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The Last Word: Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker On Film Becoming the City’s Next Great Industry
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 22, 2025
Fort Worth’s film industry has boomed with nearly $1 billion in impact, 50,000 jobs, and Taylor Sheridan's 101 Studios planning to move its HQ to the city, NBC DFW reports.
by David Seeley |
Jun 18, 2025
Fonroche Lighting is partnering with the city of Fort Worth to supply over 3,400 solar-powered streetlights in neighborhoods all across town. The project "will dramatically reduce environmental impact and operating costs while delivering consistent lighting 365 nights per year, even during power outages," the company said.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Dec 19, 2024
Taking the stage at Tannahills Tavern and Music Hall in Fort Worth were startups from as close as Southlake and Dallas and as far away as London and Nigeria. Their shared vision, Managing Director Trey Bowles said, was to "improve health outcomes and support a market opportunity that's global in scale."
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by David Seeley |
Dec 18, 2024
Two years after winning the U.S. Army’s biggest helicopter competition in 40 years—replacing the famed Black Hawk with a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft—Fort Worth-based Bell Textron announced a new factory in AllianceTexas will manufacture components for the next-gen tilt-rotor aircraft.
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Kentucky-Based Big Ass Fans Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Fort Worth
by Lance Murray | Aug 29, 2024
Big Ass Fans said it's hiring 100 employees to get the 210,000-SF Fort Worth facility up and running—a number the company anticipates will grow alongside the business.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 9, 2024
Thursday's topping out ceremony marked a key development in the $95 million Phase 1 expansion of the Fort Worth Convention Center, slated for completion in 2026. Up next: an even bigger Phase 2 expansion with an estimated price tag of $606 million.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 14, 2024
Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey also was elected vice chair for the 2024-2025 term, and Lewisville Councilmember Brandon Jones will assume the duties of secretary for the next year. The newly elected officers will serve in their positions through June 2025, guiding the region's transportation policies and initiatives.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 8, 2024
When Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were in their mid-20s, they set out to defy skeptics and fast-track a first-of-its-kind industrial airport in North Fort Worth. Today, AllianceTexas stands as a 27,000-acre global nexus fueled by that same trailblazing spirit—and public-private collaboration on a grand scale.
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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker congratulates Alec Jang, president of LG Electronics Business Solutions, on the grand opening of the company’s first U.S. EV charger factory on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Fort Worth. [Photo: Brandon Wade/LG Electronics USA]
The Last Word: LG’s Alec Jang on Empowering Clean Energy and Local Jobs with New EV Charger Facility in Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Jan 16, 2024
LG’s new 100,000-square-foot Fort Worth plant will have an annual capacity of 12,000 units, while operating with “100% green power,” the company said, adding that it will bring “dozens of new tech jobs” to North Texas—reinforcing LG’s commitment to the region as an innovation and manufacturing hub of the future.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 12, 2024
LG's 100,000-SF Fort Worth plant will begin assembling Level 2 EV chargers this month, with Level 3 chargers following this spring and ultra-fast chargers rolling out later this year. Fort Worth Chamber CEO Steve Montgomery called the opening "a prime example of our city’s commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology."
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Dec 13, 2023
The audience was spirited, cheering from their seats and giving each entrepreneur a standing ovation as they approached the stage. This was no “TED talk” … it was the Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth pitch and demo night—a showcase of innovation and demonstration of lessons learned in the accelerator. ...
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Nov 7, 2023
Two massive facilities will cover more ground than 48 football fields in Fort Worth. With 2.8 million square feet of space where thousands of drinks from energy shots to cold brews will be made, DrinkPAK is pouring opportunity into North Texas.
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Rendering of DFW Airport's forthcoming Terminal F [Image: DFW Airport]
DFW Airport Unveils Updated Renderings of Terminals C and F at ‘State of the Airport’ Event
by David Seeley | Oct 3, 2023
In a 2023 "State of the Airport" presentation, DFW Airport said it contributes an estimated $38 billion in direct and indirect payroll support, $24 billion in visitor spending, and about $5 billion in state and local tax revenue each year. The airport also unveiled new renderings of Terminal F and upgrades for Terminal C.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 12, 2023
EOSERA's new, almost 37,000-square-feet facility features custom-built manufacturing and office facilities. The new space meets its growth-fueled needs, the ear care products startup said. Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker was on hand for the ribbon-cutting.
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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 Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 21, 2023
Dignitaries dug in today at the groundbreaking for Texas A&M Fort Worth. Construction will begin with the $150 million Law & Education Building, part of a three-building urban research campus. Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp says the campus will be "a magnet for economic growth for the North Texas region.”
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
