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America’s Fastest-Growing City: How Celina’s Strategic Plan Aims To Spur Further Growth

by | May 20, 2024
The Dallas North Tollway is being extended to Celina, north of Frisco and Prosper. That can't come soon enough for this Collin County city, which the U.S. Census Bureau just named the fastest-growing in the U.S. Behind the meteoric growth—and a dizzying list of new developments—is a plan that's guiding it all.
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The Last Word: Sow Good’s Ira Goldfarb on Ringing the Opening Bell at Nasdaq
by | May 20, 2024
Decades ago, Goldfarb's father rang the opening bell for his G-III Apparel Group, an American clothing company that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells women's and men's apparel with a global portfolio of licensed, owned, and private label brands. Today, the executive chairman of Irving-based Sow Good carried on the family tradition by ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq in New York's Times Square with Co-Founder and CEO Claudia Goldfarb and their team.
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Crown Laboratories Is Giving Skincare a Makeover and Replacing Hype With Hope
Dallas-based scientist Thomas Hitchcock, the mastermind behind Crown Laboratories' newest product called BIOJUVE, leverages a common skin microbe to optimize skin health. One local woman, after experiencing the products benefits firsthand in a clinical trial, says she "needs this in her life."

Hitchcock's innovative work harnessing the power of the skin microbiome has established a new category of skin therapeutics.
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Innovative Leaders Vanderstraaten and Rohrman Inducted into North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame; Fraker and Grunnah Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards
by | May 17, 2024
The new Hall of Fame inductees are Bill Vanderstraaten and Scott Rohrman. In addition, Jack Fraker and Robert Grunnah received lifetime achievement awards at the May 1 awards presentation.
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Fort Worth’s US Rail & Logistics Appoints SVP of Operations

by | May 17, 2024
The company said Andy Klinck has a proven track record in logistics and supply chain management and brings a wealth of experience and strategic insight to his new role.
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North Texas’ MTX Group Appoints Chief Transformation Officer
by | May 17, 2024
As a pioneer Salesforce Certified Technical Architect since 2011, Nate Shilling shares a longstanding connection with the founding members of MTX Group.
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Selerix Appoints New CEO To Drive Growth
by | May 17, 2024
Tim Pratte succeeds Selerix co-founder and president of 22 years, Lyle Griffin, who will continue to serve on the company's board of directors.
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Omni Hotels & Resorts Names New Chief Marketing Officer
by | May 17, 2024
Michael Innocentin will oversee the planning, development, and execution of all brand marketing initiatives, including advertising, public relations, social media, the website, and digital campaigns.
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Texas Capital Securities Launches Public Finance Division, Taps Veteran Investment Banker to Spearhead Expansion

by | May 17, 2024
Steve Genyk, a former head of public finance at UBS Financial Services, will lead the new division, providing financing services to public sector clients in Texas and nationwide. “Municipalities, nonprofits, and other municipal issuers in Texas deserve a firm that makes decisions locally," said Texas Capital President & CEO Rob C. Holmes.
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Southern Land Co. Adds VP of Single‑Family Land Acquisition
by | May 17, 2024
Jeff Poole is based in the Plano office of Nashville's Southern Land Co. He's responsible for expanding its community development pipeline as well as SLC’s single-family homebuilding division, SLC Homes.
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Dallas-Based Jacobs Announces New Chief Financial Officer
by | May 17, 2024
Jacobs said that Venk Nathamuni brings deep knowledge and expertise to his new role at Jacobs. In his last post, he was CFO at Cirrus Logic, a $6 billion global semiconductor company.
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At Home Group Taps Veteran Retail Leader Brad Weston as CEO to Drive Next Chapter of Growth
by | May 17, 2024
Brad Weston brings more than three decades of experience in retail, having led strategic expansion plans at some of the retail sector’s most recognizable brands, including Party City, Petco, and Dick's Sporting Goods.
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Dallas Arboretum Leader Tapped as Kaleidoscope Park Executive Director

by | May 17, 2024
Shawn Jackson served at the Arboretum for more than a decade in a variety of roles, most recently as chief operating officer and interim CEO. She will begin her new role at Frisco's Kaleidoscope Park on May 28.
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PDR Expands to North Texas, Leveraging Two Decades of CPG Logistics Expertise
With the addition of a forthcoming facility in Dallas-Fort Worth, Packaging Distribution Resources' portfolio now totals more than 600,000 square feet across the U.S.. The New Jersey-based company serves industries from consumer packaged goods to nutritional supplements, beauty and personal care, home goods, and e-commerce.
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Cuban-Backed Fintech Secures $165M to Drive Nationwide Expansion of Vehicle-Secured Affordable Credit
by | May 17, 2024
Dallas-based Yendo, which created the first-ever vehicle-secured credit card, said it will use the financing specifically to fund the growth of originations on its platform, which will enable it to extend credit to more Americans at affordable rates.
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Dallas-Based CBRE and California’s EV+ Partner To Deploy 10K EV Charging Stations Across U.S.
by | May 16, 2024
The companies said they're focused on "EV-enabling" real estate where drivers most need charging stations—multifamily complexes, hotels, and healthcare-related facilities, all of which "have been critically underserved to date."
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