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The Dallas Regional Chamber has unveiled its new Disability Inclusion Toolkit, now live on its website. [Photo: DRC]
The Last Word: Latosha Herron Bruff on the DRC’s New Disability Inclusion Toolkit
by David Seeley | Jun 17, 2024
The Dallas Regional Chamber has unveilded a new tool that aims to support employees with disabilities in the region—while also helping boost prosperity for area businesses. The DRC's Disability Inclusion Toolkit gives businesses insights on the best ways to recruit, retain, include, and support employees with disabilities.
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 5, 2024
According to a new report from Dallas-based JLL, society is accelerating the volume of data it creates at a rapid rate—and that data is foundational to how we work, live, and play. That's led to sharply increasing demand for data centers in a time of tightening supply, forcing a shift toward secondary and new, emerging markets.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jan 18, 2024
Cynt Marshall, 2024 chair of the Dallas Regional Chamber board of directors, urged chamber members to “seize the moment.” DRC President and CEO Dale Petroskey talked about a “once-in-a-lifetime chance” to remedy the region’s inequities....
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 15, 2023
During Cynt Marshall's one-year term chairing the board of the Dallas Regional Chamber, she will preside over the DRC’s efforts to improve the quality of life for all people in the Dallas region. The DRC also named BCBSTX President Jim Springfield as its 2024 board chair-elect.
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DRC Names 3 Companies in Best Places for Working Parents Dallas Innovator Awards
by Lance Murray | Dec 22, 2022
The Dallas Regional Chamber has named three local companies as recipients of the inaugural Best Place for Working Parents Dallas Innovator Awards.
The companies are:
Micro/Small Business (under 200 employees): Barnes & Thornburg
Medium Business (between 201 and 999 employees): Corgan
Large Business (more than 1,000 employees): Children’s Health
The Best Place for Working Parents Dallas is a local partner of the Best Place for Working Parents national initiative that recognizes family-friendly workplaces in the Dallas Region through a proprietary business self-assessment and it seeks to raise awareness of the importance of family-friendly benefits and policies for employers and workers, the DRC said....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 28, 2022
The website is a "growth tool" that highlights the communities, real estate, employers, and talent pool in Southern Dallas County with the aim of spurring investment and economic development in the region.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 9, 2021
The Dallas Regional Chamber wants 600,000 more North Texans to get a COVID-19 vaccine—not only for them, but to support local businesses. To sweeten the sting of the shot and help reach herd immunity, the campaign offers sweepstakes prizes from prime Cowboys, Mavs, Stars, Wings, and FC Dallas seats to round-trip flights on Southwest and American Airlines.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 20, 2019
Dallas was the first city in Texas where the Uber app was available in 2012. Now, the city will host the second largest Uber hub outside of its headquarters in San Francisco.
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Dallas Innovates Celebrates Launch
by Jana J. Pruet | Feb 26, 2016
It's official. On Thursday night, hundreds gathered in downtown Dallas to help us celebrate the launch of Dallas Innovates, and, "Wow! It was truly a night to remember."
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