Editor’s note: Made in Tarrant is an occasional Q&A series on small business in Tarrant County. Optimized Waste Removal What: The company provides valet trash and junk removal services for apartments and multifamily units. Originally operating only in North Texas, Optimized Waste Removal now operate
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More parking — for automobiles, not horses — is coming to the Fort Worth Stockyards. M.L. Leddy’s and the Franklin family, in partnership with Parking Systems of America, began to turn dirt on a $14 million, four-and-a-half-story structured parking garage at Ellis Avenue and NW 2...
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An estimated 31,000 manufacturing jobs will become available in the Fort Worth-Dallas metroplex by 2030, according to the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, an organization based at the University of Texas at Arlington that supports the local manufacturing industry. Job growt...
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Enchilada restaurateur Mary Perez isn’t rolling over in an uncertain economy. She’s spicing up her business with new services. Since opening Enchiladas Olé at 1208 W. Magnolia Ave. nearly a year ago, Perez is tackling challenges as rising costs, limited parking and upcoming const...
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Fideo, a simple, but tasty Mexican comfort food dish, is a popular staple at Fort Worth’s Cafecito restaurant. Served as a soup, cooked vermicelli noodles and spices are blended in a savory tomato broth that makes a satisfying meal. Cafecito’s version adds a signature pink quesad...
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The packages just kept arriving at Literacy United. In the days leading up to TCU’s Oct. 3 football game against BYU, the Fort Worth nonprofit received deliveries from people across the country. Children’s books. Learning games. Educational supplies. As more Amazon boxes showed u...
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Friends and family members of all ages are invited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage at this year’s Michelada Festival in Downtown Fort Worth. The free event on Sunday, Oct. 11 offers street food, live musical performances, various vendor booths, and a Michelada Contest. Five blocks...
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Lawyer Andy Taylor has spent nearly 40 years drawing political maps and fighting them in court. Now, he’s ready to challenge Mansfield ISD. Taylor, who represented George W. Bush in Florida’s 2000 presidential election recount, warned trustees Oct. 7 that he will file a lawsuit i...
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Natalie Martinez has a soft spot for Fort Worth’s Northside neighborhood. Welcome to 52 Faces 52 Faces of Community is a Fort Worth Report weekly series spotlighting local unsung heroes. It is sponsored by Central Market, H-E-B and JPS Health Network. At the end of the year, thes...
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Downtown Garland Square is getting a colorful transformation as larger-than-life creatures inspired by Mexican folk art take over the heart of the city. "Alebrijes: A Dreamworld in Downtown Garland" is a free, six-month outdoor exhibition featuring monumental sculptures of fantas...
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Shirley Mae Risner Showmaker died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Fort Worth, at the age of 90. Shirley Mae Risner Showmaker was born at home in West Frankfort, Illinois, on Monday, Feb. 17, 1936, during a snow blizzard. The sixth child of James Arthur Risner and Elsie ...
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Bernice Helen Stephens, known to most of her family and friends throughout much of her life as Bernice Miller, 93, of Arlington, went home to be with her Lord on Oct. 4, 2026. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Memorial Suite B, at Greenwood Funeral Home,...
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Betty Mae Robison, age 89, a longtime resident of Plano, Texas, will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Betty was born on April 29, 1937, in Fort Worth to Iva Mae Martin and Elmer Newton "Boots" Martin. She grew up in the Grapevine...
