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Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans [Video still: City of Mansfield]
The Last Word: Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans on His City’s 72-Acre Film Studio Development
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 15, 2023
The city of Mansfield, Texas, plans to break ground this year on Mansfield Super Studios, a film production studio to be built on 72 acres of undeveloped land, with restaurants, a hotel, and retail part of the project's $70 million vision.
by David Seeley |
Mar 15, 2023
Under the SSBCI, Texas now has the potential to receive more than $472 million in U.S. Treasury Department funds to operate two programs. One is a capital access program, which will provide portfolio insurance for business loans and has been allocated $118 million. The other is a loan guarantee program that will increase access to capital for Texas small businesses—and that's being allocated $354.1 million.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 15, 2023
Starting in May, Gatik's autonomous 20-foot box trucks will begin rolling goods from Kroger's Dallas distribution center to Kroger grocery stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Initially, they'll be operated with a safety driver in the cab, Gatik says.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 14, 2023
Truck Yard—the retro food truck, beer garden. and "adult playground" at 5624 Sears Street off Dallas' Lower Greenville Avenue—has reopened following a reported $2 million renovation. But the place has lost none of its "dive-ish" flair. The renovations include an upsized bar and kitchen, a more weather-friendly experience with covered and enlarged patios, upgraded and wildly stylized restrooms, four fire pits, a partially turfed yard, and more.
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Michael Render, aka Killer Mike, is half of hip hop duo Run the Jewels, the host of the Netflix series “Trigger Warning with Killer Mike," and the owner of a chain of barber shops, called Swag Shops, among other interests. The Grammy-award winning rapper, businessman, and activist will speak at The DEC Network's 2023 State of Entrepreneurship event on March 29 in Frisco.
Grammy-Winning Rapper and Entrepreneur ‘Killer Mike’ to Speak at The DEC Network’s State of Entrepreneurship Event
by Lance Murray | Mar 14, 2023
The DEC Network, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is gearing up for its 2023 State of Entrepreneurship event—the first-ever in Frisco. Dubbed 'the Super Bowl for Entrepreneurs' in North Texas, the annual gathering brings together game-changing startups and innovative business leaders.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2023
Veteran brand strategist Lori Lasky has joined independent brand performance agency Media Culture’s leadership team to head the agency’s strategic initiatives.
Most recently, Lasky was director of Integrated Media at Nautilus Inc., and she will be responsible for program strategy across the agency’s portfolio of clients. She will work to identify opportunities for growth and drive integrated strategy across the team to align with business goals....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 14, 2023
Maëlle Gavet is the New York-based CEO of Techstars, which kicked off its inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator last year. Over the weekend, she took to LinkedIn to address the "nerve-shredding" crisis at Silicon Valley Bank for entrepreneurs in the Techstars network "and far beyond."
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2023
Coppell-based Omni Logistics has appointed Tania Garcia as its new chief marketing officer and announced two internal promotions.
The technology-driven provider of global multimodal logistics solutions and specialized services said that Andy Tribble has been promoted to president of North America Operations and Megan Sledge has been named chief transformation officer....
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Lucid Hearing and Independa have launched what they describe as the world's first TV-based hearing assessment on LG Smart TVs. [Photo: Lucid Hearing]
Fort Worth-Based Lucid Hearing Launches First Smart TV-Based Hearing Assessments on LG TVs
by David Seeley | Mar 14, 2023
In partnership with San Diego-based remote engagement platform Independa, Lucid Hearing is launching hearing assessments that can be performed right in your own home. But to utilize the test and get recommendations, you must own a 2021 or newer LG Smart TV. "This will greatly benefit millions of Americans who suspect they have hearing loss but have hesitated to seek testing and treatment," says Lucid EVP Bennett Griffin.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
The project aims to reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth and create Panther Island—which the city hopes will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district. The new 2023 funding is on top of $403 million already allocated to the project as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2022.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
The electric Central Utilities Plant will run on 100% renewable electricity, aiding DFW AIrport in its goal to be carbon net zero by 2030. Energy enhancements to Terminal D will include smart glass, sensors, high-efficiency HVAC, eco-friendly roofing, and passenger boarding bridges with advanced controls for use in DFW’s digital twin program.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 13, 2023
Sunday's announcement that all Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank depositors would be "fully protected" may have helped startup and tech leaders breathe a little easier at SXSW in Austin, in North Texas, and beyond. While concerns continue, the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC said Sunday that "the U.S. banking system remains resilient and on a solid foundation."
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Todd Tucker and Bill Milkereit, founders of Poke The Bear branding agency. [Photo: PTB]
Former TRG Creatives ‘Poke The Bear’ With New Branding Agency
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2023
Todd Tucker and Bill Milkereit both hail from TRG—formerly The Richards Group—and are responsible for some memorable advertising work in recent years, including spots for Chick-fil-A’s EAT MOR CHIKIN Cow campaign, The Home Depot, and Fruit of the Loom.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
The pact includes its 29 CW-affiliated television stations, its 26 MyNetworkTV affiliates, and its four independent stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Oklahoma City, and Baton Rouge. It also renews and extends YouTube TV’s carriage of America’s fastest-growing cable news network, NewsNation.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
Dallas business founder and CEO Chanel Christoff Davis has been recognized as a Women’s Business Enterprise Star by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the nation’s largest certifier of women-owned businesses and a leader in women’s business development....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
Dallas-based institutional capital markets expert Jack Fraker has joined Newmark Group Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm, as president and global head of industrial and logistics.
Newmark has offices in Dallas and Plano.
“Newmark’s Capital Markets advisory group, which has seen dramatic growth, is a key component of our platform’s acceleration, nationally and globally,” Newmark Chief Executive Officer Barry Gosin said in a statement....
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