Each year, the mayor delivers a State of the City speech, highlighting the city's progress over the past year. 

Mayor Stephanie Orman delivered the 2024 report at the March 11 City Council meeting. Here are some of the statistics she shared:

7 million visits to Bentonville parks

2.3 million visits to the city’s website homepage

860,000+ total checkouts at the public library including physical and digital downloads

465,258 gallons of fats, oils and grease removed by the city's wastewater pre-treatment system

113,000 calls handled by the 9/11 Telecommunications Division, including 50,386 police calls and 7,696 fire/EMS calls

6,902 new library card sign-ups

1,000 trees given to residents by the city

794 city employees (this number fluctuates)

730 tons of salt applied by the Street Department

700 water service lines replaced to combat water loss

320 new cremation niches added at the Bentonville Cemetery

304 projects processed by the planning department — down 12% from 2023, largely driven by a drop in rezoning requests

161 pets adopted through Bentonville Animal Services

54% of utility bills are now paperless, up from 49% at the end of 2023

36 neighborhoods in the Great Neighborhoods partnership, up from 27 over the previous year

19 new public artworks installed permanently or temporarily