🎦Trilogy on the big stage; New Frontier starts Dec. 16; FW getting a ModSTAR.

Fort Worth-based Trilogy Studios has launched a large production stage at 5501 Alliance Gateway Frwy. With a 23-foot ceiling height and a width of 157 feet, the stage provides filmmakers with opportunities to create visual narratives. Within the facility, two other stages are offered: a car processing stage ideal for car commercials and a commercial stage set up for projects in the commercial production industry.

Three female-led, early-stage companies are finalists from 125 entries to compete for $35k in prize money Nov. 12 during the Eosera Pitch Competition. Finalists pitching at the Kimbell Art Museum are Dr. Meena McCullough of Body Spring, Euless; Lynn Callaway of Good Dirt, Austin; and Addison LaBonte of Sweet Addison's, Dallas. 

Grapevine-based GameStop has collaborated with Collectors, through its Professional Sports Authenticator division, to offer trading card and autograph authentication and grading services at select locations. 

Westlake-based brokerage Charles Schwab's third-quarter net income rose about 25%, driven by a jump in asset management fees and client assets hitting a record high.

The FW Chamber and FW Economic Development Partnership are splitting beginning in 2025. The Fort Worth Report writes this always was the plan, but it happened sooner than expected. What happens now?

DFW Airport finished renovations ahead of schedule on one of its largest runways. 17R/35L is fully operational with 13,400 ft x 200 ft of new asphalt and 2,700 energy-efficient LED lights.

Starting Dec. 16, Frontier Airlines will fly from DFW International Airport to Gypsum, Colorado.

Fort Worth has launched a “Resources for Veterans” web page to assist veterans, service members and their families in accessing local support. It connects users with various non-profits and government organizations focused on areas such as employment, healthcare, financial assistance and VA claims.

Bitcoin mining is pitched as a revenue generator. Residents near Granbury are saying it's not worth all the noise and have filed suit.

Bell has secured a $37.7-million contract to supply Bell 412 EPX helicopters to the Army Contracting Command. The work will be carried out in Fort Worth and is projected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Fort Worth-based Elbit Systems is one of five companies that have been selected by the Army to conduct performance demonstrations for a Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization program. The program aims to use advanced technology to enhance the self-propelled howitzer’s mobility, survivability, reliability, supportability and lethality.

Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty has opened an office in Parker County. The new office, the brokerage’s seventh, is at 601 Willow Crossing E in Willow Park.

Arizona-based chain Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers opens today at 2221 Hwy 121 in Euless. It’s the 18th location — the first in Texas — for the sports-themed chain.

September’s housing report from the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors shows that listings, inventory and days on market are all up substantially. Compared to the same month prior year:

• Active listings were up 41% in Fort Worth, and increased 34.8% in Tarrant County.

• September saw 3.7 months of inventory in Fort Worth and 3.5 months in Tarrant County, compared to 2.5 months in both areas in 2023.

• Fort Worth's days on the market were up twelve days, for a total of 50, and Tarrant County's increased eleven days, for a total of 49.

• Fort Worth median home prices rose to $335,000, a 0.4% increase. Tarrant County’s median home prices increased 0.6%.

• Closed sales declined 1.1% in Fort Worth and were down 2.2% in Tarrant County.

Lockheed Martin has launched a virtual parts catalogue -- ModSTAR. It wants to combine decades of detailed engineering data and test results with AI analysis to work out bugs in its designs before it builds them.

Barclays U.S. Consumer Bank will become the exclusive issuer of General Motors' GM Rewards Mastercard and GM Business Mastercard in the U.S. during summer of 2025. It will acquire the card program’s receivables from the current issuer — Goldman Sachs — next year.

Tarleton State University’s Dr. Janice Speshock has been awarded a $370,980 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the first time for someone at Tarleton State to receive an NIH grant.

Researchers at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are using 3D bio-printing technology to address keratoconus, a debilitating condition that affects the cornea and can lead to blindness. Led by Drs. Dimitrios Karamichos and Jayoung Kim, the effort could expand treatment options for the disease.

Tarrant County Commissioners unanimously approved an in-house cremation policy for the “disposition of deceased paupers” after an NBC investigation of the disposition practices at out-sourced provider UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The policy explicitly defines an unclaimed body and exceptions to cremation. 

A small business advocacy group is challenging the federal government over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), seeking to have the law’s reporting requirements blocked. The CTA went into effect Jan. 1, 2024. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al. — filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas — argues the CTA represents an unconstitutional expansion of federal power, threatens privacy and associational interests, and violates individual rights.

The American Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will not be played at Dickies Arena beyond the 2024-2025 season. Attendance has been an issue all four years and worsened after Houston left the conference. 

Bath & Body Works is removing a holiday candle from shelves after social media users pointed out that its snowflake design resembled Ku Klux Klan hoods, sparking online criticism and calls for a boycott.

Today’s trivia: An estimated 1 in 8 Americans have worked at McDonald’s at some point in their lifetime, per a survey conducted by the company.

Announcements:

• Madden Media: Hires Jessica Hill as Senior Vice President of Destination Strategy - West Coast.

• Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce: Barbara Bolden announces retirement after 22 years. 

• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth: The first facility in north Texas and 10th in Texas to earn the American College of Cardiology’s Transcatheter Valve Certification.

• Optiphase Drive Systems: Adds Dr. Evgeni Ganev and Dr. Karl Schultz, to its advisory board.

• Food Saved Me Institute: Hires Patricia Thomson as Chief Executive Officer.

• Tarleton State University: Names Kevin B Johnson Dean of College of Science and Mathematics. Names Dr. Lesley Leach Dean of the College of Education, effective Jan. 1.

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