Located along U.S. Highway 63 (soon to be Interstate 555), Jonesboro is the retail epicenter of Northeast Arkansas. Despite negative trends of other marketplaces nationwide, Jonesboro is one of only 26 cities in the 363 metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. that has not only recovered jobs lost from the economy's recent downfall but has added to them! Jonesboro continues to be the primary bastion of growth and investment. Serving a trade area of over 500,000 people in almost twenty-four counties in Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee, Jonesboro has steadily grown over 40% in size since 1990 and is estimated to maintain that same or greater level of growth over the next 20 years. With a 363,689 primary trade area population, Jonesboro clearly serves more than its 68,000 residents. NEA Baptist is settling into their $400 million dollar healthcare facility. This state-of-the-art healthcare 550,000 + SF institution is the largest in Jonesboro with clinical space for more than 120 physicians. This is the single largest investment made by Baptist in any community and the largest health care investment in AR.