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Brenda Busch and Wim Bens [Photo: Lakewood Brewery]
Lakewood Brewery Founder Wim Bens On the Art and Science of Brewing
by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 13, 2022
The Belgium-born brewer, who sold his first keg of beer in 2012, cut the cord to his ad-world career and never looked back. Ten years later, Lakewood Brewery is a family-owned success with a lineup of award-winning craft beers.
Every beer starts with a kernel of an idea, Bens says. His taproom has an R&D system in place so Lakewood’s "mad scientist brewers" can explore new styles and flavors.
by David Seeley |
Feb 10, 2022
BreadEx Founder and CEO Uma Iyer sliced into the bread biz early in the pandemic, when her Plano pastry shop Tart-a-Licious struggled amid lockdowns. She delivered artisan breads directly to homes, with proceeds benefiting laid-off restaurant workers.
After launching BreadEx as a Tart-a-Licious sideline later in 2020, she slowly grew its services. Now she's relaunched BreadEx as her sole focus—aiming to be the FedEx of bread, one door at a time.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 3, 2022
The first TOCA Social launched last August in London, attracting cast members from "Ted Lasso" and top Premier League players. The Dallas location, slated to open in 2023, will offer a three-floor, 56K-SF experience of dining, drinks, and interactive soccer games in 34 "TOCA boxes." The top two floors and their huge decks will offer "bonkers" views of the Dallas skyline—and may be a magnet for corporate events.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 2, 2022
PlayersTV, the TV streaming division of Dallas-based sports media and entertainment firm Players Media Group, landed the investment from ReachTV, which has been distributing it since 2020. Now its presence on ReachTV's network could put PlayersTV on 2,500+ airport screens and in 1 million hotel rooms.
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Lay’s Uses ‘Sacred’ Cowboys Soil to Grow Spuds for Limited Edition Chips
by David Seeley | Jan 13, 2022
As we get ready for Sunday's Cowboys-49ers playoff game, our photo gallery shows you the journey the hallowed Dallas Cowboys soil took to a potato farm in Dalhart, Texas—where NFL chip history was soon made.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 13, 2022
Dallas Innovates and D CEO celebrated 78 honorees and revealed the winners of our third-annual Innovation Awards at an event held at The Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Here's a full list of winners and finalists.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 10, 2022
A new GolfTEC training center has opened in Southlake to help duffers straighten their slices and handle their hooks.
The new 2,900-square-foot facility features four indoor training bays powered by TECSwing, using Foresight Sports simulators for lessons, club fitting, and practice....
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 6, 2022
It’s the final step in a multi-year transition for the strategic communications firm launched by Gail Cooksey 28 years ago. The agency is “in great hands,” the founder said.
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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.
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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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