2025 Build Bentonville Lunch - Transforming Health Care in the Bentonville Area

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Join us for our first Build Bentonville of 2025, a lunchtime series designed to keep you connected to the evolving landscape of our community. This event brings together local leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to discuss the key issues shaping the Bentonville area’s future.

Topic: Transforming Health and Wellness in the Bentonville Area

Recently, Alice L. Walton Foundation announced the purchase of 100-acres of land in Bentonville for a future health care campus. Come learn more about the vision to develop a center of excellence in Bentonville, increase access to specialty care, and ultimately improve health care in our region, including an affiliation with Mercy and Cleveland Clinic. 

You'll also learn more about Crystal Bridges Campus, which will become 134-acres dedicated to art and wellness with the opening of Heartland Whole Health Institute and Alice L. Walton School of Medicine this year, plus the opening of the museum's expansion in 2026. 

Hear from leaders including: 
Rod Bigelow, Executive Director and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Sharmila Makhija, Founding Dean and CEO, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Claude Pirtle, Interim Executive Director, Heartland Whole Health Institute
Scott Eccleston, President, Campus Planning & Facility Management, Art and Wellness Enterprises