 Thank you for joining us for this episode of Fort Worth Forward. I'm excited to bring to you some great stories today, including Stacey Pierce with Streams and Valleys, when Bowie Richardson and Christie Howard with Jubilee Theater, including a special performance from their current cast of Southern Boys. And lastly, communications expert Jennifer Sarver. It's going to be a great show, so let's get it started. It's a great organization here in Fort Worth that really brings a focus back to the Trinity River. Stacey, thanks for joining us today here. It's my pleasure. Thank you. For our audience members that aren't familiar with Streams and Valleys, tell us a little bit about the organization, its history, purpose. What's why it's here? Terrific. Well, we are the voice of the Trinity River, the only nonprofit organization devoted to the health and well-being of the city of Fort Worth. In 1969, the river did not look like it looks today, but thanks to our partners at the city of Fort Worth and the Tarrant Regional Water District and many others, we have found our way back to the river through the trail system and through so many efforts to connect all of our neighborhood and people to the very thing that is the reason that Fort Worth exists today. When you brought up that in 69, the river didn't have a lot of streams and valleys and tell that story. Well, okay, so I was never fortunate enough to meet Phyllis, but the story goes that after years of working in social service and other areas in Fort Worth, she drove over the 7th Street Bridge realized that the Trinity River was literally a ditch with tires and appliances in it, no water. It was the most wonderful thing Fort Worth had going and somehow we needed to find our way back to the river. We had built levees by then to protect us from the floods like happened in 1949. And literally it was hard for people to even get to it or see it. So out of sight, out of mind. And so streams and valleys began, first as a committee of the city council and then later as a nonprofit, to keep our focus on the river and what we could do to clean it up, to protect it, to maintain it and most of all to make it an amenity for the people of Fort Worth. It's great. I know Major Ripley Arnold founded the Fort that became Fort Worth and picked the spot because of where it sat with the river. So it's amazing that we sort of turned away from it and I know development over the years had turned its back on the river and we've really done a focus now of putting development on the river, people enjoying the river and how do you see that coming together? Well I think now that it's ever been, not only in what's been done, and I mean it's taken 50 years we've taken old maintenance roads and made them trails and we've found a way to utilize the levees in a different way. I mean we can run on top of them now and used to be people to do that. I do, I run, I love it. We've made all of the easiest connections we can make and some tremendously difficult ones. And now we have a philosophy and examples of what it looks like when you develop property or restaurant or residential on the river and just what an amazing backyard that becomes. Instead of putting the trash receptacle next to the river we've put our outdoor dining and our opportunities for us to be together and to enjoy that natural resource. So it's thriving and it's only given us bigger and brighter and better dreams for connecting to Dallison, Arlington and other cities that have a network too. I mean we're through the trail system. Exactly right. I mean it's just an amazing engine I think for us and an amazing gathering place. That's great. Well one of the things that we've been working on together for a period of time is this Bomberspur trail project. It's been exciting because it will complete a loop if we can get it all done. A loop around Fort Worth on the trail system that then connects to Arlington and Dallas that talk about. So tell our viewers a little bit about it's important to District 3 but I think it's important for the whole city what it is and where we are in that project. Okay well it is important to District 3 because that's where it that's the location of it. Bomber Heights area. However as you mentioned it does connect our two forks of the river and it makes a 26 mile loop that right now does not exist in our network and so we're in the process of completing the vision and master plan so to back up a little bit this little seven mile spur took parts and supplies into what was back in the 40s Convair the bomber plant and Carswell Air Force Base now Lockheed and the joint reserve Naval Base. So and it crossed in seven short miles some major thoroughfares Southwest Boulevard, Camp Bowie twice Vickery, I-30 I mean it was an amazing short spur of an old UP line so what we're doing now is taking that corridor that used to be a rail line converting it into a trail that people and visitors can enjoy residents visitors can enjoy. We have solidified the alignment which means we know exactly where it's going to go. Now we're in the process of figuring out what it's going to look like. So rather than just having a concrete strip that you walk or ride or run on we want to talk about what the amenities are. Where are the water fountains? What does the signage look like? Where can you get to it from the neighborhood? We want to make sure that all the neighborhoods have a way to get there and that we can cross over again I-30 in those big major streets in a safe way. So that is carrying through this fall and then we start assembling funding from federal sources and hopefully our local public will be supportive and we're going to transform that area into yet one more crown jewel in this network that we all love. Well that's great. I know we can get it done. It'll be a great amenity as you said for those neighborhoods. For everyone, anybody that enjoys the system be a great place to have a marathon that's not something we currently have an easy way to do and so like I said, it benefits everyone and we're tickled to again work with the city and numerous other partners to make that happen. That's great. Well I think you, Strings and Valleys, have received some international recognition through your Confluence plan. Tell us about that. So I have to say that I think the reason the river has been such a success story is because we're good as a community at making big and creating a plan to make those big dreams realities and so a couple of years ago along with again all of our partners we don't do any of this by ourselves we wrote the fourth strategic plan for the river which now it's called Confluence and it really is our roadmap for what we do in the next 50 years most specifically the next 10 to elevate what we've already accomplished and that plan along with the Central City plan is on display at an event called the Biennale in Venice, Italy, is the premier architectural conference in the world more than 700,000 people attend from May to November and so it's really thrilling that not only is our Central City project being featured our flood control project but also Confluence which really is a plan it's a roadmap. It's not any one project so we're really tickled that what Fort Worth is doing as a community can be featured internationally. That's great. The really important for us to there too to show what we're doing here really matters across the board and that we have some great ideas that what we're doing with our river that other people might take from that too right? Right and in both cases you know our flood control plan and the work that the Territory Regional Water District is doing and the work that the city is doing and what we round out as the nonprofit organization it's actionable and again I think when neighbors in Dallas or colleagues in other cities look at Fort Worth and say how did you do that? It's well we did it all working together we did it with a goal in mind and then everybody you know collaborated and figured out how they could forward the collective plan and everybody's benefit. We do that really well here and as we grow I think that's critical that we keep that spirit those relationships that framework in place because none of us could do it without any of the others. Wonderful, wonderful. We frequently get calls into the office about you know things about the trail system. We have to sort of figure out is it a city part of the trail and CRWD who has control but tell us a little about a new program that you're implementing that I think will be helpful for citizens share the trail. Okay well so a few years ago we started an effort called share the trail which was a community campaign aimed at helping people know how to be safe when they're on that network because you know it looks an awful lot like a sidewalk but it isn't it's like a street and so the rules of engagement kind of work pretty well transferring from the street to to that network in particular we have a lot of new users COVID has prompted people to get out on the system more and that's wonderful we have a lot of young kids learning to ride their bikes and a lot of moms with strollers and we also have a lot of folks who are trying to age as healthily as they can in their wheelchairs and using other devices that assist them whether it's a combat bike or a cane and so share the trail is aimed to help everybody stay safe and enjoy the network most specifically we're about to finally formally launch our ambassador program and this is a group of individuals who love the system who are on it all the time either walking or running or riding whatever they do they want to be your point of contact if you have a question they want to help people know what to do to be safe they are intended to be positive ambassadors and people that if you need to know where the restroom is if you need to know how to get from one place to another they'll help you but they'll also hopefully be able to point out some things that help everyone who's on the network be safe whether it's pass on the left, state of the right make sure that your dogs have a leash and that you pick up after them all sorts of things like that well that's very helpful it's a constant education with folks about how you use and share so thanks for putting that together that program well we'd love for anybody that wants to be an ambassador to come do that all you have to do is go to our website there's an easy way to click on that we'll train you and give you everything you need to know and then you can get out there and start making friends yourself wonderful, wonderful what future plans are out there well we're about to start a new campaign soon in the fall so I'm not going to tease it too much just know that there will be a really great way to get better we have some improvements in mind that will add the things that people say they want the most which is more access to the river and the trails more beauty, more amenities and so we're thinking about trees and widening trails and adding things that would be places for you to enjoy not only as you're moving through but as you want to sit and relax so places to be shaded, places to get a drink places to have water new trees, new landscaping those kinds of things that I think will add a wonderful dimension to the great network we already have lots of amenities there and I think you have a club that people that they want a membership club about to launch that later in August it's the Friends of the Trinity River and it's a great way for our community to invest in the river I think so often all of us do we get to thinking about how the TRWD will take care of things and they do so much but there's more for us to really do all the great things in this plan for us to embrace this network as our own it's a chance for you all of us to engage and to invest so whether that's gosh I'll pick up the trash that I just happen to see on my walk or I'll give my $10 to buy a square foot of trail because that needs to be done there's all sorts of ways that you can and our whole community can have impact have ownership and make this already wonderful network better and better and really just appreciate our river however you can do it whether it's you picking up trash or donating money so other people can do it just appreciate the river everyone's and you know it's one of the major reasons people move here it's a major reason people stay here and who doesn't love water in some way, shape or form whether you get in it or on it or you just enjoy driving by it it's just amazing amazing thing we have and we've transformed it and yet we've only really barely scratched the surface in what the future can bring so I hope everybody will become a friend of the river become an ambassador how can they find out how can they do that if you will just go to streams and valleys website it is streamsandvalleys.org you can find your way our partners have great websites as well the trinity trails website trwd the city of foot worth parks department we all are collaborating on making this network as good as it possibly can be and so get in there and find your place and if you have a question call me I'll help you great well stacey thanks for being here today my pleasure really appreciate it stick around we'll be right back I'm now here with wambui richardson and christie howard from jubilee theater jubilee theater is a great gem here in fort worth whose mission is to give voice to the african-american experience welcome wambui christie thanks for being on today thanks for having us yeah great great we do have this gem jubilee theater is this gem here in fort worth it's located on main street and so just tell us a little bit about the history for our viewers that don't know about the history of jubilee theater jubilee theater is 40 years young this year i think right this year this year june 1981 our late founder rudie easman and his wife maryn created a space he was a phenomenal play right and really wanted to create a space to begin to tell his stories at that time it was hard for african-american artists to have a place to hone their skills for actors to be on stage for tech designers and individuals to be on stage and so they've created this space that was actually a gypsy slash nomadic space jubilee theater has had a home across from what is now texas-wesley and on rose stale we performed in restaurants when they were closed clubs when they were closed in fact the old caravan of dreams was a normal stomping ground for jubilee and then now we're here in the heart of sundance square i often say we have the best address in sundance square we have a six main and we're just really excited about our story and history but more importantly our future and where we're going that's great well i think i read a little bit about you know mr. easman passed away before or as renovations were happening with the theater is that correct he passed away just as renovations completed it was just like my work is now my work is done yeah and you or the artistic director you came in i think in 2018 starting my fourth season so how did you get to jubilee what brought you to jubilee and what exciting things are you seeing there gotcha so i came from baltimore maryland originally born and raised in new orleans louisiana but for the last 13 years i've been in baltimore where i was the executive director for school as well as lead teaching artist for baltimore center stage and the goal for me was to kind of take both sides of my brain and put them into one enterprise and i've always known that i wanted to be an artistic director and the skills i acquired from being executive director as well as working with baltimore center stage and being you know always being a full-time director all kind of came together and when this opportunity came it really was a great chance for me to define my own artistic voice and to do so with an organization that was in alignment with my own personal views and values as well how have you found being in fort worth from wherever you ever everything you've lived and raised how have you found fort worth the blessing is that i have southern roots and so coming back here was just picking up on those roots and enjoying it yeah well i know a lot of businesses were hit hard during covid in different ways how did covid change what you did or how you the word is pivot okay you had to pivot on a dime that's right so we really wanted to continue to honor our patrons by you know we had promised this season we had promised these shows and individuals were sitting at home and they were absorbing netflix and hulu and running out of things to watch and so we said well can't we just do our shows we'll record those well it sounded like a great idea you know we can keep actors working we can keep crew members working we can keep you know keep the space going it was a different beast so we're excited to be doing live theater that is our gift and we're going to operate in that gift though but it went well and i think that was the biggest blessing of it all when we both sat down and had that conversation it was about one how do we make sure that our programming stays consistent that the quality of work that we do stays consistent and most importantly there are so many artists out there that they plan their gigs a year in advance and they plan those paychecks in advance and so we wanted to make sure that in every way possible we honored those actors writers designers so that we could one provide that quality service to our patrons but also ensure that the artist of the DFW area stayed working that's great that's great i do know too we worked i don't know if you remember this we were on some zoom calls as part of the first tranche of cares act money did not include nonprofits etc but we worked to make sure that nonprofits were included in the second tranche money which i think y'all benefited from to keep the doors open to keep some of the production and keep people employed so i'm glad that was able to we were able to do that sort of work together to make sure that everybody benefited and i think one of the things jubilee was one of the few theaters there's like 14 other theaters within Fort Worth but we were one of the few theaters that were able to continue to operate pretty much in the manner we were prior to simply because we are not what's considered an equity theater the union really put a snag in being able to hire some of the local actors as well as some of the local tech people so it really gave us an opportunity to wrap our arms around a fresh crop of actors and actresses that have really been wanting to step into and step on stage and we have definitely as you and the audience were able to see we're able to pick up some gems along the way yeah we're gonna hear from a couple of your actors shortly so i'm excited about that performance i did get to see southern boys it was a great production you know i'll tell you that something to be done was my favorite song in the production that as we as i've said the just the the stage everything about it but it resonated with me because there's no matter what your job is there's something to be done right all the time so tell us a little bit about the production itself i think was a partnership with bass hall right it was still in kennedy and i have you know have had a long history of every time we talk to one another it's in crisis first it was gender fluid bathrooms now it was covid and shuttered venues and and how and how we positioned ourselves to be the voice of the artistic community and so we promised one another that we were going to find a way to partner in such a way that we're get to do what we love which is produce great and the opportunity in the window came about and it has been magic we absolutely love the performing arts fortwork staff and you know just and very grateful to them and their board for opening up their house and giving us this opportunity jubilee we love our space but it's little it's intimate it's cozy and we like that but we also know that when you're talking about bringing an audience back in coming off the cusp of a covid we needed that room to spread out to breathe and so forth so we're you know very elated about the time and this new found friend in theater because this is the first time that we've ever done anything as a partnership with them and it's it has been a tremendous experience exactly that's great well do you want to tell our audience a little bit about southern boys what it's about in the production Kathy D. Harrison's southern boys this is the story of sharecroppers right after Juneteenth the freedom of us all and it is the story of these ladies and gentlemen as they ask themselves yes we're free but what do we do with it and where do we take it from here and it is a battle of two generations one generation that has experienced slavery and this new generation that doesn't know what it is or knows what it is but hasn't personally experienced it and it is that is this enough for me or do I want more and it is so much even though we're talking about a very specific time in the world this is such an American story such an American experience and thought in that what do we do when what we have is not enough do we ask ourselves the big question to make this work or do we find a way to look for something more you know and even in our everyday lives are we still sharecroppers you know who is still sharecropping and are you ready to put the fields down so to speak you know bless our hearts we have people that are graduating with 150,000 plus dollars in loan debts so for the rest of their life the next 30 to 40 years they're working to do that or we have ladies and gentlemen that worked in the coal mines up in Appalachian mountains those people were just as taken aback as we were in that time period because they weren't getting paid they were getting paid the same way cotton field workers were being paid they were being paid in rations and everything was being deducted from them and their lives were just as hard and in many cases just as short so yes we're talking about a specific point in time but it is something that all of us have the ability to tap into that feeling and that need to want something greater than what we have very it's powerful it's powerful and there's still a lot of work to be done in that sense so I enjoy the production so give us a teaser of what's coming in the future what's what are we going to see what's coming out of Julie theater season 41 we simply entitled it a brighter day anything has got to be better than what we've gone through in the past 12 months so I'm going to let him unleash his season well we're going to do it right here so we're going to open with a show called fabulation it is the story of a young lady who has reached the top and unfortunately the rug got pulled from up under her as she had to return home and what happens when you've been to the top and you have to come back home to mama and daddy you know which is so much you know what's happening in the world right now we have a whole generation graduating from college and going right back into their mom and dad's house and when you think I'm an adult now but I'm back in my mama's basement so how do we live in that world when my daughter is graduating we're moving we're done we love you our next show is going to be take the soul train to Christmas it is a family friendly musical it is about a young boy who has to do a class project and he goes to his grandfather to learn about the value of Christmas and grandfather has magical powers it takes him on a journey through time as he experiences Christmas throughout the decades from a black lens our next show after that is going to be Leo and Satchmo it is a love story between Louis Armstrong and his third wife, Leo Harding even though they divorced the two of them never left one another so much so that bless her heart she passed away celebrating him in front of the whole world right after that we're looking at the production of Over 40 it is a show about a group of ladies who have all turned 40 and how do they redefine themselves the kids are out of the house some of them are thinking about new choices, new decisions and what does being 40 mean in this new day we have another production called If Pretty Hurts it is based upon an African folktale in this Nigerian village when a young lady reaches a certain age she goes off into the world to define herself and in the process of that journey she asks herself is she beautiful and what she ends up having to learn is is my beauty what counts from the outside or is it what's on the inside really great opportunity for us to engage with the Fort Worth ISD system to have those nice community conversations with schools and students as they start defining for themselves who they are as they move forward and then we're going to try to close this well we're not going to try we are going to close this season out nice and big we're going to try to close this season out with dream girls wow that's a great season that's a great season well thank you for being here today thank you for letting me help tell your story and everything are doing some great work and again I appreciate you all being here so we'll be right back with Jennifer Sarver who is a communications expert as well as a special performance from the cast of Southern Boys so stick around I'm here now with Jennifer Sarver who is a communications expert guru Jennifer what do you prefer guru or expert? I like guru so my business card is guru great well I know you have we've been friends for a long time so 20 plus years of communication experience across the board nonprofits corporations and we're lucky enough to get you in town because you're actually from Austin and you're in town with Visit Fort Worth doing some things with them I know you visit many times but tell me about that I love the city and I'm really privileged to be here this week I am on the board of the Texas Travel Alliance and so I came up to visit with my friends at Visit Fort Worth who are doing a great job of promoting this city all across the state and all across the country and I think the thing that I love about Fort Worth is it's so unexpected right you kind of know that you have the stockyards but then there's so much more so there's this cowboy culture plus some really great restaurants some upcoming restaurants went to last night restaurant with some great tacos and you know you see this kind of arts and culture scene that's developing and it's all surprises around every corner and I just love the downtown area and the cobblestone streets and it's a lot of fun to be here and be with friends well that's great thanks for being here one of the things that this program was really born out of was communication that when I was out campaigning talking to people and even now as we've been in the office of just the city being able to communicate and connect with people etc and you've been doing this for a long period of time so just for the audience what is a good communicator to you what does that mean? Well I think one of the most important things we can do to have more civility and more collaboration and more bipartisanship and more engagement is to communicate I mean you and I sitting down over dinner breaking bread hearing one another stories as a way that we could to know each other and what happens right now is too often people are in their individual groups and they don't engage with one another so to me somebody who's a good communicator or somebody who's willing to tell their story and then listen to other people's stories I think one of the most important things we can do is become better listeners and when you have a community as diverse as Fort Worth you need to make sure all those stories are being heard and so creating a forum like this where people can tell their stories and hear other people's stories is so important and I think too often we're shouting at each other from across the room as opposed to listening to one another so my advice to being a good communicator is to listen a lot more than we talk my dad always says you have two ears and one mouth that should mean we listen our parents probably had that comment but really we should take time to listen and it does take time and it takes time to be intentional you brought up telling stories like people telling their story we all have a story to tell we've had to figure out maybe a way to package that up what does that mean and what does that mean I built my business around two things storytelling and training and what I mean by storytelling is what is your story, what do you want people to remember when you and I have a conversation and we walk away, what is it that you want me to take away from that conversation so as an individual, as a business as a nonprofit, as a church what is the story that you're telling what is it that people walk away and tell Jeff Bezos says that your brand is something that people say about you when you're not in the room what is that story you're a public servant, somebody who works hard somebody who cares about community, cares about family that's part of your story because you tell it but also because you live it and that's really important is that it's not just the words that we say, it's the actions that we take well that's interesting, that's where I want to go with this I think a lot of times people put on a facade people want to act a certain way around whatever they are I think that leads to inauthenticity and I think people can see through that absolutely, I think one of the most important things we need to learn to be is authentic authentic story, warts and all I think that we don't want perfect beautiful speakers all the time we want people who are telling real life stories and when somebody to your point is inauthentic you can see right through that people that are in business, people that are elected officials people in sports that are inauthentic but it's those real gritty moments when you get to see kind of behind the curtain and see who people are and that's when they're sharing their heart and sharing a little bit of who they are and they need to be able to feel that they can be vulnerable and that requires to be back to my... but really if they know you're listening and you're not just listening to fill in the next sentence you're actually listening to understand then people can be vulnerable and that's when the authenticity shines through it's a really good point because I think a lot of times we are trying to figure out what we're going to say before the person finishes so you don't really hear everything that they're saying and it gets processed maybe a different way I do an exercise with clients all the time, a listening exercise where I'll get knee to knee, COVID times we don't get quite knee to knee but I'll say I want you to tell me for 60 seconds tell me a story from your childhood that impacted you to this day tell me that story and I'm going to listen intently and then I'm going to ask you questions to make sure I understood it and so when I'm listening knowing that I have to ask you questions about what you said it changes how I listen because you're right most of the time we're listening to figure out what comes next figure out where I can fill in that gap and I have to ask you questions about it it forces me to really focus pay attention and almost every time I do this exercise people will say I haven't been heard like that in a long time and it's really powerful it doesn't take a lot of time this is a five minute exercise but even doing that with our family with people that we work with tell me what's going on with you and actually listen and ask clarifying questions that forces you to listen good advice one of the things you've talked about shift for a minute about civic engagement it's important and I think a big part of why this program exists is because I want people to be more civically engaged to understand what's happening around them it's one of the reasons I ran was just about that piece of getting them involved working with the neighborhoods etc so tell us a little bit about what your philosophy on that there's a study that came out a few years ago called the Texas Civic Health Index and it really measured is is Texas civic life healthy and the unfortunate answer is it's not and here's a few different measures of civic life but that's not the only thing are you involved in a faith community have you volunteered do you know who your city council member is do you know when the city council meets have you gone to a town hall do you know who your neighbor is so when we try to encourage people who are civic engagement it's not just about voting and participating in the electoral politics that's one piece of it is do you know your neighbor have you met the person across the street or across the hall from you particularly if they don't look like you and particularly makes you uncomfortable to go visit with them are you volunteering in a different part of town are you participating in activities that get you out of your comfort zone we are become creatures of habit kind of in our own bubbles and the more we can bust out of those bubbles break bread with one another share those stories with one another we become more civically engaged I believe that a healthy civic life means everybody's participating and there's a seat for everybody at the table and so to invite people in make space for them and then participate actively in the civic life we don't see some of the problems and the trauma that we see in a lot of places because people know their neighbors they know what's going on you think about examples like Hurricane Harvey people that knew their neighbors knew I need to go get to that elderly neighbor before that water rises if you don't know who your neighbors are how can you be helpful to them so it's a practical life saving tip but also just think about how can I serve others I just think the more we can put others to the point you talk about breaking out of your norm or breaking out and I think that we're involved in this group called Texas Lyceum I love it because it breaks me out of my norm here in Fort Worth that I have to go to other places we have friends all over the state that have a different viewpoint and when I go to our conferences I'll say a lot of times when I come back my opinion wasn't changed but it was enlightened and I think when we bust out of it it's kind of the idea that it really brings you together more with people absolutely and I think there's some people that are afraid of the term bipartisanship and what that means to me is like let's work together to get things done let's understand other people's perspective it's not about changing your mind it's not about consensus it's about recognizing that we have all these different viewpoints and yes to use your term enlighten it enlightens my viewpoint it helps me understand a different perspective there's another exercise I like to do with people I'm going to show you a picture of a painting I'm going to show you around the room to tell me two things they saw in that painting what you realize is almost everybody saw something different and then you start to realize well if we only have one perspective we're missing out on a lot of really great creativity and a lot of good viewpoints we need more of that in city government we need more of that in our business life in our schools all around when we have different perspectives around us it makes us sharper and richer I think there was an article of the top 100 boards that performed the best or the ones that have a more diverse board and then a diverse staff from there and it shouldn't just be a talking point we're diverse it should be we want to have the best board the best organization, the best company we can be and from a government perspective we want a government that's reflective of the people I'm a big advocate for getting more women elected and it's because women are half the country we should have a government that looks like us no totally well thanks for being here today we'll find you well the easiest way to find me is on twitter at UTSarver or you can look at my business sarverstrategies.com I'm so proud of the work you're doing for the city of Fort Worth thank you Jennifer I appreciate it we'll be right back with a special performance from Jubilee Theater now please welcome Davey on Jackson and Joan Monroe with Rain from Jubilee Theater's production of Southern Boys when the rain it pours it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor it washes over washes over it washes over washes over it washes see the lightning shining just for yes I know thanks for joining us today for this episode of Fort Worth Forward we look forward to bringing you more great stories of things happening here in Fort Worth so if you have an idea send it to us at district3atFortWorthTexas.gov we look forward to hearing from you and bringing more things to you 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