[1] NWACC was founded by voters in the Bentonville and Rogers Public School Districts on August 15, 1989, when they passed by a 65-percent margin a 3-mill property tax to support the new institution.

[4] Faculty often had to transport learning materials, equipment, and even laboratory specimen in their personal vehicles from one location to another to meet with students.

Northwest Arkansas Community College offers many areas of study leading to associate degrees.

[10] Brightwater officially opened in the 8th Street Market district of Bentonville within a former Tyson Foods chicken processing plant, allowing the enrollment to grow from a few dozen students to a maximum of 350.

[11] The Brightwater facility and the 8th Street Market won the American Institute of Architects Central Excellence in Design award for 2017.