To the mattresses

Fort Worth will host the 2024 USA Taekwondo National Championships

The Fort Worth Convention Center | Photo by @trphotographii

The Convention Center will also undergo a $52 million renovation in 2023 | Photo by @trphotographii

Attention martial arts fans — The 2024 USA Taekwondo National Championships will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center Thurs., July 4-Sun., July 7 in advance of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

What is Taekwondo?

Added as an Olympic sport in 2000, Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art that emphasizes punching and kicking techniques. The 5000-year-old art emphasizes discipline and enhancing one’s spirit through mind and body training. The word breaks down into three parts: “tae,” meaning “leg” or “to step on;" “kwon,” meaning “fist” or “fight;" and “do,” meaning “way” or “discipline.”

The deets

The Fort Worth Sports Commission — a nonprofit that coordinates sporting events in Panther City — led a bid to USA Taekwondo to host the event. The 2024 US National Championship will be the third USA Taekwondo event in Cowtown in five years. The June 2021 Regional Championship + May 2022 Pan American series brought a combined $3.1 million to the city in the past 18 months.

Local impact

With 1,300 competing athletes, the event is predicted to bring $3.2 million in direct spending to the local economy. This contract is part of Fort Worth Sports Commission’s ongoing effort to attract US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Governing Bodies. Previously, Fort Worth hosted the USA Gymnastics Championships in June 2021, the USA Wrestling Women’s National Championships in May 2022, and the USA Table Tennis Championships in July 2022.

Future sports

Fort Worth is set to host the 2023 USA Fencing March North America Cup next spring. The city has also submitted a bid to host the 2024 USA Gymnastics Championships + Olympic team trials.

North Texas has not publicly announced a bid to host the Olympic Games since failing to be selected for the 2012 Games in Fort Worth or the 2024 Games in Dallas, but new sporting and event venues like Dickies Arena and a potential professional soccer stadium could level the playing field for future opportunities.

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Today

Post Malone | Wed., Oct. 26 | 8 p.m. | Dickies Arena, 1911 Montgomery St., Fort Worth | $100+ | We hope you’re not too tired for Posty’s “Twelve Carat Tour” with guest Roddy Ricch.

Thursday, October 27

Kids Crafternoon | Thu., Oct. 27 | 4-5 p.m. | Fort Worth Public Library - Golden Triangle, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd., Fort Worth | Free | Kids can explore new techniques and build a piece of take-home art.

Friday, October 28

Triangle of Sadness | Fri., Oct. 28 + Sun., Oct. 30 | Times vary | The Modern, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth | $7+ | An award-winning film where what first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island.

Saturday, October 29

3rd Annual Trick or Treat at the Museum | Sat., Oct. 29 | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fort Worth Aviation Museum, 3300 Ross Ave., Fort Worth | Free | Wear a costume to get free admission + bring a treat bag to fill up at the candy stations.
Pet Adoption Event | Sat., Oct. 29 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Stockyards, 131 E. Exchange Ave., Fort Worth | Free | Come on down and help the Animal Care and Control herd some dogs into their new homes as adoption fees are waived.

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Williams Trew presents FTW Neighborhoods Guide: Mira Vista ⛳️

This recently sold home is situated on a private cul-de-sac in guarded + gated Mira Vista boasts a bonus room with a sauna, perfect for a home gym.

For the next installment of our FTW Neighborhoods Guide — a series in which we’re partnering with Williams Trew to walk y’all through 32 neighborhoods around Cowtown — we’re taking a look (pun intended) at the Mira Vista neighborhood in Southwest FTW. 🏡

The gated Mira Vista (read: “see the view” in Spanish) neighborhood sits inside the Mira Vista Country Club, which boasts a championship 18-hole golf course, eight tennis courts, and pool + club facilities.

Need to know
Manned 24/7, the luxury community features residences (many boasting 10,000+ sqft) set on the rolling hills surrounding the golf course. Smaller luxury garden homes sit near the front gates.

Mira Vista homeowners enjoy amenities like:

A playground
Sports courts
Walking trails

Bonus: The nearby Chisholm Trail Parkway offers easy access to downtown.

Where to live
If you’re looking for a home on the (golf) range, search all the available homes currently on the market. 👀

Read on to discover the history of Mira Vista along with can’t-miss spots + recs from Williams Trew Real Estate.*

MIRA VISTA MUST-DO’S

Weather

75º | Sunny | 0% chance of rain
DFW has seen the worst air quality season since 2012. So far this year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued 61 warnings + counted 48 days with unsafe ozone conditions. (Fort Worth Report)

Civic

Yesterday, the city council unanimously approved an economic development program agreement with GKN Aerospace, an aeronautics manufacturing company. To promote research and development in Fort Worth, the city will provide up to 15 grants totaling $7 million based on the company’s performance during a five-year period.

Edu

The Fort Worth ISD school board approved a $486,000 early childhood center at the Morningside Elementary School annex at 2601 Evans Ave. The center was one of four approved in the November bond + will go into the design phase with Austin-based Pfluger Architects. 🏫 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Biz

Three women-owned business will pitch their enterprises to a live audience on Thurs., Nov. 17 at the UNT Health Science Center as part of Eosera’s EmpowHERment pitch competition. Boozy Bites, Heralogie, and PWR WMN are vying for the $10,000 grand prize.

Traffic

Comanche Trail is getting improvements to its stormwater culverts, road width, and sidewalks. The Transportation & Public Works Department will host a community meeting at Lake Worth Multipurpose Facility (7005 Charbonneau Rd., Lake Worth) tonight at 6 p.m.

Eat

B&B Butchers & Restaurant (5212 Marathon Ave.) is celebrating First Responders Appreciation Day on Fri., Oct. 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. On-duty first responders are invited to a complimentary three-course lunch. View the menu and reserve a table.

Number

$127 million. That’s what TPG, an international investment management firm based in Fort Worth, has in assets. TPG Real Estate recently launched a new property fund that has raised $6.8+ billion to buy property across the US and Europe. 💰

Sports

Eight singles tennis players have qualified for the Women’s Tennis Association Finals at Dickies Arena, Mon. Oct. 31-Mon., Nov 7. Grab your tickets now to see 18-year-old Coco Gauff, the only US player competing in the singles lineup, in her WTA finals debut. 🎾

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Shop

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Southside city sales 🏘

235 apartments coming to the Near Southside

Photo of a fenced off property under a highway

The currently-unused property is bounded by I-30 and W. Vickery Boulevard. | Photo by @FTWtoday

A city grant program will bolster development along I-30. In Tuesday’s city council meeting, the council voted to sell a 0.44-acre lot at 700 W. Vickery Blvd. in the Near Southside for multifamily housing development.

The site — located across from the Justin Boot Outlet — is connected to a five-acre property (800 W. Vickery Blvd.) owned by Vickery Village Development LLC. The developer plans to build a 235-unit apartment complex, a 3,500-sqft restaurant, several townhomes, and a park.

Vickery Village can recoup the money from the $225,000 sale if it meets the city’s requirements:

Investing $40 million into the site
Spending $6 million of the construction costs with minority and women-owned contractors
Completing the project by Dec. 31, 2026

The property also falls within a special taxing district that authorizes $3.3 million for the reimbursement of street and public infrastructure improvements as part of the project.

THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Kate.

Editor’s pick: The 2022 State Fair of Texas wrapped up on Sunday after 2.5 million people visited during the fair’s 24-day run. 🎡

The event had some pretty impressive stats including 280,000 lbs of canned goods donated to North Texas Food Bank, 583,000 Fletcher’s Corny Dogs sold, and 166,000 Texas Star Ferris wheel rides. Check out other record-breaking numbers.

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