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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.
David Noguera director of Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization. [Photo: City of Dallas]
The Last Word: David Noguera on the ‘Dallas Housing Policy 2033’ Plan
by David Seeley | Mar 2, 2023
On Wednesday, Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Director David Noguera and other officials presented a plan called Dallas Housing Policy 2033 to the Dallas City Council. The policy aims to increase equity and affordability in Dallas housing options, and is built on seven pillars.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 1, 2023
Dallas-based Celanese Corporation has announced a collaboration with Alessa Therapeutics for developing a new oncology drug product, by utilizing the Celanese VitalDose EVA drug delivery platform. "Our new collaboration with Alessa Therapeutics underscores our commitment to optimize therapeutics through drug delivery innovation for oncology patients,” said Karen Chen, global business strategy leader for oncology at
Celanese.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 28, 2023
Dude Perfect told the Wall Street Journal they've sent out bid requests for their proposed $100 million theme park/HQ "to Frisco and other cities" and asked for responses within two months. Meanwhile, the team said, they've been talking with potential fundraisers for the project.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2023
Wold has an MBA from Harvard and is a graduate of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas Class of 2020. She approaches her GRIT Fitness brand with more brains than brawn—and has put "mindfulness" at the heart of its mission.
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The Last Word: Hotels.com’s Melanie Fish on the Rise of ‘Thirst Trips’
by David Seeley | Feb 23, 2023
If you saw HBO's "The Last of Us" this week, you know all about the Death Zone—a perilous place full of zombies and murderous raiders. Well, we've all now entered our own real-life Death Zone, and it's on the calendar—the nearly 100-day stretch between President's Day and Memorial Day weekend is the longest 3-day weekend drought of the year.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 22, 2023
A year ago, Berthume and his 12-person Denton ad agency adopted a 4-day, fully remote work week—a move covered at the time by WFAA. The station's Jason Wheeler checked back with Berthume this week to see how the last year went.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 21, 2023
Ori Matisse Evans uses high-tech software and cinematography to bring home designs to life for VLK Architects, which has offices in Fort Worth and Plano. “My job is to take what the client expects to see and make it beautiful for them to experience,” Evans told Candy's Dirt.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 17, 2023
In November, we told you about something amazing coming to North Texas: Cosm is bringing one of its first two immersive entertainment venues to Grandscape in The Colony, with state-of-the-art "shared reality" that seamlessly bridges the gap between the virtual and the real.
Today Cosm announced a partnership with the NBA that could one day drive lots of Dallas Mavericks fans (and OK, fans of other NBA teams too) to its Grandscape venue. The multi-year partnership will feature a new live game viewing experience unlike anything you've ever seen on your TV or a sports bar near you.
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Harrison Blair, President and CEO of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, lauds the city's new infrastructure fund, approved Jan. 25 by the city council. [Photo: Ace Anderson/DBCC]
The Last Word: DBCC’s Harrison Blair on the City’s New Southern Dallas Infrastructure Fund
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 15, 2023
On January 25, the Dallas City Council approved a new infrastructure investment fund for Southern Dallas, part of a batch of new incentives to spur economic development and job growth in the area. Blair says the support is vital for the community's economic development.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 14, 2023
Air Transport World announced today that American Airlines has been named the 2023 Eco-Airline of the Year.
ATW lauded American’s work to run a more fuel-efficient operation with more fuel-efficient aircraft powered increasingly by low-carbon fuel and new technology.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 13, 2023
The program is designed to help the owners of forward-thinking small businesses in Tarrant County. Through the program, they can apply for federal funds via mechanisms known as the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, collectively known as America’s Seed Fund.
Meet the startups selected for the first monthly cohort—and learn how other companies can apply for the program each month through November 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 10, 2023
Leafy greens is a multibillion-dollar industry. But before lettuce can get into salads across the U.S., it has to navigate coast-to-coast supply chain and distribution issues, says Eden Green Technology CEO Eddy Badrina, whose Cleburne-based ag-tech startup opened a new, two-acre vertical greenhouse in September as part of a planned $47 million vertical farm. Those issues have led to what Badrina calls "the 3,000-mile salad."
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[Photos: Dwell with Dignity]
The Last Word: Dwell with Dignity’s Ashley Sharp on Turning an Annual Pop-Up Into a Year-Round Initiative
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 8, 2023
Last summer, Dallas nonprofit Dwell with Dignity offered its annual Thrift Studio pop-up shop, with 100% of sales benefiting its mission to change lives by bringing good design to families who can afford it the least.
Today the nonprofit announced big news: It's acquired a building in the Dallas Design District that will serve as Thrift Studio's permanent home.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 7, 2023
Data scientist has been called the sexiest job of the 21st century, according to the Harvard Business Review, which noted last summer that the job is "more in demand than ever with employers and recruiters."
SMU's partnership with edX aims to give students more ways to pursue data science education in a way that makes the most sense for them.
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The Last Word: Breaking Bad’s Walter White Breaks Good in Super Bowl Spot from Plano-Based Frito-Lay
by David Seeley |
Feb 6, 2023
On the multi-Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad," Walter White and Jesse Pinkman become kingpins in the drug trade after White, a cancer-stricken high school chemistry teacher, cooks up something bad in a trailer in the desert. But what if he'd cooked up something good instead? That's the idea behind a new Super Bowl commercial from Plano-based Frito-Lay.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 3, 2023
We all know what Dallas needs most: A bar that features sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads. The closest we'll likely ever get to that is coming to The Whippersnapper, a nightspot near Henderson Avenue at 1806 McMillan Avenue in Dallas. Beginning February 9, it'll transform into a limited-time pop-up called the Electric Shagadelic Pussycat Swingers Club.
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