{"id":163404,"date":"2026-02-13T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163404\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:57:08","slug":"city-of-fort-worth-invites-input-from-txwes-entrepreneurship-network-for-city-planning-the-rambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163404\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Fort Worth invites input from TxWes Entrepreneurship Network for city planning \u2013 The Rambler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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City of Fort Worth Planning Division Assistant Director Eric Fladager speaks during the Q&A panel. <\/p>\n

On\u00a0Feb.\u00a010\u00a0the\u00a0Entrepreneurship\u00a0Network\u00a0welcomed\u00a0representatives from\u00a0Fort Worth\u2019s\u00a0Reimagine: 2050 Comprehensive Plan,<\/a>\u00a0part of a new partnership with the City of Fort Worth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The meeting,\u00a0held\u00a0in the\u00a0Jack Morton Accelerator Room, invited students to\u00a0enjoy\u00a0lunch\u00a0while discussing\u00a0what\u00a0they\u2019d\u00a0like to see in\u00a0Fort\u00a0Worth\u00a0by 2050, including\u00a0businesses, recreation\u00a0centers\u00a0and\u00a0public\u00a0transportation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to the project\u00a0proposal,\u00a0the city representatives also held a Q&A\u00a0session\u00a0about the 2050 Comprehensive Plan, as well as\u00a0general questions\u00a0about city planning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With Fort Worth being one of the\u00a0most\u00a0heavily\u00a0populated cities in the U.S.,\u00a0handling the\u00a0anticipated\u00a0influx\u00a0was a topic of discussion.\u00a0This included\u00a0exchanges\u00a0about the types of urban\u00a0developments\u00a0in Fort Worth\u00a0and\u00a0how residence, business\u00a0and corporate\u00a0spaces can coexist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

First-year\u00a0business administration\u00a0student Ricardo Escamilla\u00a0was interested in\u00a0the\u00a0solutions for accommodating Fort Worth\u2019\u00a0growing population.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were talking about\u00a0different types\u00a0of cities. That\u00a0kind of broadened my\u00a0perspective,\u201d\u00a0Escamilla said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reimagine Fort Worth welcomes input from those living in our community.\u00a0Online community engagement is encouraged on\u00a0connectfw,<\/a>\u00a0where users can learn about upcoming in-person events and project updates.\u00a0The\u00a0project proposal is expected to be\u00a0finalized\u00a0by Spring 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CEO of the Entrepreneurship\u00a0Network\u00a0Arianna Martinez,\u00a0first-year\u00a0supply\u00a0chain\u00a0management\u00a0major, encouraged\u00a0students to\u00a0come and take\u00a0part in the unique opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can come\u00a0out,\u00a0they can share their ideas and help us help them.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0what we want,\u00a0how\u00a0can we help you advocate for\u00a0yourself,\u201d\u00a0Martinez said.<\/p>\n

\"\"City of Fort Worth Representatives and Entrepreneurship Network leaders gather for a photo at the end of the event. (Josephine Juarez<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Gokcen\u00a0Ogruk,\u00a0associate professor of economics and\u00a0faculty adviser of the Entrepreneurship Network,\u00a0believes that this\u00a0experience\u00a0is helpful to all students regardless of\u00a0their major\u00a0or career\u00a0path.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis opportunity\u00a0benefits\u00a0all students by exposing them to real-world economic development strategies,\u00a0city planning insights\u00a0and data resources,\u201d\u00a0Ogruk\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Martinez\u00a0expressed the importance of student engagement\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0city planning\u00a0process.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the people that are going to be driving on the streets, walking the sidewalks, paying for the parking;\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0fueling the development because they get their money from\u00a0[our]\u00a0taxes,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cit\u2019s a great opportunity, a perfect time for students to actually advocate for what their money is going to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of Fort Worth Planning Division Assistant Director Eric Fladager speaks during the Q&A panel. On\u00a0Feb.\u00a010\u00a0the\u00a0Entrepreneurship\u00a0Network\u00a0welcomed\u00a0representatives from\u00a0Fort Worth\u2019s\u00a0Reimagine:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-163404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}