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Twenty-three (23) restaurants in greater Tarrant County are participating in the 2022 DFW Restaurant Week, which officially takes place August 8-14, with optional extension lasting until September 4. This year marks the 25th anniversary of DFW Restaurant Week, which is North Texas’ largest annual culinary event and the second longest-running restaurant week in the U.S. (behind New York City). For each meal purchased at a Tarrant-area participating restaurant, 20 percent will be donated back to Fort
The CoBuilders, a tech company in Fort Worth, Texas, has launched the world's first house cleaning delivery app to make house cleaning easy and convenient for homeowners, house renters, business owners, working parents, and everyone else.The CoBuilders house cleaning delivery app works like Uber or Lyft for ride delivery or DoorDash for food delivery. Consumers only need to install the app, create an account, fill in the necessary information about their cleaning needs, and immediately connect to a house
Why Work with Us? A Clear Mission Roots in the Community. A Focus on Outcomes. We connect health and social care. Dan Brillman and Taylor Justice founded Unite Us in 2013 to serve veterans, and Unite Us has since grown into a national movement in communities in over 46 states to connect everyone to the care they need. Our end-to-end solution tracks actual service delivery outcomes—100% of the time. From identifying and predicting needs to enrolling individuals in services, Unite Us provides the meaningful
FORT WORTH - July 19, 2022 – Freese and Nichols, Inc., has hired Julie Huerta, PE, who specializes in water quality and regulatory compliance, to direct our program assisting clients in meeting new drinking water standards under the federal Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. Huerta has 15 years of experience in the engineering field, including 12 years supporting public water systems in regulatory compliance. She spent a decade helping protect and optimize safe drinking water for Houston, the fourth-largest
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD), the oldest co-ed college-preparatory school in Fort Worth, has broken ground on what many refer to as its most significant athletics improvement project in the school’s 59-year history. Slated for completion in the fall of 2022, the $3.5 million project includes excavating one of its two field hockey fields, Rosacker Stadium field, and Barrett Havran Track, and superseding them with international-caliber surfaces and technologies rivaled by no other school in North
FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY CLASS OF 2022 EARNS RECORD-BREAKING $14.2 MILLION IN MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS ACROSS 135 UNIVERSITIES85 percent of FWCD’s senior class received scholarships, three will attend Ivy League colleges, three will become collegiate athletes, and 100 percent will attend college in the fall of 2022FORT WORTH, Texas (May 31, 2022) – Fort Worth Country Day’s (FWCD) Class of 2022 has earned a record-breaking $14.2 million in merit-based scholarships, awarded to 85 percent of its 93 graduating
Medical City Fort Worth received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes Medical City Fort Worth’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital. Medical City Fort Worth was the only hospital in Fort Worth to receive an “A” rating for spring 2022. “We are extremely proud of our record on patient safety and quality,” says Medical City Fort Worth CEO Ben Coogan. “This superior rating reinforces why Medical City Fort
SPEED FAB-CRETE BREAKS GROUND ON NEW 23,105-SQUARE-FOOT REMEMBRANCE CENTER FOR GREENWOOD FUNERAL HOME IN FORT WORTHFORT WORTH, Texas (May 4, 2022) – Fort Worth-based general contractor Speed Fab-Crete has broken ground on a new 23,105-square-foot Remembrance Center at Greenwood Funeral Home, located at 3355 White Settlement Road near downtown Fort Worth. Slated for completion in June 2023, the one-story facility is being built just east of Greenwood’s iconic statue of four bronze horses and gateway to its
Personal injury verdict reported as largest in Grayson County history SHERMAN, Texas – Accomplished Texas personal injury attorney Jason B. Stephens of Fort Worth-based Stephens Law won a $15.6 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a plumber who was killed when a metal flagpole he was attempting to move touched an overhead electric line. Mr. Stephens represented the family of Kiley Russell in the three-day trial heard in the 59th District Court in Sherman, Texas. Jurors deliberated for one
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Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD), the oldest co-ed college-preparatory school in Fort Worth, has appointed Peggy Wakeland as the next leader of its Bass Upper School, effective immediately.Wakeland has played an integral role at FWCD’s Upper School for more than 28 years. Originally hired as an Upper School math teacher in 1994, she was promoted to Assistant Head of Upper School in 1997 and held that role until nine months ago when she began her tenure as interim Head of Upper School. Now, as FWCD’s new head
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, is set to headline the 2022 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo, taking place at the Fort Worth Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth on March 25-27, 2022. Hosted annually by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), the event is the largest cattle and ranching industry event in the Southwest, with more than 4,000 attendees expected. Open-to-the-public, tickets and more information can be found at https://cattleraisersconvention.com/.
FORT WORTH, Texas – March 17, 2022 – Freese and Nichols, Inc., mourns the loss of Lee Freese, a pioneering water supply pipeline/pump station engineer, extraordinary mentor and youngest son of our firm’s namesake Simon W. Freese. We also celebrate the indelible contributions Lee made during more than 60 years of service to our company and community. Lee died March 15 at age 86 in Fort Worth. He is survived by Dana, his wife of 18 years; children Elizabeth, Robert and John; two stepchildren; and two
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) senior Joaquin Castro-Balbi has been named a candidate in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating U.S. high school seniors. Castro-Balbi is one of only two students from Fort Worth selected for candidacy out of the 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2022.Castro-Balbi is the 10th senior from FWCD to be recognized as a U.S. Presidential Scholars Candidate since 2000. In addition to being
FORT WORTH, Texas (October 25, 2021) – Twelve (12) seniors at Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, including three National Merit Semifinalists and nine National Merit Commended Students. In addition, 17 FWCD juniors and seniors have been honored by College Board National Recognition Programs.National Merit Semifinalists at Fort Worth Country Day are Joaquin Castro-Balbi, Izzy Gutierrez, and Michelle Pham. These students scored in the top 1% of
FORT WORTH, Texas – Aug. 16, 2021 – Alfred Vidaurri Jr., a Freese and Nichols, Inc., Vice President/Principal, is the new president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Vidaurri is the first Latino president in the organization’s history. NCARB supports the 55 U.S. architectural licensing boards in their mission to protect public health, safety and welfare.“I am honored to be the first Latino president in this organization’s 102-year history,” Vidaurri said after being
