2025 Paint the Town Green and Gold Winners Chosen

2025 Paint the Town Green and Gold Overall Winner
Kaitlyn Bryant (far right), director of events and community engagement at the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce, presented the Paint the Town Green and Gold traveling trophy for 2025 overall champion to St. Mary's Regional Medical Center representatives (from left-to-right) Carolyn Cook, chief nursing officer; Casey Willis, chief executive officer; and Carleigh Powell, marketing and communications manager. Photo by Destini Nguyen.

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center is the 2025 overall champion of the Paint the Town Green and Gold community spirit competition.

The winners were announced during the Arkansas Tech University home football game at Simmons Bank Field at Thone Stadium in Russellville on Thursday, Sept. 11.

Now in its 10th year, Paint the Town Green and Gold is a collaboration between the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce and ATU that invites local businesses and non-profit organizations to show their support for Arkansas Tech by decorating their buildings in an ATU theme.

Additional winners were:

  • Tech Pride Award/Best Indoor: Chambers Bank-Parkway Location
  • Best Jerry: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Arkansas River Valley
  • Best First Time Entry: Arkansas Workforce Center
  • Most Creative/Best Outdoor: (tie) French Rose Boutique and Feltner‘s Athlete’s Corner

A total of 32 businesses and non-profit organizations participated in the 2025 competition. The other entries were received from:

  • Arkansas Real Estate Collective and Union Bank
  • Arkansas Beauty College
  • Arkansas Federal Credit Union
  • Arkansas Tech University College of Business and Economic Development
  • Bank OZK-West Main
  • Bank OZK-East Parkway
  • C&D Drug Store
  • Centennial Bank
  • Chambers Bank-West Main
  • City Corporation
  • Colton’s Steak House and Grill
  • Dog Ear Books
  • Fairway Home Mortgage-The Kilburn Team
  • First Security Bank
  • Garden Sass
  • Legends Resort and Casino Arkansas
  • Little Caesars
  • Optimum
  • Pediatrics Plus
  • Pope County Library
  • Pottery Worx
  • River Valley Medical Wellness
  • Russellville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
  • Russellville Physical Therapy
  • Streett Law Firm
  • The Lighthouse Companies

Arkansas Tech University, Chambers Bank, City Corporation, Direct Auto Insurance, Healthy Connections Community Health Network, Millard-Henry Clinic, Owens Corning, Rockline, Russellville Nursing and Rehabilitation, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Simmons Bank, Spring Lake Apartment Community and Tyson Foods are the 2025 sponsors of Paint the Town Green and Gold.

Representatives from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Arkansas River Valley, Feltner’s Athlete’s Corner, Faded Rose Boutique and Chambers Bank accepted category prizes in the 2025 Paint the Town Green and Gold community spirit competition at the Arkansas Tech University home football game on Thursday, Sept. 11. Photo by Destini Nguyen.