DTX-KRN: Impact 10/9/2025

The city of Fort Worth approved spending $1.5 million to help with road improvements near Texas Motor Speedway during the Sept. 30 City Council meeting.

The project will add turn lanes from Championship Parkway and SH 114. Near that location now is a shopping center that features Kurogi Ramen and Sushi, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Texas Regional Bank and North Central Texas College’s Alliance branch.

What’s happening? The proposed changes include dual through lanes and dual left-hand turn lanes for both the northbound and southbound sides of Championship Parkway.

By the numbers: The overall anticipated cost of the project is $5 million. Denton County will pay for the design of the project and will award the contract. The city of Fort Worth’s $1.5 million will be paid to either the county or TxDOT for the construction efforts, according to city documents.

A new location for the car washing business, Captain Car Wash Co., is opening along Golden Triangle Boulevard in Fort Worth.

The gist: The company offers low-cost car cleaning services through four different packages, according to its website. The base exterior wash provides presoaking, soft touch brushes, rinse and drying.

The Cowboys Golf Club plans to reopen in late October after a multimillion-dollar renovation. According to the website, it is the first and only NFL-themed golf club in the world and is the only all-inclusive world-class golf course in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

What's happening? The renovations include a new driving range with Toptracer that also includes 50 yards of game-used turf from AT&T Stadium and a goal post, new greens, bunkers, tees, cart path, landscaping and an 18-hole putting course, according to the website. Renovations on the project started in June, according to a spokesperson for the golf course.

What else? According to previous Community Impact reporting, the Texas Department of Transportation and the city of Grapevine started a road renovation project on Fairway Drive that is supposed to conclude in December. 

The background: Arcis Golf owns 18 locations in Texas and nine in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to its website. The Cowboys Golf Club opened in 2001.

Odyssey, a New York-based tech company, has been selected to manage Texas’ $1 billion education savings account program, the state comptroller’s office announced Oct. 6.

The overview: Odyssey will work with the comptroller to launch the program, deemed “Texas Education Freedom Accounts,” ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Families can begin applying for the program early next year, and those accepted will receive thousands of dollars in state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

Zooming in: Odyssey will develop and manage an online platform to administer Texas’ education savings account program. State law also tasks the company with:

• Collecting applications and determining which families are accepted to the program
• Approving vendors for education-related materials and services, such as textbooks, transportation and tutoring
• Reviewing inquiries and complaints about the program
• Advertising the program and communicating with interested families