Fort Worth Creates Team To Focus On Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses

Arlington TX

01 February, 2022

6:04 PM

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By Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report February 1, 2022 Fort Worth leaders are looking to a new committee to strengthen support for local entrepreneurs and innovators as part of the city's shifting economic development efforts. At its Jan. 25 meeting, the Fort Worth City Council created the 19-member Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee, chaired by District 7 Councilman Leonard Firestone, with District 3 Councilman Michael Crain as vice chairman. Both men have experience as entrepreneurs. Firestone was one of the principals behind the successful Firestone & Robertson Distillery that was sold to Pernod Ricard, the No. 2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits, in 2019. Crain is a partner in Northern Crain, a locally owned, full-service real estate brokerage. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.