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Rip Mason, chief executive officer of Ag Resource Management

Ag Resource Management Announces New Chief Executive Officer

by | Dec 6, 2022

Fort Worth-based Ag Resource Management, one of the nation’s top providers of agricultural lending and crop insurance, announced that Rip Mason has been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Mason is a veteran leader of successful private equity ventures in a variety of industries. He has served on ARM’s board since August 2019 and recently was named vice chairman, a position he will maintain, the company said....

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Glowing Example: Pioneer Tower Restoration in Fort Worth Earns Preservation Award
by | Dec 5, 2022
After going dark for decades, Pioneer Tower glowed once again following the 2019 completion of a $4.7 million city of Fort Worth refurbishment project. In a 21st century twist, the tower got programmable LED lighting to mark holidays and special events. Now the restoration has earned Historic Fort Worth’s 2022 Preservation Project Award.
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Construction Firms Named for $30M Fort Worth Convention Center Phase One Expansion
by | Dec 2, 2022
North Texas construction firms AECOM Hunt, Byrne Construction Services, and EJ Smith are about to make their mark on downtown Fort Worth. The city of Fort Worth has selected the three firms to manage "the full scope" of phase one of a major expansion of the Fort Worth Convention Center—with a budget of up to $30 million.
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GKN Aerospace to Move North America Additive Manufacturing Center to Fort Worth
by | Nov 29, 2022

GKN Aerospace, which has its U.S. headquarters in Irving, will relocate its North America additive manufacturing center of excellence to the Lone Star Commerce Center in Fort Worth....

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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker after powering up bitcoin mining machines in City Hall on April 26, 2022. [Photo: City of Fort Worth]

Fort Worth’s City Hall Bitcoin Mine Went Viral—and Companies Nationwide Have Taken Notice

by | Nov 2, 2022
In April, Mayor Mattie Parker turned on three Bitcoin mining machines in Fort Worth City Hall. Since then, the six-month pilot has netted the city $1,019.31. But the real payoff came when the story swept the country—and companies in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey took interest. “We tallied nearly 753 million media impressions from this project, which has now branded our city as innovative on a global scale," says Carlo Capua, the city's chief of strategy and innovation.
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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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Asana Partners Acquires Fort Worth’s Foundry District from M2G Ventures
by | Sep 26, 2022
Asana Partners shares M2G Venture's vision for innovative adaptive reuse projects, the developer says, making it "the ideal ownership group to continue the Foundry’s trajectory as a North Texas icon."
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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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Fort Worth City Manager David Cooke

The Last Word: Fort Worth City Manager David Cooke on Hiring a New Chief of Strategy and Innovation

by | Aug 31, 2022
"I'm keen on challenging why and how we do things," Cooke says. He proved it recently by asking Carlo Capua to take on the new role of Chief of Strategy and Innovation for the City of Fort Worth. Capua—who had previously been deputy chief of staff in the city's Mayor and Council Office—has a diverse background that Cooke believes suits him for this role
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Fort Worth: The Frontier of Innovation
by | Aug 23, 2022
Entrepreneurs and industry leaders benefit from the city's business-friendly approach.
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Soccer Meets Ping Pong on Funky Town’s New Teqball Tables 
by | Aug 20, 2022
Move over, pickleball. There's a new game in town. And it's got Olympic aspirations.
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Developers Look South: Onu Ventures Plans New 12‑Acre Project in Southern Dallas
by | Jul 18, 2022
Onu Ventures' residential and retail development at the intersection of I-20 and I-45 will include a grocery store and amenities centered around green space to create community.

The Onu Ventures project adds to other developments looking to build in the southern part of the city. Last month, Hoque Global announced its 270-acre University Hills development located next to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.
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Members of the JukeStrat team, from left to right, top row first: David M. M. Taffet, Christie Zwahlen, Anthony Naglieri, Indy Li, Seth Weiss, and Amardip Minhas. [Photos: JukeStrat]

Fort Worth’s JukeStrat Launches First Firm, Aims to Develop Thought Leaders

by | Jul 7, 2022
JukeStrat, a Fort Worth-based venture studio and consulting firm, has launched The Fossicker Group—a research firm focused on building business leaders into thought leaders in their fields. The goal: Help leaders build stories around insights that will help “move the needle” on a company’s business objectives and shape the direction of an industry.

“There are lots of people who are good at analyzing data, but when it comes to taking that data, extracting insights from it, and building a story around it, that's what we do best,” Co-Founder Christie Zwahlen told Dallas Innovates.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker: Fort Worth Lands Top Fishing Brand’s First Brick‑and-Mortar Store
by | Jun 16, 2022
The first-ever outpost of Karl's Fishing & Outdoors aims to hook you with Mystery Tackle Boxes, interactive "bait tech" experiences that play for each lure you grab off the wall, and a 40-foot "Bassmobile" parked outside today through Sunday. Karl's "promises to deliver an experience that hasn’t been seen in the outdoor category," says the retail experience director for its parent company, Catch Co.
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With $16.5M in New Funding, Fort Worth’s Nacuity Aims to Treat ‘Serious Blinding and Chronic Diseases’
by | Jun 15, 2022
Nacuity Pharmaceuticals focuses on ocular diseases caused by oxidative stress in the retina, including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy. The $16.5M funding, led by the Foundation Fighting Blindness, will help advance two Nacuity clinical trials. “This funding will help further our mission to develop a breakthrough treatment for retinitis pigmentosa and other serious blinding and chronic diseases," said Nacuity Chairman, CEO, and Co-founder Halden Conner.
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Molson Coors Breaks Ground on $65M Hard Seltzer Packing Plant at Fort Worth Brewery
by | Jun 8, 2022
Ever since the 2019 "summer of seltzer," the hard seltzer category has exploded, with endless varieties, brands, and flavors cramming store aisles coast to coast.

Despite some dips in the segment last year, Molson Coors is betting the hard seltzer trend will continue—and its new $65 million, 200,000-SF Fort Worth facility has one key goal: using a "state-of-the-art variety pack system" to repack up to 1.5 million barrels of varied flavors annually.
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