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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Irving-Based Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Pilots New Hospitality-Driven ‘Fuzzy’s Tacos & Margs’ Model in Sugar Land
by | Jun 13, 2025
The Sugar Land restaurant is a departure from other locations. Unlike traditional Fuzzy’s locations where guests order at the counter and collect their food at a pickup window, the Sugar Land restaurant will offer tableside service.
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Oil & Gas Asset Management Co. Valor Names New CFO
by | Jun 12, 2025
Veteran executive Luke Hawkins brings more than 15 years of extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, with a proven track record of financial leadership, capital raising, and business development, Fort Worth-based Valor said.
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Simpli.fi Names Former Cision CEO as Its New Chief Executive
by | Jun 12, 2025
Cali Tran brings extensive experience and a deep understanding of the media, advertising, and digital marketing landscapes to Simpli.fi, the Fort Worth advertising software provider said. He succeeds founder and CEO Frost Prioleau, who will become executive chairman.
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WareSpace Expands Across DFW to Help Small Businesses Scale

by | May 14, 2025
Maryland-based WareSpace said the expansion reflects strong demand from small businesses who need warehouse and industrial workspaces to operate and scale, something it says the North Texas market is "currently lacking."
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Fort Worth’s TPG To Acquire Ohio’s Peppertree Capital Management in Deal Worth Up to $660M
by | May 7, 2025
Peppertree has made more than 175 investments via 10 flagship funds, supporting the construction and acquisition of more than 10,000 wireless communication infrastructure assets as a preferred capital source to developers, TPG said.
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TechFW Names Consultant and Strategist as Its New Managing Director
by | May 6, 2025
TechFW called Caitlin McMinn a "results-driven executive" with a successful record in sales enablement, operations, and strategic growth.
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Fort Worth’s TPG, Golfer Rory McIlroy Take Big Swing Into Sports Investing
by | May 2, 2025
Career Grand Slam golfer Rory McIlroy and his business partner, Sean O'Flaherty, will serve as operating partners for the newly launched TPG Sports strategy, contributing to sourcing investments and value creation across the portfolio.
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Fort Worth’s Buxton Acquires Audiense Consumer Intelligence Platform

by | Mar 19, 2025
Buxton said the acquisition—its second in two years—further accelerates its mission to deliver deep consumer insights and help drive meaningful connections between brands and their consumers.
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Siemens Opens $190M Fort Worth Manufacturing Hub to Build Equipment Powering America’s AI/Data Center Infrastructure
by | Mar 6, 2025
Creating 800 new jobs, the facility will manufacture electrical equipment such as low-voltage switchboards for the booming data center market.
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Fort Worth Medical Students Bridge Healthcare Gaps for the Unhoused
by | Feb 15, 2025

Often cities can have a gap between healthcare opportunities and its unhoused population.

In Fort Worth a group of medical students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping to bridge that gap via the Street Medicine Student Coalition....

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The Last Word: On the Future of Aerospace in North Texas
Fort Worth has taken off like a rocket in population growth (it had the largest numeric population gain of any city in America in 2022). Now there's speculation that actual real-life rockets could be launched into space from near the Panther City, according to a 2025 Tarrant County Commercial Real Estate Forecast discussion between Corriente Advisors CEO Mark Hart and Robert Allen, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership.
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The Last Word: On a Historic Fort Worth Fire Station Becoming Part of a New Hotel (Fire Pole Included)

by | Jan 22, 2025
Since 2013, Dallas-based Bedford Lodging has built hotels across the U.S. that look like, well, hotels—including The Hoffman Hotel in Basalt, Colorado, an AC Marriott in Santa Rosa, California, and a Fairfield Inn & Suites in El Paso, among numerous others. But one being built now in Fort Worth is the first to feature a fire pole.
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In U.S. Milestone, MP Materials Begins Producing Rare-Earth Magnets at Fort Worth Facility
by | Jan 22, 2025
Las Vegas-based MP Materials said the achievements at its Fort Worth facility bring the U.S. closer to reestablishing "a fully integrated, domestic supply chain for these critical components for the first time in decades." A key MP customer: General Motors and its electric vehicles.
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Tarleton State Introducing Bachelor, Master of Science Degrees in AI, Machine Learning
by | Jan 18, 2025
Initial courses will be available for first- and second-year students starting January and will open to junior- and senior-level students beginning in the fall.
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Virginia-Based Torc Robotics To Open Autonomous Truck Hub in Fort Worth
by | Jan 8, 2025
Torc said its new facility in Hillwood’s AllianceTexas development will be a hub for its autonomous testing efforts, customer freight pilots, and future commercialization slated for 2027.
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