Thanks to all you consumers eating out and shopping in Northwest Arkansas, the sales tax revenue in NWA’s four largest cities is up beyond levels a year ago in 2020 and pre-pandemic. 

• Numbers: Reflecting sales in June, Bentonville's sales tax revenue was up 36.7% from the same period last year. Rogers' was up 18%, Springdale's 12.81%, and Fayetteville's 4.78%.
• Adaptation: The growth and increase in tax revenue is due primarily to restaurants thriving in take-out production in some areas, as well as simply expanding outside in others. Population growth, online shopping and outdoor events have kept our economy alive, too.

Read the full report HERE.

*story courtesy of Talk Business & Politics