We’ve all heard of speed dating, but how about speed friending? Ozark Beer Company is not only making great craft beer, but also making opportunities to connect people within the community to make new friends. This "speed friending" event works like speed dating, but with the objective of making new friends. As we age, it may feel more and more difficult to create real, genuine friendships. And having friends is important to us both physically and mentally. According to William Chopik, a professor of psychology at Michigan State University, “friendships become even more important as we age. Keeping a few really good friends around can make a world of difference for our health and well-being.”

Music Moves and the Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society are partnering with Crowne Group and the City of Rogers office of Arts and Culture to host the inaugural Railyard Jazz & Blues Block Party Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30, 2022. This is part of the Railyard Live Concert Series presented by iHeartRadio at Butterfield Stage in Downtown Rogers. The two day event is designed to bring the community together in a celebration of Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Soul music.

Pedal It Forward invites the community to join them in Downtown Rogers on July 23, 2022 for a celebration of the world’s best bike films with a screening at Arkansas Public Theatre. This event will feature short film selections from the Filmed By Bike festival, raffle prizes from local sponsors, pre and post-event gatherings for ticket holders, food, beverage, and opportunities to connect with people and organizations from within Northwest AR bike culture. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Pedal It Forward’s mission. Pre and post screening networking is also scheduled. 

The craft beer community in NW Arkansas just got a little more worldly. Ozark Beer Co. is collaborating with BlackMan Brewing, coming to us from South of the border. The new collaborative craft beer offering will be featured during BITE LITE, a component of the 2022 Bite NW Arkansas Event Series which kicks off at Railyard Park in Downtown Rogers on Friday, July 29. Ozark Beer has been working with Bite NWA from the beginning. This year they have the opportunity to bring to the party, nomadic brewer and founder of BlackMan Brewing, Barrett Tillman. Together they are creating a new taste of Northwest Arkansas. 

Visit Rogers, a division of the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, is partnering with the Art on the Bricks Art Walk to host their 2022 Travel and Tourism Talk for the first time in Downtown Rogers, featuring the theme Destination Center Stage: Showcasing Brands, Communities & Culture.

The BITE NWA food festival celebrates the diversity of culture in the region as part of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G’s year-round community programming.

You are invited to join us and help celebrate the 6-year anniversary of Central Referral Connection (CRC), a program of the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, on July 13.

Our Small Business & Entrepreneurial Development mission-work creates programming and events to open the door to new connections for small business to succeed.

One of the Chamber’s key focus areas for our mission-work is Small Business & Entrepreneurial Development. We have a passion for curating and providing essential resources for starting, running, and growing business for businesses of all sizes. We also open doors to new connections for our diverse group of small businesspeople through entrepreneurial events and programming like the new Northwest Arkansas Community Showcase coming in October.

Each year, the Daisy Airgun Museum creates a custom engraving for the annual Downtown Rogers, Arkansas, Limited Edition Model 25 BB gun. This is a fully functional Model 25 Daisy BB gun with laser engraving on the stock.  This year, Daisy chose to highlight the Opera Block, located at the Southwest corner of Walnut and First Streets in our Historic Downtown.  The annual issue of this and gun will be closed when 500 guns have been produced or on the last business day of 2022, whichever comes first. The gun includes an insert card about the image and building.

On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR) will host a public premiere of “Uncharted,” a locally produced documentary film that follows the journey of three tiger cubs. Prior to their birth, The Department of Justice asked the Eureka Springs based big cat refuge for immediate assistance to help rescue 68 animals from the Tiger King Park. Upon arrival, TCWR staff suspected one of the females could be pregnant. Their caregivers' main goal was to have the mother raise the cubs on her own and the triplet birth was a success.

However, soon after they were born, the animal care staff realized something was wrong. This documentary follows the journey of a rescued mother tiger, her cubs, and the hard-working people that dedicate their lives to giving animals a second chance at life. The film officially documents, for the first time in history, the treatment and rehabilitation of tiger cubs with Flexural Tendon Contracture.