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It is an exciting time to be in Fort Worth. Looking back over the last one hundred and fifty years, it is easy to see how the city has gathered momentum from its days as a rough-and-tumble western outpost to its modern incarnation as a thriving international metropolis. Fort Worth is a multifaceted city with an historic past and a sky's the limit future! There is a "can-do" spirit at work here that consistently attracts world-renowned corporations, bolsters the economy, and provides unqualified cooperation between business, government, citizens, education and the arts.

Cowtown, Ft. Worth Stockyards

Fort Worth - heralded as "Cowtown" - celebrates its western heritage annually with the Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show and Rodeo. But Fort Worth is much more than its western roots. It is home to multiple universities, an energetic downtown, a world-class cultural district, an acclaimed performance hall, and an internationally renowned zoo. Visitors and residents frequent Fort Worth's many museums and enjoy first-class performances at the newly opened, highly acclaimed Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall.

Bass Hall

On the economic front, businesses of virtually every type and size are headquartered in the Fort Worth area, including American Airlines, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Justin Industries, Pier I Imports, and Radio Shack. Manufacturing firms located here include Alcon Laboratories, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter Textron and Motorola. Alliance Airport and DFW Airport have been tremendous assets and draw new businesses constantly to the Fort Worth area.

We have a large range of businesses

The Fort Worth Independent School District, one of the finest in the nation, regularly receives national acclaim and Tarrant County Community College offers training for valuable job-specific programs. Additionally, the area's higher education institutions include Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University, and the University of North Texas, all of which produce accomplished graduates from a variety of professional fields.

Texas Christian University (TCU)

Fort Worth provides state-of-the-art health care through Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, All Saints Episcopal Hospital, and John Peter Smith Hospital. Cook Children's Medical Center, the nation's largest independent pediatric hospital, specializes in treating critically ill children and premature infants. Scientists at the University of North Texas Health Science Center constantly influence the health care field with astounding discoveries.

With so much to offer, it is no wonder that Fort Worth is a city where corporations and families prosper. It is a city where children play in area parks, parents drive to jobs at high-profile companies, downtown dwellers walk to movies and to work, cowboys ride broncos, museums stir the senses, and neighbors look out for each other.

Welcome to Fort Worth
and all its possibilities.

Check out these links for more information:

	Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
	Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau
	Kimbell Art Museum
	Bass Hall
	Texas Christian University
	Fort Worth Star Telegram
	Fort Worth Independent School District