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We're thrilled that CitiScapes Magazine recently featured our Executive Director, Kelly Kemp-McLintock, in a profile on her career and her vision for the library's future. Kelly's path here started far from library work — as a broadcast journalist in Northwest Arkansas for 15 years, and later as a nonprofit development leader who helped grow the Jones Center's endowment by more than $30 million over nearly two decades. Along the way, she discovered the same instinct kept show

By Rebecca Hurst, JD, LL.M. in Taxation Many friends of the Bentonville Library Foundation support the library with generous cash gifts, and that ongoing commitment makes a real difference. But for some donors, there may be other simple and meaningful ways to give that can support the library’s future while also fitting into their broader financial plans. If you are looking for ways to support the library beyond writing a check, there are several practical options worth knowi

For more than four decades, Howard and Elaine Kerr have had a front-row seat to the remarkable growth of Bentonville and Northwest Arkansas. Through their leadership, volunteerism, and philanthropy, they have also helped shape the community into what it is today. Howard first joined the Bentonville Library Foundation board of directors during the early 2000s when the first Capital Campaign was well underway to build the library facility now located on Main Street. He continue