Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 23
June 16 - 22, 2014
Vol. 26, No. 23 • $3.00
development
Stockyards plan hinges on maintaining heritage, economic vitality
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By Scott Nishimura n [email protected]
x-Fort Worth City Councilman Steve Murrin calls it “the best deal we could
have done.” Another Stockyards investor labeled it a “hollow victory.”
Skepticism prevailed among numerous Stockyards stakeholders
after the City Council voted 8-1 June 10 to grant incentives for a major
Stockyards redevelopment and, facing criticism over the level of historical
protections, said it would implement a special new zoning overlay.
photos by alyson peyton perkins
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Historic
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Botanical research institute of texas
Planting
a seed
Sohmer
Sohmer grows BRIT to be
local, international force
n Robert Francis
[email protected]
When Sy Sohmer announced
his retirement from the Botanical
Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
earlier this month, he knew he
was leaving behind an institution
that has grown to be known and
respected around the world.
“My life’s dream has been
to create and lead a botanical
organization of international
renown,” said Sohmer, BRIT’s
president and CEO. “As a scientist,
you are always looking for that
one-in-a-million discovery. Well,
in 1993, I made that discovery – at
BRIT.”
Since joining the privately
funded international, scientific
research and learning center in
1993, he has helped transform
it from an organization with
an annual budget of $175,000
and a staff of three – housed
See brit u 20
Not quite ready after all ...
The U.S. Postal Service cancels sale
of Fort Worth post office shortly after
board members authorized $7 million
to make an offer. P32