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Read “who said what” in our roundup of quotable North Texans, including Perot Jain's Anurag Jain; EarthX's Trammell S. Crow; American Airlines' Doug Parker; and more.
EVERY LAST WORD 2021: The Archive
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 31, 2021
Read “who said what” in our roundup of quotable North Texans, including Perot Jain's Anurag Jain; EarthX's Trammell S. Crow; American Airlines' Doug Parker; and more.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 21, 2021
You’ve found Dallas Innovates’ archive of news briefs from October to December 2021.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 17, 2021
The festival's new director, Hayley Nenadal, brings nearly two decades of experience at world-renowned festivals including Sundance and Telluride.
She takes the reins just as EarthX is moving its film festival to the downtown Dallas Arts District. The theme for its May 12-15, 2022, festival is "Celebration of the Outdoors," featuring 60 to 70 long and short films.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 14, 2021
Von Perry's 21-year-old CEO, Treyvon Perry, has been preparing for this since he founded the startup at age 17. He and his co-founder, 27-year-old CTO Sebin Joseph, are pioneering a new way to build concrete 3D-printed homes using regular concrete—and aim to prove the concept for DFW and beyond.
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Urban Union District Front Street restaurant and retail. [Rendering: VLK Architects]
Downtown Arlington’s Urban Union Live‑Work‑Play District Is Expanding
by David Seeley | Dec 13, 2021
Dodson Commercial Real Estate is building five new mixed-use buildings along Front Street to house restaurants, retail, and apartments. The expansion will result in a five-city-block attraction for downtown Arlington. The city's largest public accounting firm, Sutton Frost Cary LLP, will be relocating to a 21,000-SF office building that's part of the project.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 8, 2021
On display now through December 23 at NorthPark Center, the 7th annual Bark + Build Luxury Dog House and Cat Condo Design/Build Competition is presented by SPCA of Texas. Here's a look at the winning entries—all created by AIA Dallas architects and member firms of TEXO, The Construction Association.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 6, 2021
Juliana Oliveira and her sister Sara de Oliveira co-founded Athlete-Centric Design to transform pro athletes’ lifestyles—not just with luxury design, but by improving their performance on the field through health and wellness elements. Now they hope to score by having their approach adopted as a best practice in the sports industry nationwide.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 3, 2021
The innovators behind Anime NYC aim to take over Funkytown from December 3-5 with the "biggest talent and content the Japanese pop culture industry has to offer." From cosplay to entertainers to screenings, here's what to expect.
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Left to right: J.R. Smith, Edwin Rios, Max Holloway, Leonard Fournette, Ronnie Stanley, Sean O'Malley, Allisha Gray [Image: Complexity Stars]
Complexity Stars Launches in Frisco with Athletes from NFL, NBA, UFC, and WNBA
by David Seeley | Nov 30, 2021
A star-studded lineup of pro athletes is just the beginning for Complexity Stars. The new division from Frisco-based Complexity Gaming plans to add music stars and other celebs to its fold. The goal: Amplify the brand power of top athletes and stars by connecting them with the $2.1 billion esports and game streaming universe.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 23, 2021
The 8th annual Game Awards—called "the Oscars for the gaming world" by the New York Times, with over 83 million livestreams in 2020—will be shown live at select Cinemark theaters across the U.S. along with an advance screening of "The King's Man," an origin story for Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsmen" film series.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 22, 2021
The gallery pop-up of work from series creator and artist Hajime Isayama represents the evolution of over a decade of storytelling that's obsessed fans worldwide. It can be seen December 3-5 at the Anime Frontier convention at Fort Worth Convention Center.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 22, 2021
"It's not an idea—it's happening," says April Allen, president of the Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation.
Southern Gateway Park will be an engineering marvel over I-35E, with five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex hidden under a hilltop, and one of the most awesome kids' playgrounds in North Texas. But its greatest achievement may be to make Oak Cliff whole again—and to bring all of Dallas together.
Southern Gateway Park will be an engineering marvel over I-35E, with five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex hidden under a hilltop, and one of the most awesome kids' playgrounds in North Texas. But its greatest achievement may be to make Oak Cliff whole again—and to bring all of Dallas together.
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Hector “HECZ” Rodriguez and Mike “Hastr0” Rufail—the leaders of OpTic and Envy, respectively—merged their companies to become a North Texas esports powerhouse in 2021. [Photo: Twitter]
OpTic Gaming Merges With Envy Gaming to Form a Combined North Texas Esports Powerhouse
by Alex Edwards | Nov 8, 2021
The deal brings together Hector “HECZ” Rodriguez and Mike “Hastr0” Rufail—the leaders of OpTic and Envy, respectively—who have been longtime friends and esports rivals.
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![Pudu offers many commercial service robots. Free 1-week trials of the PuduBot food delivery robot (far right above) are being offered to Dallas restaurants for a limited time. [Image: Pudu Robotics]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pudu-Robotics-360x203.jpg)
by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2021
The free, one-week trial of the company's PuduBot food delivery robot is open to Dallas restaurants, cafes, hotels, offices, hospitals, and other catering operators for a limited time.
The robot navigates around tables with 3D obstacle avoidance technology and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Oh, and it can sing "Happy Birthday," too.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 27, 2021
Part of PGA Frisco's $500M+ "Silicon Valley of Golf," the championship-level courses will feature an East Course designed by Gil Hanse that's primed for marquee PGA tournaments. The West Course, designed by Beau Welling, is destined for smaller tournaments, PGA of America members, and everyday public duffers.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 26, 2021
Now in its third year, the program from Dallas Innovates and D CEO honors 78 disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for innovation in North Texas.
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