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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ewheeley" data-source="post: 1344798" data-attributes="member: 10387">JB Hunt is a different story here in NWA. Rogers, my hometown, is the primary recipient of most of his development. Sure, HQ and the big terminal are both in Lowell, but Hunt Ventures was the catalyst for the majority of growth here since 2000. Any of you who have seen the west side of I-540 in Rogers know what I'm talking about. 15 years ago it was all farmland, and now it looks like the outskirts of Dallas. It's also been the hardest hit by this recession. Two of the huge banks that developed out of it went under real early, both mainly due to mismanagement (I was actually glad to see one of them go, president was an *******). But after JB died, there was some sort of power struggle that most of us don't even know the bottom of, and it ended up with Bill Schwyhart, JB's main partner, with a $60 million bankruptcy, and at the receiving end of a Johnelle Hunt lawsuit. On a side note though, my dad told me that whenever JB would interview someone, his biggest determinant was the shoes that the man wore. I guess he figured that if someone didn't pay attention to keeping their shoes looking nice, that they wouldn't pay attention to the fine details of running a business.Also, if you're ever in Fayetteville, consider taking AR 45 east for a while towards Goshen. After a while on the right you'll see his old ranch. Nice place.</blockquote>