Keep Irving Beautiful Earns Keep America Beautiful’s President’s Circle Award Recognition
Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, has presented Keep Irving Beautiful (KIB) with its 2020 President’s Circle Award. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance by certified affiliates of Keep America Beautiful in creating clean, green, and beautiful communities. In qualifying for the President’s Circle Award, KIB has met Keep America […]
Inclusiveness is a Priority at this Redesigned Irving Park
A revamped park in Irving has been redesigned for children of varying needs and abilities. West Park, 530 Davis Dr., features swings with safety harnesses, a handicap-accessible playhouse and a quiet grove designed with autistic children in mind. The design is in line with a 2019 parks plan in which Irving emphasized inclusiveness for playgrounds. […]
Business Equipment Firm Lands at DFW Airport with Shipping Hub
Another major tenant is eyeing a new distribution hub near DFW International Airport. Pitney Bowes, the century-old business equipment firm, is planning a large shipping hub just north of the airport. Pitney Bowes plans to lease almost 200,000 square feet of industrial space on the east side of the airport at Bush Turnpike at Belt […]
Paula Ramos Joins Kimberly-Clark As Chief Strategy Officer
Shortly after announcing its first chief R&D officer, Kimberly-Clark has named Paula Ramos its new chief strategy officer. Effective March 15, Ramos will lead the company’s global enterprise strategy. She was most recently a partner at McKinsey, where she worked with a range of large consumer goods companies. She also led its global consumer health […]
State Bank of Texas to Build New Headquarters in Las Colinas
State Bank of Texas (SBT)—a $1-billion asset full-service commercial bank currently headquartered in Dallas, TX—announced today that it has finalized plans to build a new headquarters building in the Las Colinas Urban Center. Construction on the new headquarters should commence by the end of 2021 and is expected to be completed mid-2023. The building project […]
$50 Billion for Small Business as Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion Stimulus
Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a massive $1.9 trillion relief bill, extending unemployment benefits through September 6, dispatching $1,400 checks for many Americans, and greenlighting $50 billion in new small-business aid. The House passed the measure in a vote of 220 to 211, with no Republicans voting to approve. President Joe Biden is expected to sign […]
Irving-Based Avocados From Mexico Make Fast Company’s Top 50 World’s Most Innovative
A number of Dallas-Fort Worth-based entrepreneurs and their companies have made Fast Company’s newly released 2021 World’s Most Innovative Companies. But two local companies topped the list, finding their way into the top 50: Get Shift Done and Avocados From Mexico. For Fast Company’s 14th annual rendition of the innovative rankings, the business publication honored […]
MainStage Irving-Las Colinas Kicks Off New Season With Dark Comedy
A repairman falls in love with a washing machine. A friendship nearly fails over a gift gone unappreciated. Two women preparing a funeral breakfast in a church basement ponder life, death and the meaning of Polish jokes. These are among the comedic scenarios explored in Lives of the Saints: A Collection Six Short Plays by […]
On The Road Garage Opens First Location In Irving, Announces Apprenticeships And Online Technology-Forward Training
On the Road Garage, part of the On the Road Companies social enterprise that launched in Dallas in 2011, opened its first location at 1500 North Loop 12, Irving, Texas 75061 in June 2020 to provide high-quality collision and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) repair as well as technology-forward apprenticeships and online training. A second […]
Vizient Announces New Executive Vice President
Headquartered in Irving, Vizient, the nation’s leading healthcare performance improvement company, has named Simrit Sandhu as the company’s executive vice president of strategic transformation and clinical-supply solutions. Prior to joining Vizient, Sandhu spent 14 years with Cleveland Clinic where she served as its chief supply chain and support services officer. Her leadership allowed Cleveland Clinic […]
