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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Lewisville-Based Caliber Auto Care and Its 33 Texas Locations Acquired by Arizona’s SunAuto
by | Jul 8, 2024

Mesa, Arizona-based Sun Auto Tire & Service has acquired 33 Caliber Auto Care locations throughout the state of Texas, including 16 in Dallas, building on its investment in Texas, the company announced in June.

Caliber is headquartered in Lewisville.

Sun Auto said the acquisition reinforces its dedication to excellence and its values-centered approach across its rapidly growing national footprint....

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Centurion American Triples Down on Pilot Point with Third Development, Total of 7,300+ Planned Homes
by | Jun 25, 2024
Bryson Ranch joins two other Centurion American developments in this Texas Main Street City in northeast Denton County, including Creekview and Mobberly Farms. Centurion American said it will offer a range of contemporary and classic home options in its newest announced development.
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Three DFW-based Nonprofits Awarded Texas Women for the Arts Grants

by | Jun 17, 2024
The local grant recipients include The Bishop Arts Theatre Center and Swan Strings in Dallas and the Thank You Darlin' Foundation in Fort Worth. They were among organizations that were awarded more than $319,000 in grants supporting arts education for children.
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Crown Laboratories Is Giving Skincare a Makeover and Replacing Hype With Hope
Dallas-based scientist Thomas Hitchcock, the mastermind behind Crown Laboratories' newest product called BIOJUVE, leverages a common skin microbe to optimize skin health. One local woman, after experiencing the products benefits firsthand in a clinical trial, says she "needs this in her life."

Hitchcock's innovative work harnessing the power of the skin microbiome has established a new category of skin therapeutics.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Adds 3 Lawyers to Intellectual Property Practice
by | May 17, 2024
Rhiannon D’Agostin and Adam Rehm have joined Norton Rose Fulbright as partners, and counsel Zack Cleary has joined the global law firm's IP practice as well.
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Artificial Intelligence, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy Working Together to Fight Chronic Pain
Based in Dallas, Cacti leverages technology from fellow DFW company Blackbox Bio to pioneer psychedelic-derived medicines without traditional side effects. This innovative effort, led by the husband-wife team of Kaitlin and David Roberson, includes AI-powered algorithms capable of automatically detecting psychedelic hallucinations in mice.
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The Last Word: WalletHub Analyst On Best Places to Start a Business in 2024

Fort Worth is the top city in Texas, and three other North Texas cities made the top tier.
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10 New Walmart Health Centers Coming to Dallas-Fort Worth in 2024
by | Apr 11, 2024
The services may vary by location, Walmart said, but include same-day primary care, dental, behavioral health, labs, X-ray, community health, and telehealth.
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Lincoln Plans One of Most Significant Dallas Mixed-Use Projects ‘Since The Crescent’ in Uptown Dallas
by | Mar 27, 2024
Lincoln Property Company is poised to launch a landmark development in the heart of Uptown Dallas. The four-acre project will merge premier office space, luxury living, high-end retail, a five-star hotel, and green space.
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From Gridiron to Groundbreaking: How Two High School Football Teammates Are Tackling Affordable Housing in Dallas
In this continuing series on real estate development in Southern Dallas, we introduce you to real estate professionals who are part of Innovan Neighborhood's Community Developers Roundtable. They’re working to bring new life to long-neglected parts of Dallas.   

The New Dallas Landscape, Part 4: Meet Kwame Ellis and Khalid Shabazz, founders of Titan and Associates. 
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BBG Appoints SoFi Technologies’ Exec as New Chief Revenue Officer

by | Feb 23, 2024

Dallas-based BBG has appointed financial services industry veteran Barrett Scruggs to the new position of chief revenue officer at the independent commercial real estate services firm and the industry’s first bundled service provider.

“Barrett’s impressive background, leadership experience, and proven track record in driving revenue growth and leading operations for major global companies will serve as a tremendous asset for the next phase of our expanding leadership position....

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Three North Texas Cities Make the Top 5 in FT’s List of Best Cities for Foreign Businesses
by | Feb 6, 2024
The Financial Times ranked Plano, Irving, and Dallas in the top five of its list of best cities for foreign business. Fort Worth and Arlington made the top 20 in the comprehensive evaluation of cities across the U.S., based on everything from workforce and talent to openness, investment trends, and more.
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Report: Five North Texas Cities Are Among Top 20 ‘Hardest Working’ in the U.S.
by | Feb 5, 2024
Carrollton, Frisco, Irving, Dallas, and McKinney all have their noses to the grindstone, according to CoworkingCafe's evaluation of where U.S. residents work the hardest.
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