Dallas Regional Chamber

View From the Top: Darren Crall, PGA of America

by | Sep 14, 2020

The region cheered in 2018 when PGA of America announced it would move its headquarters to Frisco from Palm Beach County, Florida. The association’s new 100,000-square-foot home base will anchor a $520 million, 650-acre mixed-use development that also will feature a 500-room Omni resort, retail village, parks, and two championship golf courses, called the East Course and West Course....

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Dallas College Restructure Focuses on Collaborative Partnerships for the Future of Higher Ed
“Our students don’t really want to enroll in college, they want to enroll in a job," Dr. Joe May of Dallas College said. Here are takeaways from a discussion on the college's restructure and its renovation plans spurred by a billion-dollar bond fund.
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Recent Success Should Carry Dallas-Fort Worth Forward
by | Aug 25, 2020
Years of steady economic success and our region's brand as a great location have provided much-needed momentum for 2020, writes Mike Rosa, who leads economic development for the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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North Texas Leaders Highlight Higher Education’s Key Role in State’s Economic Recovery
by | Aug 19, 2020
During the Dallas Regional Chamber's State of Higher Education event, leaders discussed how colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to help Texas respond to the pandemic and revitalize its economy.
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Alliance Center North 7: Spec Industrial, E-Commerce Space Touts Worker Amenities—and Green Space

by | Aug 5, 2020
"It’s almost like an office building inside of a warehouse,” says Hillwood's Tony Creme. But what really sets the project apart is its adjacency to Alliance Park, a 165-acre green space that includes soccer fields, baseball fields, walking and biking trails, and other outdoor amenities.
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5 Ways UT Southwestern Medical Center Is Fighting COVID
by | Aug 4, 2020
Virus researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have amped up their lab and data work to fight and defeat COVID-19. Here are key takeaways from UTSW's Claire Aldridge, who herself has battled the virus and fully recovered.
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PSA Management Founder Patrick Aliu on the Firm’s Projects with DFW International Airport, DART, and Others
by | Aug 3, 2020
Since expanding to the Dallas market in 2000, PSA Management has gone on to manage projects across the country and launch a scholarship foundation with Dallas College.
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Q+A: RSM’s Ty Beasley on How Company Culture May Look Post-Pandemic
by | Jul 30, 2020
Beasley thinks the future of work includes making the office an optional workplace, along with working from home or anywhere else.
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Three Dallas-Headquartered Companies Make Deloitte and Wall Street Journal’s Best Managed Companies List

by | Jul 14, 2020
Associa, The Beck Group, and Topgolf are among the 27 companies on the inaugural list.
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Congressman Colin Allred Discusses $1.5T in Potential Infrastructure Funding and COVID-19 Relief Package
by | Jul 13, 2020
“We all recognize that this is not a want-to, this is a need-to,” said Allred on the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion package recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to modernize U.S. infrastructure.
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CBRE Uses its Return-to-Work Playbook to Help Dallas ISD Safely Reopen
by | Jul 9, 2020
CBRE's roadmap for returning to the workplace has already allowed DISD to reopen its 16-story central administration building—occupied entirely by the district—to 25% capacity last month.
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A Safe Return to the Workplace: DFW Business Leaders Share Insights on ‘Reboarding’
Regular communication, technology, and health screening will all come into play as the region continues reopening physical workspaces.
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Facility Planning Expert: Disinfectant Tech Is Going Mainstream to Limit Spread of Infectious Disease

Advanced technologies—used for decades in healthcare facilities and labs—could become ubiquitous in office, restaurant, and retail spaces, as well as public spaces like sports arenas. Businesses can consider multi-layered solutions—such as combining masks and social distancing with modern tech—to create safer and more resilient workplaces, says Broaddus exec Scot Sanders.
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‘It’s Important to Not React Too Soon’: 3 Keys for Avoiding a Radical Post-COVID Return to the Office
by | Jun 11, 2020
Interior innovator Jo Staffelbach Heinz offers a different perspective on how to approach life in the post-pandemic office space as employees return to the workplace.
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Chart Shows Rapid In-Office Spread of COVID: Health, Business Leaders Discuss Safest Return-to-Work Strategies
by | Jun 4, 2020
“This is a marathon, not a sprint,” UTSW's Dr. James Cutrell said. “Six months from now, no one is going to say, ‘I really missed that 50-person (in-person) meeting.’”
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Plans for Dallas’ Newest Entertainment District Pushed to 2023
Dallas entertainment developer Ray Washburne shares his plans to turn the former Dallas Morning News building and Texas Cable News broadcasting studios into a vibrant entertainment corridor.
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