Rachel Behrndt | Fort Worth Report
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The city was familiar with the title company and felt comfortable taking on the purchase on an expedited timeline, Gutt said in a statement.
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Commissioners vote to provide $8 million of federal COVID-19 relief dollars instead of the original $11 million. The city of Fort Worth will step in and offer $2 million.
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Proponents said the project addressed pressing need in underserved community.
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The ordinance mostly maintains the rules previously established by the city. Council members voted unanimously to continue to allow short-term rentals only in mixed-use and commercial areas.
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The city is moving forward, though, because Fort Worth is in desperate need of a better convention center and expanded hotel options downtown, according to Bob Jameson, president and CEO of Visit Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth City Council will not rename White Settlement Road – at least not any time soon.
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The names will be reviewed by a committee of members from the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tarrant Regional Water District, Streams & Valleys and Visit Fort Worth. The committee will then select five names to put forward for public voting, the city said.
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Fort Worth City Council chose to keep its ban on short-term rentals in residential areas, which has been a hot button issue for months. The council will also vote on a registration ordinance in January that requires legal short-term rentals in mixed-use and commercial areas to register with the city and pay hotel occupancy tax.
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Voters denied a raise for Fort Worth City Council members Saturday, once again signaling a hesitancy to enshrine higher council pay in the city’s charter.
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Politics is more present in people’s everyday lives than it has ever been before, O’Hare said, so local politics naturally becomes more political.