September 29, 2020 We know the office of the future will change, but to what extent? The longer the COVID work from home protocol continues, the more uncertainty there is. In March, we thought working from home would be a short-term thing, now six months later, we realize that this pandemic has transformed the way […]
October 1, 2020 Several Dallas community college campuses were awarded funding to help support Latino students in the area by providing them with more academic resources and career development. Dallas College was awarded the $3 million grant on Wednesday to provide additional resources to Hispanic students at three of its seven campuses. The grant, provided […]
September 30, 2020 Stall lights and digital soap tracking could make the restrooms at DFW International Airport the best in the nation. DFW’s restrooms are one of 10 finalists for the nation’s best in a yearly competition sponsored by industrial supply company Cintas. The 19th annual contest also includes zen-like abodes at Portland’s Japanese Garden […]
September 30, 2020 Globe Life Field will trade out a baseball diamond for an ice skating rink this November for a new holiday event. Luminova Holidays is bringing over 2.7 million lights, a 10,000-square-foot ice skating rink, a 65-foot Christmas tree and more to the baseball stadium from Nov. 20 to Jan 3. The holiday […]
September 30, 2020 American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said the company will begin furloughs and layoffs for 19,000 workers on Thursday as planned after congressional leaders failed to come to an agreement on more payroll support for the struggling industry. Talks in Washington were continuing, however, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Stephen […]
September 29, 2020 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport plans to use financial incentives to spur interest from carriers offering international service. The airport’s board will vote Thursday on whether to approve a $16 million initiative which will attempt to bring back airlines that stopped or reduced international flying out of DFW because of the pandemic. […]
September 29, 2020 The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) has launched SpaceFinder Dallas, an online rental database that helps artists, community groups and cultural organizations find affordable rental venues for arts and cultural events or services. SpaceFinder Dallas addresses the inaccessibility of creative spaces across the city needed to make and […]
September 24, 2020 Vaccine expert Dr. Peter Hotez warned Texas could face another potentially deadly spike in COVID-19 cases and said an immunization for the novel coronavirus likely won’t be widely available for another year during a conversation on Thursday at the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival. Hotez, dean at the National School of Tropical Medicine […]
September 30, 2020 Southwest Airlines announced several goals aimed at improving diversity within the company’s leadership ranks. Gary Kelly, chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines, laid out several goals the Dallas-based carrier is looking to achieve in the coming years. “We’ve set goals in recruiting, hiring, promoting, internal movement, development and training,” Kelly said in […]
September 29, 2020 You may notice that Downtown Dallas’ beautiful and bright skyline may look a bit different over the next 10 days, due to the efforts of an international Lights Out initiative to protect birds as they migrate across the U.S. Many Dallas Leaders have joined this growing movement to dim “unnecessary” tower lights […]