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RTC Approves Nearly $60M in Federal Funding for North Texas Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects
by Lance Murray | Jun 18, 2025
“These funded improvements will connect people who choose walking and bicycling as modes of transportation to schools, transit services, and major hubs of employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,” said Kevin Kokes of the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 17, 2024
Revolving Kitchen Fairview will be a community-driven space in the Fairview Town Center designed to support entrepreneurs by offering high-quality kitchen rentals and essential business amenities. Featuring 34 fully equipped commercial kitchens, it will integrate into Revolving Kitchen's Virtual Food Hall app, enabling customers to bundle orders from several of the venue's restaurants into one transaction.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2023
A new report from StorageCafe dissects a noticeable migratory trend of Californians to the Lone Star State. Here are some reasons they're racing to get to places like North Texas—like saving over $1 million when they buy a house, for instance.
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by David Seeley |
May 31, 2023
As any parent with infants could tell you, childcare costs have exploded in recent years, with costs varying greatly across the U.S. But luckily for parents in or near Collin and Denton Counties, two of America's least-expensive infant childcare counties are right here in North Texas, according to a report from the Substack publication American Inequality.
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UWorld Cares Grant Deadline Looms: Nonprofits Can Apply Now to Support Education in Dallas
by Lance Murray | Mar 22, 2023
The UWorld Cares grant program aims to strengthen the pathway to higher education, address workforce skills gaps, and eliminate barriers to higher education by partnering with community organizations.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 9, 2022
Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell has a vision for a global network of Urban Work Colleges that take aim at intergenerational poverty and "smash it." The first one opened in Plano in 2018.
Accepting a leadership award from the Collin County Business Alliance, Sorrell asked his staff and students to stand up. Why? Because "they're going to come see you and talk to you about hiring students to work at your companies," Sorrell told the audience filled with local business leaders. "And I want everyone to practice this with me: 'Yes.'
Accepting a leadership award from the Collin County Business Alliance, Sorrell asked his staff and students to stand up. Why? Because "they're going to come see you and talk to you about hiring students to work at your companies," Sorrell told the audience filled with local business leaders. "And I want everyone to practice this with me: 'Yes.'
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by David Seeley |
Jan 20, 2022
To find the answer, host Stephen Dubner flew to DFW to see why the region is so business-friendly, why the people are so friendly too, why cities to the north are growing like hotcakes, and why a Basquiat got on the wall of the Dallas Museum of Art. Oh, and he ate a Meat Potato at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse. (Thumbs up.)
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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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My Possibilities, a nonprofit in Plano, serves adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. [Photo: My Possibilities, credit Hunter Folsom Lacey]
Innovative Spaces: My Possibilities
by Lauren Hawkins | Oct 21, 2020
My Possibilities' Campus for Higher Learning is the first ever college-style campus designed specifically for adults with disabilities. Here's a look inside.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 19, 2020
In North Texas, the grants will go to Boys and Girls Clubs of Tarrant, Collin, and Dallas Counties, and Big Thought. The $920,000 is part of a four-year, $1 billion commitment Bank of America is making to foster workforce readiness and development in low-to-moderate-income communities.
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by Collin County Business Alliance |
Feb 3, 2020
Q+A | Musings on innovation from the region's paradigm-shifting companies and organizations.
sponsored by The Organization
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by Meredith McGrath |
Jun 19, 2018
Dallas financial planner Michelle Brennan Hall will head the group, which promotes collaboration among female professionals.
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Communities Foundation of Texas, UT Dallas to Host Food Insecurity Hackathon
by Taylor Lowder | Apr 11, 2018
CFT for Business is calling people from all industries to help solve the pervasive problem of food insecurity in Collin County. The event will be held Saturday, Apr. 14.
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by Kerry Curry |
Dec 14, 2017
Through Detate Property Group, Edwin Tatum will build modern homes with an international flair.
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by D'Anzia Robertson |
Oct 5, 2017
Collin County prosecutors are hoping to lean on the long-term relationships many hair stylists have with their clients to encourage more abuse victims to open up and seek help.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
