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Fort Worth City Council calls for zoning changes to 23 Keller ISD properties
The Fort Worth City Council will discuss a proposal to rezone 23 properties owned by the Keller school district at its work session on Feb. 18. Should the proposal pass a March vote, the sites would be zoned only for community facilities such as schools and colleges, churches, recreational centers and community and group homes.
Fort Worth City Council Approves Land for National Juneteenth Museum to Preserve Local History and Culture
Fort Worth City Council approves a city-owned site for the National Juneteenth Museum in the Historic Southside.
Fort Worth City Council approves land for National Juneteenth Museum
Museum officials hope to have the grand opening in 2026, when Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth​, turns 100 years old.
Former Fort Worth mayoral candidate Deborah Peoples files to run for City Council
Deborah Peoples, the former Tarrant County Democratic Party chair and two-time mayoral candidate, is taking another crack at a Fort Worth office. Peoples filed paperwork Feb. 12 to run for the the district 5 city council seat being vacated by Mayor Pro Tem Gyna Bivens.
New vision for Fort Worth's National Juneteenth Museum unveiled as city approves land deal
The National Juneteenth Museum has unveiled new renderings as Fort Worth City Council voted to approve a land deal and financial support for the project. Council unanimously approved a resolution of support to lease the Southside Community Center at 959 E.
Fort Worth confirms plan to lease city property, contribute $15M for Juneteenth museum
Nearly three years after Fort Worth officials first pledged support for the National Juneteenth Museum, council members officially confirmed plans to lease city property for the construction of the project.
‘A beacon of light’: National Juneteenth Museum secures land in Fort Worth
More than three years after a plan for a National Juneteenth Museum was hatched, developers have secured land in Fort Worth.
‘It is going to be a beacon of light.’ City approves National Juneteenth Museum’s new site
With Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” in attendance, the Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved a resolution ...
Rezoning of former Fort Worth country club for mixed-use future succeeds
This will make it easier to build something new on the 150-acre site that used to be a country club. A community center, ...
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Here’s a list of candidates running in city & school elections in Tarrant County on May 3
It’s election season ... again. The city of Fort Worth, Tarrant Regional Water District, and school districts across the region are holding elections on May 3. In Fort Worth, Mayor Pro ...