Irving Library Launching Makerspaces at Two Branches This Spring
Irving Public Libraries has announced plans to transform two digital media labs into hands-on makerspaces, complete with 3d printers, laser etchers and sewing machines. Called MiY (Make It Yourself) Zones, the makerspaces are planned to debut this spring at Valley Ranch and South Irving libraries. The spaces will allow patrons to learn new job skills, […]
Irving-Based Pieces Acquires Local Data Company to Continue Creating Healthier Communities
Irving-based Pieces, a healthcare AI company that addresses clinical and social determinants of health, has acquired fellow Dallas-based company Bowtie Business Intelligence, a data management and intelligent company that connects organizations to nearly any data source. Pieces aims to help organizations streamline clinician workflows and improve patient outcomes. Its technology, Pieces Predict and Pieces Connect, […]
Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Centers Open in Irving, Fort Worth
There are two new COVID-19 treatment centers to help North Texas patients who are sick, but don’t need hospitalization. The monoclonal antibody treatments are said to help people recover much faster. Monday, therapeutic infusion centers in Irving and Fort Worth began accepting patients. “I know dozens of people who have received this antibody therapeutic drug […]
California Logistics Firm Grows with Irving Office Space
A California-based shipping and logistics firm is making a major expansion in North Texas with a Las Colinas office lease. Pasha Group has leased 45,228 square feet of offices in the Urban Towers on Carpenter Freeway in Irving. The San Rafael-based global company is quadrupling the size of its Las Colinas office with the new […]
Celanese Plans to Add Polymerization Plant in China
Celanese announced Tuesday it’s slated to build a liquid crystal polymer polymerization plant in China to keep up with growth in two of its product lines. Though the Dallas-based global chemical and specialty materials company hasn’t picked a specific location yet, it’s considering both existing and undeveloped sites for the facility, a release said. Celanese […]
Pioneer Natural Resources Buys Austin Company for $4.5B
Pioneer Natural Resources completed its $4.5 billion buyout of Austin-based Parsley Energy Inc. on Tuesday after shareholders of both companies approved the merger. That means Parsley will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and that the Texas capital has lost one of its few prominent energy headquarters. Irving-based Pioneer (NYSE: PXD) […]
City of Irving plans to Use 100% Renewable Energy by 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency recognized Irving this week for its commitment to double its use of renewable energy to 100% by 2023. This announcement elevated Irving’s designation in the EPA’s Green Power Partnership to the organizational level. Established by the EPA, the Green Power Partnership encourages the use of renewable energy and the reduction of […]
Cawley Partners Takes Second Building in Irving-Las Colinas
Dallas-based commercial property developer and investor Cawley Partners has made its second major office acquisition this week. Cawley Partners teamed up with Canada-based Balfour Pacific Capital to buy the Westpoint I office building in Las Colinas. The six-story, 150,000-square-foot building is at 1255 Corporate Drive in Irving. The new owners are planning to renovate the […]
An Irving Woman Honors Lives Lost in the Pandemic
In the months following her mother’s death Rosie , Davis searched for a way to funnel her grief into something that would honor her mother. She found the inspiration she needed in an unlikely place: a Facebook page run by a teenage artist in New Jersey. The page, Faces of Covid Victims, features a collection […]
Frito-Lay Named Irving Mayor’s Corporate Award of Excellence Recipient
The Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce hosted the 40th Annual State of the City virtual program on January 14th. During the program, the highly coveted Mayor’s Corporate Award of Excellence award was announced. This award, selected by Irving Mayor Rick Stopfer, recognizes a company that exemplifies excellence in the work it does, the services […]
