DTX-GCS: Impact 10/21/2025

The Cookie Bar in Colleyville strives to let customers create their own cookies using homemade ingredients, co-owner Sarah Reynolds said. Customers can create their cookies, choosing a base, frosting and toppings, or choose from the shop’s homemade flavors, she said.

What they offer: The Cookie Bar serves large gourmet cookies with unique flavors that Reynolds along with her husband and the store's co-owner, Kyle, created at home, she said.

“We do a lot of things in our cookies that are not used in traditional cookie recipes,” she said. “That's what makes our cookies a little different and why they're so good."

Phenix Salon Suites in Southlake will host an open house Oct. 17 to showcase the renovated space and the featured lifestyle professionals located in the suites, franchisee and owner Malak Stewart said.

The details: Phenix Salon Suites provides customizable spaces for salon, beauty and lifestyle entrepreneurs, according to its website.  The renovations were completed in late August and early September and included installing new carpet, lighting, guest seating and paint in the common hallway, Stewart said. A new sign was also installed on the outside of the building.

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Commercial jet manufacturer Embraer broke ground for a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, or MRO, facility at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport Oct. 20.

The MRO will be the second hangar at the airport.

The gist: The new hangar will be constructed to support a growing aviation hub in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, speakers at the event said.

Carlos Naufel, CEO and president of Embraer service and support, said this facility will serve companies like CommuteAir with United Express, American Airlines and other aviation companies.

As water restrictions and shortages become more common in Texas communities, state lawmakers are asking voters to approve $20 billion to fund new water supply projects and improve existing systems over the next 20 years.

The overview: If voters approve State Proposition 4, which is on the November ballot, the state will create a dedicated funding stream to help local utilities access more water and upgrade their infrastructure. Without the new funding, Texas’ water crisis could deepen, experts say.

“We’ve got 1,500+ people moving to Texas every day, and not one of them is bringing a single drop of water with them,” Dean Sharp, who leads the management division of the Texas American Water Works Association, said Oct. 16.

Key takeaway: Despite the $1 billion annual price tag, Proposition 4 would not create any new state taxes or increase costs for Texans, lawmakers and experts said. Beginning in 2027, the money would come from existing sales tax revenue and be deposited in the Texas Water Fund, a state account that voters approved in 2023.