Our Beginnings
Discover the history of East Fort Worth, Inc. and the community initiative that began in 2011.
A community vision taking shape since 2011.
In 2011, the East Fort Worth Business Association formed a task force to bring the community together around a shared vision for East Fort Worth.
The East Fort Worth Future Committee began meeting regularly with community members to discuss ideas. The committee endorsed an economic summit to bring the community, developers, and city leadership together to further refine that vision.
City Councilman Danny Scarth led the effort, inviting fellow council members Kelly Allen Gray and Frank Moss, city staff, corporate sponsors, area chambers of commerce, the East Fort Worth Business Association, and the University of Texas at Arlington School of Urban and Public Affairs.
The Northeast Economic Development Summit was held on four separate dates in late 2012 and early 2013. It identified East Fort Worth’s strengths and opportunities for improvement and recommended an umbrella organization to lead a community-wide effort and coordinate planning. East Fort Worth, Inc. is the culmination of those ventures.
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