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CrossFit Games video in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
Ring That Kettlebell: 2024 CrossFit Games Are Coming to Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley | Sep 21, 2023
Carlo Capua, chief of strategy and innovation for the city of Fort Worth—and an avid CrossFitter—tells Dallas Innovates how the city snagged the annual world championship event; how it could help build Fort Worth's global footprint; and how this annual "fitness Woodstock" could boost the city's chance to attract multiple professional sports teams.
by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2023
Investor and tech pioneer Steve Case, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, made this call to action yesterday while visiting North Texas at Dallas Startup Week in Frisco. The pandemic "created an opening that's a unique, maybe even once-in-a-lifetime, kind of opportunity," he added.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 18, 2023
Veteran executive Gil Gibson has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of Fort Worth-based Clarus, North America’s largest manufacturer of glass whiteboards and dry-erase products....
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 4, 2023
A retired BNSF executive has been appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
Fort Worth resident Roger Nober’s term is set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027.
Nober is a retired executive vice president of BNSF Railway and is a principal at Salten Point Consulting....
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Fort Worth’s Simpli.fi Launches ZTV for Audience-Targeted CTV Advertising
by Lance Murray | Jul 19, 2023
Connected TV—or CTV—advertising refers to video ads that are delivered via a streaming service during a viewer's movie, television show, or other video content, and then watched on an actual TV set.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 13, 2023
$2.3 billion in real estate projects are in the pipeline or currently under construction in Fort Worth, said Todd Burnette, Managing Director at JLL, drawing parallels to Austin in the Wall Street Journal.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 11, 2023
Through a long-term agreement with General Motors, MP Materials is bringing its MP Magnets division to AllianceTexas in Fort Worth. The company is building a new, 200,000-square-foot rare earth magnetics and materials manufacturing facility which will "re-shore" critical components for America's EV batteries, robots, drones, defense systems, and other tech.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 10, 2023
According to WFAA, the city of Fort Worth and its police department plan to install the sensors atop utility poles in an attempt to help fight crime. When a gunshot is detected, the devices will help other cameras and license-plate readers face in the direction of the shot.
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Scene from an earlier Mark Cuban Foundation AI bootcamp. [Photo: Mark Cuban Foundation]
Elevate Credit’s Fort Worth HQ to Host Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp
by Lance Murray | Jun 28, 2023
The program at Elevate’s headquarters in Fort Worth will be offered to underserved high school students at no cost and will introduce them to basic AI concepts and skills. The camp will help prepare and encourage students to succeed in STEM fields at the college level and beyond. At the bootcamp, students will actually build their own AI apps—so we'll stay tuned in case the next ChatGPT gets cooked up.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jun 28, 2023
Organic chemist Lynne Faust is a master at helping companies accelerate drug development at STA Pharmaceuticals, a top-tier contract research and development manufacturer. A move to Weatherford, 25 miles west of Fort Worth, didn't just catalyze her career—it also spurred on her long-time passion for competitive horseback riding, making her life a unique mix of test tubes and trotting.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 27, 2023
The Crescent Hotel in the Fort Worth Cultural District embraces the concept of being the "living room" for Fort Worth, providing a social center where residents, visitors, and locals can come together. Guests will encounter curated artworks from local and international artists throughout the hotel.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 15, 2023
Si Tapas, Ildefonso Jimenez’s charming outpost of Spain in Uptown Dallas, is bringing its long list of tempting small plates—from pan-fried blood sausage to cod croquettes to a life-giving garlic soup—to Fort Worth's five-block "urban village," Crockett Row.
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Welcome to Fort Worth, Texas. [Image: Ginae McDonald/Shutterstock]
Census Says: Fort Worth Had America’s Largest Population Increase in 2022
by David Seeley | Jun 5, 2023
The Panther City is pulling in the peeps. And Texas is the only state in the country that had more than three cities on both the 15 fastest-growing large cities and towns by numeric change and by percent change lists, per a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
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by Lance Murray |
May 23, 2023
SmartAction, a Fort Worth-based AI platform provider specializing in advanced Intelligent Virtual Agents and conversational AI solutions, has closed a new round of funding that brings the current strategic growth capital amount to $38 million....
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by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2023
The Fort Worth Local Development Corp. approved $500,000 over two years to create the Fort Worth Entrepreneurship Center. The center will be operated by The DEC Network in the city's Near Southside neighborhood, according to the Fort Worth Report.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
According to the latest WalletHub list, Fort Worth ranks as the No. 1 city to start a business in the state of Texas, leading a strong showing of five Dallas-Fort Worth cities among the top 100 best places to start a business in the nation....
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