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Dallas Named to 100 Resilient Cities List
It was announced today that Dallas is one of 35 new cities invited to join the Rockefeller Foundation's Resilient Cities network. More than 350 municipalities worldwide applied to be part of the second group to join what will eventually be 100 Resilient Cities. The first group of 32 was chosen in December of last year. The stated mission of the organization is to help cities "become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century." Yeah, but what exactly does Dallas get out of it?
Business
How Government Subsidies Are Hiding the Omni Convention Center Hotel’s Losses
It's not a pretty picture.
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Big Things Happen in Sarajevo, Too
Editor's note: Having been honored with a Marshall Memorial Fellowship, our Brad Pearson is off wandering around Europe, ostensibly to develop his leadership skills. Periodically he will check in, as he is doing today with the following post. The accompanying photo is a sign for Sarajevo's Frank Ferdinand Hostel. Dallas, it seems, does not have a monopoly on assassination-related marketing.
Competence
Why Do We Need to Spend a Quarter-Billion Dollars on the Dallas Convention Center?
Wasn't the hotel supposed to have cured what ailed the place?
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Dallas to Host National Veterans Wheelchair Games, Creates Terrible Slogan
Next June, Dallas will play host to the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the 35th iteration of the games that serve as a rehabilitation program for disabled veterans. Great cause. Noble cause. I will attend these games, because they include something called "motorized wheelchair rally," which sounds amazing.