DTX-KRN: Impact 9/3/2025

Northwest ISD officials broke ground on the district’sfirst early childhood education center July 7 in Fort Worth with plans for it to open in August 2026.

The new Dr. David Hicks Early Childhood Center will be located offBlue Mound Road between Hillshire Drive and East Bonds Ranch Road and serve up to 450 pre-kindergarten students living in NISD.

District voters approved a nearly $2 billion bond package that included four new early childhood centers during the 2023 May election to address the district’s growing population.

TruWeather Solutions deployed the first comprehensive, low-altitude weather data system in North Texas.

How it happened: The new initiative will support the growth of next-generation transportation technologies in a safe and reliable way, according to a news release from Hillwood, which has partnered with TruWeather Solutions.

These transportation technologies include drone delivery, autonomous trucking and electric vertical takeoff and landing [eVTOL] aircrafts. 

The public-private partnership includes TruWeather Solutions, Hillwood, the city of Fort Worth and the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

Jordan Mittie recently moved to Roanoke and realized he was driving nearly 40 minutes to use an indoor golf simulator.

That led to his idea of Pace Golf Lounge, which garnered approval from the town of Trophy Club Council during the Aug. 25 meeting.

What's happening? Council had to approve indoor commercial amusement use and bar/tavern use in Planned Development District 13.

Mittie and his wife, Regan, looked at ideas to start a business and found an opening at the Shoppes of Trophy Club in the former location of Zoom Room.

“I’m a big golfer; I use these businesses,” Jordan Mittie said. “I was shocked that there wasn't anything close. Just knowing the golf culture up here, again, I was really surprised. We've been wanting to start a business for a while and thought this was a great opportunity here.”