Business
City approves True Velocity deal
The city of Garland has approved a $35+ million deal that will significantly expand the community's plastics industrial cluster. This major new investment, made by True Velocity, Inc., will be phased over the next five years and continues a highly targeted approach by...
Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery celebrates anniversary
Prohibition ended Dec. 5, 1933, and Americans were free, once again, to drink at their own will. Fast forward 82 years to Dec. 5, 2015, the day that Intrinsic Smokehouse and Brewery opened its doors. Well, happy days are here again! The downtown Garland brewery will...
Heff’s Burgers expands across Texas
Brenda and Jason Heffernan began selling burgers they made in a rented space in the back of a convenience store in Potosi, Texas. Looking for a way to help their son, Jason, recover from a car accident that left him in a wheel chair, the Heffernans decided to pursue...
KARLEE announces new parent, Porter’s Group
KARLEE Inc., an award-winning provider of contract manufacturing and metal fabrication services, today announced that it has a new parent, Porter’s Group LLC., one of the largest independent metal fabricators in the United States and business partner to major blue...
Simon announces new dining, retail at Firewheel
ViVi Bubble Tea has opened its doors between I Heart Yogurt and Steel City Pops. Dedicated to providing the freshest taste possible to customers, ViVi Bubble Tea insists on making each drink freshly upon order and innovates towards customer needs by offering seasonal...
PepsiCo associates assist Salvation Army
Frito-Lay and other PepsiCo employees from offices throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex participated in the seventh PepsiCo United Way Day of Caring. In what is one of the largest corporate United Way Day of Caring events in North Texas, an estimated 1,300...
Intrinsic on D Magazine’s best BBQ list
For the second time in only three months, Intrinsic Brewery and Smokehouse has been honored by a Dallas magazine. In August, it received a nomination on the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” list of best barbecue restaurants in the area. And now, the restaurant has...
Simon properties go More Than Pink™
Firewheel Town Center, along with other area Simon malls, announced the second year of a national engagement with Susan G. Komen®, pledging to donate $1 million each year for the next two years to support the fight against breast cancer*. “Based on the success we...
Hollywood Feed opens in Garland
Hollywood Feed opened its newest location at 4280 Lavon Drive in Garland Saturday, Sept. 24. This brings the holistic pet food and product retailer’s store count in Texas to more than 20 as they also recently opened stores at 1415 East Renner Road (Cityline) in...
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