August 2023
Aug 15, 2023Big D Delivers: Dallas Soars with Dramatic and Diverse Development Projects
Dallas and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex support the adage that things are just bigger in Texas. Although Houston retains the title of the state's largest city, the Dallas area is closing in with a metro population of more than 7.5 million, along with massive new projects such as a $2.5 billion expansion of Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center just recently approved. The project, slated for completion in 2029, will add 2.5 million square feet including exhibit, breakout and ballroom areas. The expanded center will be the largest facility of its kind in the United States. A new transportation system will connect the center to thousands of hotel rooms and most major office centers in Dallas and will include an underground parking garage with space for 2,000 cars.
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Dec 2, 2022Heart of the South
Birmingham, Alabama, was named for the city in the English Midlands that kept the fires burning, warmed the homes and made much of the steel for the United Kingdom’s industrial revolution. Decades later, the American city also made steel, so much of it, in fact, it became known as the “Magic City” for steel production, and the moniker stuck. But today’s Magic City makes more than steel, taking the raw product a few more steps to become a major center for automobile parts manufacturing and more, including Honda, Mercedes-Benz and U.S. Steel. Thanks to local leadership and long-term planning, the magic still works for Birmingham, as evidenced by its role hosting The World Games 2022 last summer.