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Rendering of Firefly Park and its walkable, European-flavored vibe. [Image: UNStudio/CIty of Frisco]

Frisco’s New Firefly Park Development Gets Dream Hotel As Anchor

by | May 25, 2022
Slated to break ground next year, Firefly Park will add "a significantly different, cool vibe to Frisco," says the city's mayor. Developer Kyle Wilks of Wilks Development hired Amsterdam-based UNStudio to develop the master plan in collaboration with Sasaki Associates.

That European influence is showing up in the 230-acre project's walkable, park-laden layout—and in the architecture's future-forward look. The Dream Hotel will be designed with hints of the region, with a design philosophy “both surreal and contemporarily chic."
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SMU Alums Create Connections With 100,000 Downloads of Super Awesome Mix
by | May 24, 2022
Launched in 2021, the Super Awesome Mix podcast takes listeners through a 12-song mix tape built around a different theme each episode. Now, with over 100,000 downloads, the founders have launched an app to help users make their own digital mix tapes, plus a card service for events.
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Innovative Spaces: Omni Logistics Opens New Dallas HQ
by | May 23, 2022
Omni Logistics' new 52,000 square foot headquarters in the Cypress Waters development "strikes a balance between collaboration and privacy," the company says. Its 85 Dallas-based employees have a semi-open seating plan, outdoor decks for collaborating and socializing, and "wellness rooms" for nursing babies or chilling out. And oh yes—lots of high-tech business features, too.

Designed by HKS Architects, the new HQ will be 100% renewable energy-powered, the company says.
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DI People: Brinker International, DART, GameStop, Stream Data Centers, ATTPAC, Dallas Regional Chamber, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | May 20, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from the AT&T Performing Arts Center, DART, Aimbridge Hospitality, Acera, Fidelis Companies, The Rios Group Inc., Tech Titans, NEC Corp. of America, Texas Women’s Foundation, ATTPAC, LEARFIELD, and Hope Cottage.

Plus, Dallas ISD picks a lone finalist for superintendent.
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A rendering of the Crow Museum of Asian Art that will be built as part of the new Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum at UT Dallas. [Image: UT Dallas]

12 Acres of Creativity: UT Dallas Breaks Ground on a $158M Cultural Arts District

by | May 12, 2022
The Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum will feature three new buildings: a second location for the Crow Museum of Asian Art; a performance hall; and a second museum focused on traditional arts of the Americas. The project's designer, global architectural firm Morphosis, designed the Perot Museum in downtown Dallas.
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Dallas Has Opened Its Newest—and Largest—Downtown Park
by | May 9, 2022
Carpenter Park, a 5.7-acre space that runs along I-345 near Deep Ellum on the eastern edge of downtown "will distinguish our center city for decades to come," said the chairman of Parks for Downtown Dallas when construction kicked off in 2020. The vision is now a reality.

See inside the park with our first-look photo tour.
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Mayor Names HKS Principal as Citywide Representative to Dallas’ Environmental Commission
by | Apr 29, 2022
The city of Dallas has a new leader helping to oversee the implementation of its first Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan. The overarching goal? To alleviate the impacts of climate change on the region.
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Dallas International Film Festival Offers Spring Preview This Weekend
by | Apr 27, 2022
The Dallas International Film Festival won't happen until this fall. But you can get an advance look at several of the featured movies this weekend, April 29 to May 1, at Alamo Drafthouse Cedars just south of downtown Dallas. Here's a peek at DIFF films you can see this weekend.
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Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, is one of the 200 clubs owned and operated by Dallas-based Invited. [Photo: Invited]

Meet Invited. The Largest Owner of Golf and Country Clubs in the U.S.—Dallas-Based ClubCorp—Unveils a Major Rebranding

by | Apr 22, 2022
“Invited is not just a name. It’s everything we are,” says CEO David Pillsbury. It's a game changer: ClubCorp sees a new high-tech era of "democratized" golf.

The rebranding announcement follows last week's Bloomberg report that Apollo Global Management Inc.—which took ClubCorp private in 2017—is weighing an IPO for the country club operator as early as this year, at a potential value of around $4.5 billion. 
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Dallas-Based Daltile Releases First-Ever Trend Report for 2022 Interior Design
by | Apr 19, 2022
Daltile explores seven trends in its 2022 interior design Trend Report—Restorative Nature, Self-Expressionism, Origins Exploration, Female Celebration, Noble Simplicity, Nostalgia Escape, and Tech Retreat—and reveals how each is expressed in Daltile's product lines.
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‘Crushing It’: 17-Year-Old Dallas Twins Launch UPwords Apparel and Accessories Brand to ‘Bring Joy’
by | Apr 12, 2022
In the midst of what the CDC calls an accelerating teen mental health crisis, Sydney and Shea Hinckley's newly launched UPwords brand features a wide array of life-affirming messages.

Their e-commerce site offers caps that say "DO GOOD," a sweatshirt that reads "you are enough," a T-shirt that urges others to "see good in all things," and many other apparel, jewelry, and home goods items that aim to uplift with positivity.
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DI People: Dave & Busters, Fujitsu, Keurig Dr Pepper, Aurora Innovation, DHA, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 8, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Firehouse, Enseo, Cambium Learning, D Magazine, Lear Investment Management, Spacee, Envy Gaming, 5Q, Stream Realty Partners, Nanoscope, Crossplane Capital, Improving, TimelyMD and more.
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These quotable North Texans inspire, inform, motivate, or simply make us laugh.

EVERY LAST WORD 2022: The Q1 Archive

by | Mar 31, 2022
These quotable North Texans inspire, inform, motivate, or simply make us laugh.
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Dallas Arts Month: AURORA Will Present ‘Video Art Nights’ Across Five Fridays in April Downtown
by | Mar 24, 2022
AURORA, the Dallas-based public arts organization, is partnering with Downtown Dallas, Inc. on the weekly events, which will be free to the public. Curated video art programs will be projected at parks and outdoor surfaces in West End Square, Pegasus Plaza, and the Dallas Arts District—with live music and an outdoor artisanal market also on tap.
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See How the Dallas International District Is Taking Shape, from a ‘People Mover’ to a 20-Acre Park to Smart Cities Tech and More
by | Mar 17, 2022
From demolished mall to global destination, a plan 10 years in the making aims to turn the Valley View-Galleria area into an international center for businesses of all sizes. Here's a new look at what it could offer—and how it could spur dynamic growth in Dallas for decades to come.
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With Adults-Only Nights on Tap Soon, the Perot Museum’s Speed Wall Beckons
by | Mar 16, 2022
Thursdays on Tap—a 6 to 10 p.m. experience exclusively for those 21 and up—is coming to the Perot Museum March 24 through October 13. It's the perfect time to race against the museum's newly revamped Speed Wall, featuring Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, Dallas Wings guard Moriah Jefferson, and other athletes with local ties.

The Speed Wall was reimagined by its original creators, Dallas-based 900lbs, to celebrate the Perot's 10th anniversary this month.
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