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RTC Approves Nearly $60M in Federal Funding for North Texas Bicycle-Pedestrian Projects
by Lance Murray | 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.
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 Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2024
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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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2024
The A&M system said the donation builds on the support of a growing list of public and private partners—and places Texas A&M-Fort Worth in position to be a major hub for education, research, and innovation for years to come.
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Tarrant County Homeless Coalition Gets $2.5M Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant
by Lance Murray | Nov 27, 2023
The Homeless Coalition said it plans to use the grant to enhance services available to families experiencing homelessness with increased efforts to end homelessness quickly through diversion, housing location, and additional supports to help families return to self-sufficiency.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 1, 2023
Tarleton State University received the go-ahead for a new biotechnology institute as part of Texas A&M-Fort Worth’s burgeoning downtown research campus.
Approved in mid-August by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, the biotech institute is situated in one of the nation’s fastest-growing life sciences hubs....
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 8, 2023
CSI, known for its groundbreaking Intellidact platform, delivers data automation, redaction, and indexing for courts and legal professionals.
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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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HSC’s Sparkyard Amps Up Support for Fort Worth Entrepreneurs with Innovative Features and Inclusive Approach
by Lance Murray | Jun 7, 2023
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Sparkyard platform recently completed an online economic dashboard of Tarrant County entrepreneurial activity and two other website updates funded by a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant.
Sparkyard is a free, one-stop collaborative platform for entrepreneurs. The other updates included an enhanced interactive growth circuit showing users what phase they are in and a translation of Sparkyard into Vietnamese, which is the third-most spoken language in Tarrant County....
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by Lance Murray |
May 5, 2023
The authority oversees development and conservation of surface water resources of the Trinity River Basin.
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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2023
On the same day the Frisco City Council approved zoning for a Universal Theme Park in Frisco, news of another theme park featuring a kid-friendly pig hit North Texas like a cute pink shock wave. Merlin Entertainments, whose brands brands include LEGOLAND, Madame Tussauds, and SEA LIFE Aquariums, is bringing America's second Peppa Pig theme park to Tarrant County's North Richland Hills.
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UNT Health Science Center Gets $2M from Tarrant County to Boost Emerging Tech Companies
by David Seeley | Dec 14, 2022
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth has received a $2 million grant from Tarrant County to help emerging tech startups successfully apply for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding.
"It’s about creating entrepreneurial excellence in Tarrant County,” says Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks. “This puts us at the forefront of innovation in bringing tech industries to Tarrant County as an economic development tool.”
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 15, 2022
The inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator is kicking off with 10 startups who come from all over the map—from Dallas to cities across the U.S. as well as Canada, Switzerland, and Germany. They'll be taking up residence in Fort Worth for an "intensive" 13-week mentorship program that makes each eligible for $120,000 in seed funding from the UNT Health Science Center and Goff Capital.
“We believe that Fort Worth can become the physical health innovation capital of the world, and this is an incredible next step to making that vision a reality,” says Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of UNT HSC.
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 19, 2022
The University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth wants to help launch the next batch of big ideas to shape the future of the industry.
Its Innovation Challenge accelerator program is open to members of HSC and to providers, employees, and residents within Fort Worth’s JPS Health Network. But hurry, applications are due May 30.
Its Innovation Challenge accelerator program is open to members of HSC and to providers, employees, and residents within Fort Worth’s JPS Health Network. But hurry, applications are due May 30.
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![The Techstar team briefed the Fort Worth City Council on the new accelerator program Tuesday. [Courtesy photo]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Techstars_announcement-360x203.jpg)
by Kevin Cummings |
May 3, 2022
The Techstars Physical Health accelerator has an application deadline of May 11 for its 13-week program this fall, where 10 companies will be eligible to receive up to $120,000 in seed funding capital from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Goff Capital, in addition to mentorship and programming.
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![The South Island giant moa towered over New Zealand's forests for millions of years before becoming extinct within a century of Polynesian settlement around 1400 CE. Colossal Biosciences plans to resurrect the 500-pound birds using ancient DNA extracted from cave deposits and artificial egg technology. [Source image: Colossal Biosciences]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Colossal-Moa.jpg)
