That's about half the population of Austin, and about a seventh of the population of Silicon Valley, and yet the grouping of counties is beginning to catch on among STEM workers who are looking for a different quality of life, like Falldine.Companies like Walmart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt are headquartered in Northwest Arkansas and have been attracting movers for years. But the latest crop of movers are setting their roots for other reasons.
Nelson Peacock, the president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, told Insider that their plan was to attract"STEAM" workers — an acronym for those in the science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics fields. "In Los Angeles, all my meetings were over Zoom, even if they lived in Los Angeles, because no one wants to get on the 405," Thompson told Insider."All of the relationships that I had in Los Angeles, most of them were not in-person relationships."