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UPCOMING MEETINGS

June 17th Meeting at Cultural District Banquet Centre
Guest Speaker – Cypress Equities
Networking 5:30-6:00
Meeting begins at 6:00

PREVIOUS NEWS

4.15.2008
Meeting was held at the Information Center for Villa de Leon. The guest speaker was Tom Struhs. He presented an update on the Trinity Bluff development.

3.18.2008
Meeting was held at the Backstage Club in the Will Rogers Memorial Center. The guest speaker was Andree Griffin, Fort Worth Basin Geology Manager for XTO Energy. Her topic was “Horizontal Drilling in the Barnett Shale”.

2.19.2008
Meeting was held at the University of Texas Health Science Center. The guest speaker was Gregg Upp, Senior Vice President of UNT Health Science Center. His topic was the redevelopment of the old hospital tract into college space.

1.17.2008
You are invited to ABCD’s January meeting… Tuesday January 22 @ 5:30 at the Cultural District Banquet Centre - home of B.K.'s Creative Catering 275 University Drive. We will have a brief annual meeting/board election and Fernando Costa, planning director for the City of Fort Worth is our special guest speaker.

[+] 2007 ARCHIVE

12. with friends from ABCD... 6:00 – 8:00 Tuesday, December 11 at historic Lockheart Gables Bed & Breakfast, 5220 Locke Ave. (816.2007
Party7) 738-5969. We hope you can join us!

Directions: From I-30 west exit Hulen. Stay on access road through 2 stoplights to Merrick. Go left (south) on Merrick over the highway to first right, which is Locke Avenue. Lockheart Gables is the first house on the right. (approx 200ft)... OR CLICK HERE

11.9.2007
November’s meeting will be this Tuesday November 20, 2007 at the Residence Inn by Marriott – Cultural District, 2500 Museum Way (817-885-8250). Join us at 5:30 for networking and refreshments. The program begins at 6:00. Phillip Poole of TownSite will speak about how the modern street car can enhance transportation around the Cultural District.

Mark your calendars!
Our December gathering will be a party, and will take the place at historic Lockheart Gables Bed & Breakfast, 5220 Locke Ave. 6:00 – 8:00 on December 11, 2007.

10.16.2007
New information posted:
Arlington Heights Sector Future Land Use
Fort Worth's Draft 2008 Comprehensive Plan
The entire draft plan is located on our website at www.fortworthgov.org/planninganddevelopment

9.28.2007
Click here for the ABCD September 2007 Newsletter

9.28.2007
ABCD will hold its next meeting October 16 at 5:30 - 7:00 at J & J Blues Bar, 937 Woodward. Our guest speaker will be Bud Kennedy.

9.16.2007
ABCD's September 18th meeting will be held 6:00 at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens' Azalea Room. Networking begins at 6:00; the program will start @ 6:30. Our guest speaker will be Kirk Williams, Vice President of Development for Cypress Equities. This group is redeveloping the former Acme Brick property. The project will be a premier mixed-use development that will include: retail, restaurants, entertainment, office, a Health Club and a hotel.

8.16.2007
Our August ABCD meeting will be held Tuesday August 21 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St (corner Lancaster and Montgomery). Our guest speaker will be the president of the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Flora Maria Garcia.

Join us at 5:30 for networking and refreshments. The program begins at 6:00.

7.12.2007
ABCD will meet Tuesday July 17th at the Cultural District Banquet Centre, Home of B.K.'s Creative Catering, 275 University Drive.

Our guest speakers; Richard Garvey and Reece Pettigrew of JaGee Properties will present on the Museum Place project. This project will reshape 11 acres north of the Museums into an exciting mixed use development including upscale retail stores, unique restaurants, class A office space, hundreds of residences, and a boutique hotel.

We hope to see you there! Guests are welcome!

6.12.2007
Click here for the ABCD June 2007 Newsletter

6.12.2007
You are invited to join the Associated Businesses of the Cultural District.

Our June meeting will be held Tuesday June 19th in the lobby of the Will Rogers Coliseum <see map>. We will gather at 5:30 for informal networking and refreshments. Our program will begin at 6:00. We are privileged to have Van Romans, President of the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History as our guest speaker. The museum will begin its $65 million building project this fall.

We hope to see you there! Guests are welcome!

4.15.2007
Click here for the ABCD April 2007 Newsletter

4.12.2007
ABCD will meet at 5:30, Tuesday, April 17th @ The Jazz Café - 2504 Montgomery St - (817) 737-0043.
Our program will be Wendy Davis and Carter Burdette of the Fort Worth City Council - and their challengers.

2.1.2007
Click here for the ABCD October 2006 Newsletter


[+] 2006 ARCHIVE

10.4.2006
Tuesday, October 17th our meeting will be held at Tommy’s Hamburgers, 3431 W 7th St - (817) 885-7500. We are privileged to have Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as our guest speaker.

6.6.2006
Click here for the ABCD May 2006 Newsletter

3.14.2006
Newsletters posted.

Click here for the ABCD January 2006 Newsletter

Click here for the ABCD March 2006 Newsletter

1.3.2006
Our annual meeting will be held on the 17th of January at Kincaid's Hamburgers.


[+] 2005 ARCHIVE

11.10.2005
In December, we have so much to celebrate, that we are having our group get together on the first Tuesday.
Our December (holiday) gathering will be at Pop's on Morton Street - Tuesday, 12/06/2005 @ 6:00PM.

10.12.2005
ABCD upcoming meetings:

October 18th at The Gardens Restaurant at 5:30; featuring Sarah McLean from the new Super Target with a program about security and safety in the neighborhood.

November 21st at Michael's featuring Mike Brennan, Comprehensive Planning Manager, will be presenting the 2006 Comprehensive Plan update.

Click here for the ABCD September Newsletter

7.11.2005
ABCD will meet Tuesday, July 19th at 5:30 at B K Creative Catering located at 275 University Drive. Our speaker will be Linda Christie from the Trinity River Authority.

6.9.2005
The next ABCD meeting will be at 5:30 on Tuesday, June 21 at the Marriot Residence Inn located at 2500 Museum Way, 817 885-8250. Ken Devero will be our guest speaker.

6.9.2005
Click here to view the ABCD May Newsletter



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