Denton County

RTC Approves Nearly $60M in Federal Funding for North Texas Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects

by | 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.
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$80M Federal Grant Fuels Launch of Hillwood’s AllianceTexas Smart Port, a ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Project
The $262M public-private initiative—a partnership of Hillwood, TxDOT, NCTCOG, the City of Fort Worth, and the City of Haslet—aims to transform logistics with real-time tracking.
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Brazil’s Embraer To Invest up to $70M in New Regional Jet Facility at Fort Worth’s Perot Field
by | Oct 16, 2024
The company said it expects to begin operations in an existing hangar next year while building a second hangar that should be finished by 2027 to support its growing fleet of regional E-Jets.
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‘Texodus’: What’s Behind the Trend of Californians Moving to North Texas
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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UWorld Cares Grant Deadline Looms: Nonprofits Can Apply Now to Support Education in Dallas

by | 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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The Home Depot to Supply 8% of Its Power Needs from Denton County Solar and Storage Project
by | Dec 1, 2022
Nearly 8% of The Home Depot's total electricity usage is going to be based on renewable energy from a project right here in North Texas. The Atlanta-based home improvement giant announced that it has purchased 100 MW of solar energy from National Grid Renewables' Noble solar and storage project in Denton County. The solar farm is NGR's largest solar energy project to date, and its first utility-scale energy storage project, The Home Depot says.
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Freakonomics Radio Asks ‘Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?’
by | 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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Ariat International is Bringing a 1M SF Distribution Center and Diverse New Jobs to Fort Worth
by | Sep 21, 2020
After a yearlong search, Ariat is settling into a new regional distribution center to better serve its Southwest customers. The performance footwear and apparel brand is known for reimagining the boot for modern riders, ranchers, and farmers—so Cowtown, named after the cattle ranching industry, was an obvious choice.
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Robotics Contest Getting a Reboot for Denton Students

by | Jun 27, 2018
DC BEST's main goal is to motivate Denton County middle and high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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Kubota Tractor Buys 318 Acres in Ponder to Test, Show Off its Equipment
by | Jun 12, 2018
Kubota Ranch will be roughly 30 miles northwest of the company's North American headquarters in Grapevine.
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Farmer Brothers Brews Business Success at New North Texas Home
by | May 25, 2018
The daily grind at Farmer Brothers new facility in Northlake goes beyond satisfaction in a job well done — you can actually taste it one sip at a time.
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UNT Receives $1.6M Grant for High School Career Connect
by | Nov 21, 2017
The grant funds the first three years of the program and provides students with career development resources.U
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Farmer Brothers

Farmer Brothers Brews
Beautiful New HQ in Northlake

by | Mar 10, 2017
INNOVATIVE SPACES | The building in the Denton County town creates a coffee house feel in a modern headquarters, production, and distribution facility.
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