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DI People: Kimberly-Clark, Sabre, Charles Schwab, and More Make Moves
by Lance Murray | Jul 29, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from DHD Films, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, M2G Ventures, UT Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, MOOYAH, Successive Technologies, CG Infinity, and more.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 28, 2022
“It’s not a feminist exhibition, but I think there’s a lot of taking the power back when women paint women.”
Andrea Karne
Chief Curator
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
.…on...
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by David Seeley |
Jul 28, 2022
Activate Games says it offers "the next level in entertainment, fitness, and gaming." Its six locations in Canada and the U.S. have up to 11 rooms with laser mazes, touch-activated climbing walls, arcade-style target walls, light-flashing basketball hoops, and more—with your score tracked by an RFID bracelet.
You can "put your brain and body to the test" when the new Plano location opens by as soon as the end of this year.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 28, 2022
From Topgolf to Puttery, Electric Shuffle, TOCA Social, Two Bit Circus and more, North Texas may be America's greatest high-tech playground.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
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Brandon Hall, restoration ecologist at Resource Environmental Solutions. [Photo: Brandon Hall/LinkedIn]
The Last Word: Ecologist Brandon Hall on the New Forest by Texas’ Newest Reservoir in Fannin County
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 26, 2022
In Fannin County east of Sherman and Denison, Texas's first new major reservoir in almost 30 years is slated to come online next spring. The nearly 17,000-acre Bois d'Arc Lake will be a source of much-needed water for the North Texas Municipal Water District, which serves Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson and other areas of fast-growing northeast Dallas County.
“But something just as precious has been created near the lake: a new forest with more than 6 million trees, designed over the last four years as a natural habitat to replace what the lake is swallowing up.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 26, 2022
Woods Capital has selected the contractor for the high-rise project that will convert nearly a dozen floors into residential units.
The 50-story Santander Tower in downtown Dallas—formerly known as Thanksgiving Tower—is getting a mixed-use makeover, including indoor and exterior amenities. Here's a first look.
The 50-story Santander Tower in downtown Dallas—formerly known as Thanksgiving Tower—is getting a mixed-use makeover, including indoor and exterior amenities. Here's a first look.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 26, 2022
Manufacturing facilities to data centers. Startup hubs to coworking centers. Food incubators to boutique hotels. Here are spaces and workplaces that inspire in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 18, 2022
The iconic landmark has gotten a $12 million renovation of the office towers' first floors, including rejuvenated lobbies, new lighting, commissioned artworks, and more.
The renovation comes as The Crescent has brought its occupancy to over 96%, with new and renewed leases that reinforce its reputation as the “financial center of the Southwest.”
The renovation comes as The Crescent has brought its occupancy to over 96%, with new and renewed leases that reinforce its reputation as the “financial center of the Southwest.”
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DI People: Gamestop, Dave & Buster’s, OrderMyGear, and More Make Leadership Moves
by Lance Murray | Jul 15, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Exela Technologies, Newmark, OrangeGrid, RailPros, Aimbridge Hospitality, Integrity Marketing Group, Smoothie King, Bank of Texas, MD7, Salvation Army, and more.
Plus, you'll find board appointments including Texas Mutual Insurance, Zimperium, and the Ebby Halliday Foundation.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 15, 2022
Supported by the Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, a multidisciplinary dance production by nonprofit Meat Market Productions explores what the future may look like. The immersive performance, inspired by 20 interviews with Dallas residents about their predictions for what the world will look like in 20 years, will be presented at Oak Cliff's Urban Arts Center on four dates in July.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2022
The Dallas Foundation's 2022 Field of Interest grants aim to assist 51 organizations embracing a wide range of issues—including the arts, critical needs, children and families, animal welfare, and more.
Here's the full list of recipients.
Here's the full list of recipients.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2022
Ferdinando, who was feted in a Cannes Lion Award-winning song, was just named president of PepsiCo North America's Canadian food division.
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"The Way of the Rain—Hope for Earth." [Photos by Karsten Staiger via Dallas Symphony Orchestra]
Redfords, EarthX, and the DSO to Present U.S. Premiere of Multi-Arts Environmental Performance
by David Seeley | Jun 29, 2022
"The Way of the Rain—Hope for Earth" blends orchestra, chorus, film, art, dance, and spoken word narration by Robert Redford to highlight both the earth's beauty and vulnerability. Created and directed by Sibylle Szaggars Redford, the one-night-only performance will be at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on October 22.
"The marrying of all these disciplines to tell the story of our Earth resonated with me, and I know it will resonate with audiences," says the DSO's CEO.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 23, 2022
The first Juneteenth Fashion Show—here and in the U.S.—was held Sunday at the Legacy Hall Box Garden at Legacy West in Plano. Produced by Think Three Media, the show featured fashion creations by 11 history-making Black designers.
"Putting a spotlight on our incredible Black creatives, designers, and artists here in DFW was undoubtedly the icing on the cake," said Think Three CEO Leah Frazier.
"Putting a spotlight on our incredible Black creatives, designers, and artists here in DFW was undoubtedly the icing on the cake," said Think Three CEO Leah Frazier.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 14, 2022
McKinney-based Playful Studios and its Wildcard Alliance subsidiary—led by Words With Friends co-founder Paul Bettner—raised the funding for Wildcard, which combines arena-style battles with a collectible card game.
“With Wildcard, we're focused on fun first, building a next-generation 'spectator sport' to welcome the entire community of competitors, collectors, sponsors, and fans to play together," Better says.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 14, 2022
AIA Dallas has announced the 2022 winners of the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition; the AIA Dallas Unbuilt Awards; and the Student Design Awards. The awards recognize "new visions for the built environment and innovative uses of technology materials, methods, and design."
Here's a look at the winning entries from all three competitions.
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