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About AWSOM Whole Health Campus

AWSOM Whole Health Campus is a 120+-acre health care destination under development in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Inspired by Alice Walton's vision for transforming health care, the campus will bring together advanced specialty care, whole-person health, and community in an environment designed to support well-being through nature, art, architecture, and evidence-based design.

Rendering of the Center for Advanced Specialty Care from the north west: glass and vertical timber fins wrapped by deep balconies under a curved roofline, with an orange sculpture among trees and planted walkways. — AWSOM Whole Health Campus Building Arrival

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A Milestone Moment

In September 2026, the Alice L. Walton Foundation and Mercy joined community leaders, partners, caregivers, and team members to celebrate the groundbreaking of AWSOM Whole Health Campus, marking an important milestone in bringing this shared vision to life.

The groundbreaking signaled the start of construction on the Center for Advanced Specialty Care, the first building on the campus and an important step toward expanding access to advanced specialty care across Northwest Arkansas and the Heartland.

Leadership and partners participating in the official shovel dig ceremony with excavators in the background.

Alice Walton and leadership sharing remarks at the groundbreaking podium.

Full lineup of partner and foundation leadership holding ceremonial shovels at the groundbreaking site with heavy equipment behind them.

Alice Walton and partners wearing branded hard hats holding ceremonial chrome shovels at the construction site.

Partners gathered at the groundbreaking site in front of construction equipment and banner.

Alice Walton speaking at the AWSOM Whole Health Campus podium during the groundbreaking ceremony.

Leadership addressing attendees from the podium at the AWSOM Whole Health Campus groundbreaking.

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