👢Leader named for Will Rogers Memorial Center; Big moves for Huntington, Morgan Stanley; Robot Games in China top world records.

Fort Worth, Arlington and Southlake are among 10 north Texas cities participating in $11.2 million of funding for "smart signal" traffic lights.

American Airlines will take delivery of 48 new aircraft in 2026, down from the earlier target of 55. The deliveries are 15 Airbus A320 family jets and 11 Embraer E175s. No Boeing 787s are expected this year because of supplier delays.

Gendy Street Management, selected by Fort Worth to assume oversight and managerial operations of Will Rogers Memorial Center starting Oct. 1, has named Geoff Hinds General Manager. Hinds will assist in the transition to private management from city management. Hinds has two decades of leadership experience managing complex event venues, destination campuses, festivals/fairs and livestock facilities. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming.

“Spider-Man” tops box office receipts for its fourth weekend, nearing all-time records. In addition, “The Odyssey” becomes Christoper Nolan’s highest-grossing film. 

Israeli companies, led by Elbit Systems (whose U.S. subsidiary is headquartered in Fort Worth), are betting big on Texas, investing billions of dollars. 

Morgan Stanley reportedly has picked Dallas for an operational hub involving more than $1.3 billion in planned company and developer spending that could support 4,800 jobs by 2039. Morgan Stanley has not announced the decision. In June, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved up to $18.5 million in grants plus 90% business personal property tax abatements for five years at a temporary site and 10 years at a permanent site. 

Southlake and Colleyville have the two highest median household incomes among D-FW ZIP codes, according to an American City Business Journals analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Southlake’s 76092 ranks No. 1 at $250,001, followed by Colleyville’s 76034 at $217,914. The rankings use American Community Survey five-year estimates.

Huntington Bank has agreed to a 10-year sponsorship that establishes it as the Official Bank Sponsor of University of Texas Athletics and the Official Bank Sponsor of The Texas Exes, the university's official alumni association. Terms were not disclosed.

Dylan Logistics, which runs delivery routes out of two north Texas Amazon fulfillment centers, is shutting down, wiping out more than 160 jobs Oct. 12. The Texas Workforce Commission reports 70 of the employees are at 15501 North Beach St. in Fort Worth. 

The building that once served as a Ku Klux Klan “klavern” in Fort Worth is being re-designed as a 35,000-square-foot arts and community center. Transform 1012 N. Main Street, the non-profit organization behind the project, unveiled the design for its namesake site at the edge of historic Northside. The architects and designers offer this inside look. 

More than 2,000 humanoid robots run, play table tennis and soccer, and are setting records at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, highlighting China’s rapid advances in robotics amid a tech race with the United States.

A 10-episode documentary series following social entrepreneurs who are tackling “today’s most pressing challenges” is set for YouTube channel Sept. 10. How to Change the World is executive produced by Mark Cuban, Geralyn Dreyfous and Gotham Chopra.

Women Inspiring Philanthropy, seeking to transform lives in Arlington through high-impact and life-long giving, awarded three grants: $75,000 to Girls Inc. of Tarrant County; $55,000 to River Legacy Foundation; and $65,000 to The Women’s Workforce Advancement Hub.

Here's an update on Fort Worth's Small Business Development Program, which took effect Sept. 1, 2025. A key component of the SBDP is to support small business participation in the city's procurement process. Under the SBDP, eligible small businesses receive a 5% bid preference on contracts between $3,000 and $100,000. Additionally, the city has set a 30% small business utilization target for all contracts of $100,000 or more.

Snippets:

• A laptop's lithium battery started a fire during landing approach of an American Airlines flight at D-FW International Airport, burning several. 

• A U.S. Appellate Court throws out California and gun-control group Giffords 'Ghost Guns' challenge. 

• For those of you who "knew him when he was just a film maker", Taylor Sheridan's Sicario 3 is going to happen and Josh Brolin is spilling the beans. 

• Six Flags Over Texas' Fright Fest season -- Sept. 11-Nov. 1 -- will include a Día de los Muertos-themed (Day of the Dead) scare zone.

• A top court in France struck down a law banning children under 15 from using social media, saying it infringes on fundamental freedoms.

Today in history: 1917 = Camp Bowie officially opened in Fort Worth. The 2,186-acre World War I training installation occupied what is now the Camp Bowie/Arlington Heights area and initially trained the Army’s 36th Division. More than 100,000 soldiers would pass through the camp before it closed in 1919, leaving its name permanently attached to one of Fort Worth’s best-known commercial corridors.

Significant stat: Texas added 1,600 non-farm jobs in July to reach 14,468,000 positions. The last year, the state added 165,600 jobs for an annual growth rate of 1.2 percent, outpacing the national rate by a full percentage point.

Announcements:

• Texas Health Resources: Promotes Amy Pabst to Chief Quality and Medical Officer. 

• Fidelity Investments: Promotes Joseph Iosefa to Talent Acquisition Partner.

• Worth Credit Union: Adds Brandon Soltwisch as Vice President - Enterprise Strategy Delivery. 

• Lockheed Martin: Selects Amy Byrum as Senior Manager-Facility Protection.

• Beyond Retail Group: Selects Ashley Prado as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. 

• Tarrant Area Food Bank: Adds Doug Renfro of Renfro Foods for his second stint as a Board member. His uncle, Bill, was a founding member of TAFB. 

• Gulfstream Aerospace: Selects Mary- Madeleine Caumeil as Customer Completion Executive.

• Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains: Hires Jacki Smith as Regional Vice President. 

• University of Texas-Arlington: Hires Sheri D. Collier as Assistant Director of Recruitment & Academic Partnerships.

• eosera: Hires Nicole Hart as Director of Sales. 

• Wells Fargo: David Nguyen, Vice President - Technology & Venture Banking, is leaving.

• TCU AddRan College: Honors Associate Dean Muriel Cormican with the Michael R. Ferrari Award for Excellence in University Service & Leadership.

• TCU Athletics: Hires Riley Richards as an NIL Partnership Sales Associate.

• BNSF Railway: Selects Brendan Heller as Marketing Manager. 

• Equality Health: Hires Alexandria McCombs as General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer. 

• MinistrySafe: Hires Courtney Woodruff as Director of Marketing.

• Centri: Adds Spencer Cook as Director of Business Development.

• Halff: Hires Lauren Allen as Project Advisor. 

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