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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology [Photo: U.S. Army]
The Last Word: The U.S. Army’s Douglas Bush on a Major New Artillery Shell Casings Plant in Mesquite
by David Seeley | May 29, 2024
Last year, we told you about General Dynamics planning to open a major new artillery casings plant in the Mesquite 635 industrial park at LBJ Freeway at U.S. Highway 80 east of Dallas. Today the New York Times reported that the plant will soon be producing about 30,000 steel shell casings each month for 155-millimeter howitzers, nearly doubling the current U.S. manufacturing output.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 22, 2024
Earlier this year, Google asked students across the U.S. to submit their ideas through art to the prompt of “My wish for the next 25 years…” in celebration of Google’s 25th anniversary. Texas winner, McKinney elementary student Alice Kim, could be one of five national finalists. Cast your vote by June 4.
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by David Seeley |
May 21, 2024
In a LinkedIn post, he offers his "controversial take" that AI won't make humans obsolete in sectors like the stock market. Why? "Because markets are more than numbers; they're a reflection of human behaviors, fears, hopes, and irrationalities."
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by David Seeley |
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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Dallas' Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel [Photo: City of Dallas]
The Last Word: Project Director Milton Brooks on Dallas’ Five-Mile-Long Mill Creek Tunnel
by David Seeley | May 16, 2024
The $300 million Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel being built under Dallas is five miles long, was excavated up to 38 feet tall and wide, and is described as "the largest hard-rock gripper tunnel in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and, we think, the world" in a city video. Designed to provide 100-year flood protection for nearly 2,200 commercial and residential properties in the East Dallas area, its official name is almost as long as the tunnel itself: The Mill Creek/Peaks Branch/State-Thomas (MCPBST) Drainage Relief Tunnel.
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by David Seeley |
May 15, 2024
Last night, the Rangers presented free replica Corey Seager World Series rings to the first 15,000 fans at the team's game against the Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field.
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by David Seeley |
May 14, 2024
Facial recognition technology is already being used for by the Texas Department of Public Safety and police departments in Fort Worth, Arlington, and McKinney. Now the Dallas Police Department may be next in line to deploy it by partnering with New York-based Clearview AI, based on comments at a Monday meeting of the city's Public Safety Committee.
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by David Seeley |
May 13, 2024
“There are other things to do here than eat.”
Sam Romano
Partner
Trinity Groves “4.0”
.…on creating more foot traffic for the Dallas “restaurant theme park” by offering pickleball, mini-golf, bocce ball, and more, via the Dallas Morning News....
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The Last Word: Dallas Sports Commission On Name Reveal of City’s First-Ever Women’s Pro Soccer Team
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 9, 2024
“Welcome home Dallas Trinity FC”
Dallas Sports Commission .…on the name reveal of Dallas’s first-ever women’s professional soccer team at Klyde Warren Park on May 9, via LinkedIn.
There are #NewBootsInTown. The newly branded Dallas Trinity FC, Dallas’ new top-tier women’s professional soccer club, will take over the Cotton Bowl Stadium beginning this August, according to the Dallas Sports Commission. ...
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 8, 2024
Texas Women's Foundation presented #BESTSELF and the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, setting the stage with a powerful conversation between ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts and Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 7, 2024
“Fire can really be very useful—or it can be destructive.”
Mukesh Kumar
President, Global Technology
Slalom Consulting
… on equating artificial intelligence to fire, at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI event in Irving on May 2....
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by David Seeley |
May 6, 2024
The summit is slated to bring together over 1,500 distinguished leaders from both the U.S. and Africa, from both the public and private sectors. African heads of state have traveled to Dallas for the event, along with international investors, senior government officials from the U.S. and Africa, Fortune 500 executives, leading small businesses, and key stakeholders from multilateral organizations, the city said
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Kip Sowden, chairman and CEO of RREAF Holdings [Photo: RREAF Holdings]
The Last Word: RREAF Holdings’ Kip Sowden on Keeping His CRE Platform All in the Family
by David Seeley | May 1, 2024
Founded in 2001, Sowden's privately held, vertically integrated CRE firm has an even longer history in the industry, with roots going back some 37 years. RREAF operates across multiple platforms, targeting different segments of the real estate market, including multifamily and hospitality. With nearly 500 employees and assets of $4.5 billion, it's not surprising that an IPO would seem to be in the picture.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 29, 2024
Dundon, the chairman and managing partner of Dallas-based Dundon Capital, became the majority owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes in 2017, three years after he took Dallas-based auto loan giant Santander Consumer USA public with an IPO that raised $1.8 billion. He's also a co-owner of the PPA Pickleball Tour—which merged in March with Austin-based MLP by Margaritaville—and an investor in Pickleball.com.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 26, 2024
With all of the recent news about chips in Texas—including the Samsung $6B+ billion funding announcement by the Biden administration and North Texas’ anticipation of a new TI award—the Austin American-Statesman examined a claim the President made earlier this month.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 25, 2024
The WNBA's Dallas Wings have played at College Park Center in Arlington for the last eight seasons and will be hooping their there through 2025. But thanks to a Wednesday vote by the Dallas City Council, the team will finally be playing in the city emblazoned on their jerseys starting in 2026.
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