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Posted by I can't blame our mayor or chamber about what a poorly run company does or doesn't do. Where the city's biggest issue lies is its inability to attract businesses wanting to move to Texas or North Texas specifically and us not landing them. We need to hire a real business closer to get the job done. It will cost a lot of money, but it will be worth it.
I saw a lot of people blaming the city, the mayor... even the Bass Family (because of course they would) for this.
People, this is all based on the corporation that bought Dickies in the first place. When that happened, no one here had ANY power over that company.I'm sure most of us are aware that corporations & offices move and relocate for various reasons. The issue with Fort Worth is that they rarely seem to LOCATE here. I would love to see the number of office workers downtown today. The new downtown hotels are great. However, many of them are converted office buildings never replaced with more offices, so those office workers are totally gone. We've watched as two of our newest and most glamourous office projects, Pier One and Radioshack, both turn into governmental entities instead of getting replaced with new office jobs. So much so that DTFW has become much more of a tourist attraction and less of a business center. And I admit, I get a little salty when I see D.R. Horton's new building in Arlington and Hallmark's name slapped on the side of that shiny glass tower in Dallas.
I saw a lot of people blaming the city, the mayor... even the Bass Family (because of course they would) for this.
People, this is all based on the corporation that bought Dickies in the first place. When that happened, no one here had ANY power over that company.
I agree with you - no one has power over the company, but I do believe the officials and entities in my rant above do have influence. In fact, for the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, their main purpose is to attract, nurture, retain, and grow businesses in Fort Worth. The news and press releases I have read seem to indicate city leaders were caught off guard by the announcement of the relocation. That says a lot to me. Even if the leaders knew, and the decision was inevitable, it would be interesting to know of any efforts that were made to keep Dickies in Fort Worth. Just my opinion. I've said too much about this so I'll shut up now.
I'm going off the initial internet responses when this news was dropped, yesterday. Just more of the same blame from people who don't know how things work.
Of course there's always going to be the need to think ahead and be more attractive for business and tourism. And that is the job of the city council, but *this* city council has shown more forward thinking and proactive ideas to get things going.
If any thing, you COULD blame the city councils of the past. Blame the killing of the streetcar more than a decade ago that they're trying to bring back now. Blame the Granger family for initially fumbling Panther Island. We've had a long history of being notoriously difficult with developers. At least the current administration is trying to move forward because they see the writing on the wall.
That was my whole point in what I posted. Fort Worth's past is the primary reason why it is what it is, now, so why blame those who are in office (or Sundance) today?
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