An interlocal boundary agreement with the town of Northlake to secure a portion of land near the Roanoke Sports Complex was approved at the Oct. 13 council meeting.

What's happeningNorthlake officials will adjust the boundaries near Roanoke Sports Complex, an eight-field facility being developed in conjunction with Play It Forward. A proposed retail portion of the development, less than 1,000 feet wide, was located within the city limits of Northlake, according to city documents.

The change will move the Roanoke city boundary near Cleveland Gibbs Road.

Plans for the 122-acre sports complex were announced in July 2024, according to previous reporting. A portion of the sports complex was expected to open this fall, but construction is still ongoing.

Manny’s Barbershop closed its doors on its North Tarrant Parkway location in Fort Worth in August and began what owner Emanuel Torres called its “Watauga Edition,” according to a social media post from the business.

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The barbershop offers men’s and children’s haircuts, head shaves, beard lineups, hair coloring and hot towel treatments, according to previous reporting. The barbershop opened off North Tarrant Parkway in early May.

Manny’s still operates its Fort Worth location at 2700 Western Center Blvd., Ste. 120.

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Autonomous Solutions, Inc., or ASI, will expand its footprint and advance autonomous technology testing in the Alliance area of Fort Worth.

ASI will have more than 100 employees based on the second and third floors of Hillwood Commons I, a Class A office building within the Alliance Town Center development. The business is expanding from 11,097 square feet to 25,806 square feet in the building, according to a news release.

The details: ASI, headquartered in Mendon, Utah, develops technology that enables industrial vehicles and fleets to operate autonomously in industries such as civil construction, agriculture, logistics and landscaping. ASI tests its equipment at the Alliance Test Center, located north of SH 114.

The site allows ASI to develop and demonstrate its capabilities while allowing customers, partners and investors to observe the technology firsthand in a major metropolitan area, according to a news release.

The Texas Workforce Commission awarded Tarrant County College $462,352 from the Skills Development Fund to train 164 workers with local industrial partners, according to a news release from Gov. Greg Abbott's office.

In a nutshell: The grant money will go to DrinkPAK II and GEV Wind Power for the training of TCC students.

DrinkPAK II, a canned beverage manufacturer in south Fort Worth, will train 104 future batching technicians, electro-mechanical technicians, forklift drivers and packaging technicians.

GEV Wind Power, a wind turbine maintenance and blade repair company in north Fort Worth, will train 60 future composite repair technicians.

About the program: The Skills Development Fund is a state grant program for businesses to train future and current workers in technically skilled professions, according to its website.