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Nevada’s ITS Logistics To Open Transportation Center in Fort Worth

by | May 22, 2024
The center will be located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District and create roughly 300 jobs over the next three to four years, ITS said. It will be ITS Logistics’ second location in Fort Worth after its 1.1-million-square-foot distribution center, which opened last year.
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Fort Worth Approves $18M in Incentives for New E-Commerce Regional HQ and Distribution Center
by | Aug 22, 2023
Quite literally a "nuts and bolts" company, the 1901-founded McMaster-Carr sells over 700,000 tools, hardware, and industrial items to plants across the U.S. It plans to invest at least $360 million in a newly constructed regional HQ in North Fort Worth, creating 250 new jobs.
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The Last Word: Sinclair Digital’s Farukh Aslam on Snagging an Economic Development Agreement with Fort Worth
by | Apr 27, 2023
On Tuesday, the Fort Worth City Council approved an economic development agreement with Sinclair Digital, the smart buildings tech startup that brought The Sinclair—a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel called "the world's first all-digital hotel"—to downtown Fort Worth. Under the agreement, Sinclair Digital will launch a new corporate R&D and tech center in downtown Fort Worth. According to the Star-Telegram, city tax incentives will enable the hiring of 30 to 40 new employees over the next few months, with programmers included in the new positions.
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Fort Worth City Council Will Vote on $21.4 Million Tourism Contract to Boost Sporting Events and Film Production
by | Apr 10, 2023
The city said the five-year contract renews support for Visit Fort Worth’s mission to raise awareness via marketing and media exposure, and deliver economic impact by securing sports events and conventions. The Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to vote on the contract at its April 25 meeting.
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Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport Named a Top 20 U.S. Cargo Airport by the FAA

by | Oct 11, 2022
The airport moved up three spots to No. 20 in the FAA rankings. It landed more than 2.4 billion pounds of cargo in 2021, a volume increase of nearly 46% from the previous year.
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Fort Worth Pledges $15M to Advance the National Juneteenth Museum Project
by | Sep 16, 2022
Slated to be built in Fort Worth's Historic Southside neighborhood, the planned $70 million museum will get the city funding once the balance for the project has been raised. Designed by the New York office of Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group, the building will house the museum on its second level, with a business incubator, restaurant, 250-seat amphitheater, and storefronts at ground level. “Literally and figuratively, it was designed to be a beacon of light in an area that has been dark for a very long time,” says Jarred Howard, principal of the project's developer.
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‘Drumstick’ Creator Parker Products Breaks Ground on Plant
by | Dec 20, 2016
The company broke ground on its new 90,000- square-foot facility for confectionary fillings and grinds, candy coatings, liquid flavors, and pralines for foods and beverages.
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Fiber Startup Wants to Sew Up Facility Lease at Alliance
by | Dec 8, 2016
A deal with Pure Renewables could create as many as 370 new jobs by the end of 2017.
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