynolds dreamed of owning his own business. This summer, that dream became a reality when he launched Klaus Transports & Logistics, a Lufkin-based hot shot trucking company specializing in quick-haul…
Fueling Start Up
At just 21, Amanuel Abraham is steering his future forward with Abraham Trucking LLC in Nolensville, Tennessee. After purchasing his first truck and trailer in May 2025, he has been busy hauling dirt, gravel, sand, and…
A Year Later
A year after LeFlore Rural Water District #17 (RWD #17) shared its story of resilience and turnaround, the small southeast Oklahoma community is seeing its efforts come to fruition. Backed by nearly $3.3 million in funding,…
Bringing Hope
The Broadband Team at Communities Unlimited (CU), alongside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), spent July 8-10 in Bolivar and Coahoma counties in Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, meeting with local leaders…
Café Comeback
In downtown Prairie Grove in Washington County, Northwest Arkansas, Magnolia House is more than just a coffee shop. About 15 miles southwest of Fayetteville, it blends bistro, bakery, and music venue — a spot where locals…
Carbon Chicken
On an 11-acre farm in the rural outskirts of Fayetteville, Jody Hardin and Richard Ims are tackling one of Northwest Arkansas’ biggest environmental challenges: surplus poultry litter in the Illinois River watershed.…
A Roof Overhead, A Future Reclaimed
Linden, Texas, is a rural community of just over 1,800 people and the county seat of Cass County. There, two relatives received home repairs that did more than fix a roof — they restored a sense of stability, security, and…
Building an Insurance Dream
In southern Oklahoma, Heather Yang is betting on something old-fashioned: personal connection. Yang, a veteran of the insurance industry for more than 20 years, launched the Heather Yang Agency in January 2024 in Ardmore,…
Legacy, Lettuce, and the Power of Place
In the rural town of England, Arkansas — located in Lonoke County, just southeast of Little Rock and northeast of Pine Bluff — a patch of once-abandoned land is blossoming into something far more powerful than rows of…
From Rails to Trails
In the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Johnson County leaders and the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Team at Communities Unlimited (CU) are charting a new path — literally. Their goal: transform a…
Fueled by Passion
May McNeil has carried an entrepreneurial spark since childhood. “I was the 10-year-old with a lemonade stand, an at-home restaurant, a family newspaper – you name it, I made it a business endeavor,” May admitted. As she…
Broadband Progress Picks Up
When festivalgoers arrived in downtown Bentonia, Mississippi, for the annual Blues Festival in June, they found more than music and barbecue — they found free public Wi-Fi. The service, launched just in time for the event,…
Creating a Lasting Legacy
When Laking Harris left the Marine Corps after eight years and returned home to Texarkana, Texas, he felt a sense of emptiness. Having once signed a contract to fight and, if necessary, give his life for his country, he…
Driven Forward
For years, Ben Reynolds dreamed of owning his own business. This summer, that dream became a reality when he launched Klaus Transports & Logistics, a Lufkin-based hot shot trucking company specializing in quick-haul…
Fueling Start Up
At just 21, Amanuel Abraham is steering his future forward with Abraham Trucking LLC in Nolensville, Tennessee. After purchasing his first truck and trailer in May 2025, he has been busy hauling dirt, gravel, sand, and…
A Year Later
A year after LeFlore Rural Water District #17 (RWD #17) shared its story of resilience and turnaround, the small southeast Oklahoma community is seeing its efforts come to fruition. Backed by nearly $3.3 million in funding,…
Bringing Hope
The Broadband Team at Communities Unlimited (CU), alongside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), spent July 8-10 in Bolivar and Coahoma counties in Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, meeting with local leaders…
Café Comeback
In downtown Prairie Grove in Washington County, Northwest Arkansas, Magnolia House is more than just a coffee shop. About 15 miles southwest of Fayetteville, it blends bistro, bakery, and music venue — a spot where locals…
Carbon Chicken
On an 11-acre farm in the rural outskirts of Fayetteville, Jody Hardin and Richard Ims are tackling one of Northwest Arkansas’ biggest environmental challenges: surplus poultry litter in the Illinois River watershed.…
A Roof Overhead, A Future Reclaimed
Linden, Texas, is a rural community of just over 1,800 people and the county seat of Cass County. There, two relatives received home repairs that did more than fix a roof — they restored a sense of stability, security, and…
Building an Insurance Dream
In southern Oklahoma, Heather Yang is betting on something old-fashioned: personal connection. Yang, a veteran of the insurance industry for more than 20 years, launched the Heather Yang Agency in January 2024 in Ardmore,…
