Go Time in Fort Worth with Mayor Mattie Parker

Mayor Parker discusses items from the Visit Fort Worth contract approved at the Fort Worth City Council on April 25, 2023 as well as the Where Achievement Begins celebration of workforce-ready graduates and early voting in local elections. Learn more: Fort Worth school districts have a new goal: Boost career readiness by 10% in next year Funds to help spotlight film production and boost tourism 20...

Mayor Parker discusses items from the Fort Worth City Council on April 11, 2023: street racing concerns and FWPD response, the deal for a new Carhartt distribution center in Fort Worth, and newly-allocated funds to combat opioid crisis locally. Learn more: Carhartt zips into Fort Worth with new distribution center Settlement funds will help combat opioid crisis locally . . A podcast hosted by Mayo...

Mayor Parker discusses items from the Fort Worth City Council and Local Development Corporation Board meetings on March 23, 2023: $500,000 of operation funding over the next two years to establish The Fort Worth Entrepreneurship Center, $1.5 million incentives over several years for a electronic game design company, and formalizing the Innovation Districts Policy. Learn more: Fort Worth council ap...

Mayor Parker discusses items from the Fort Worth City Council, Housing Finance Corp. Board, and Crime Control & Prevention District Board meetings on February 28, 2023: violent crime reduction data, $11 million purchase of housing for homeless families, and council proposal on Financial Openness, Responsibility and Transparency Act (FORT Act).   Learn more: Violent crimes decreased in Fort Worth l...

The Fort Worth Public Library’s annual Spring Reading Challenge runs through the month of March with fun reading and activity challenges for all ages. This year's challenge includes special story times with the Chiefs of the Fire and Police Departments. Mayor Parker sat down with Police Chief Neil Noakes, Fire Chief Jim Davis, and Library Director Manya Shorr to talk about why it matters that we a...

Mayor Parker discusses two items discussed at the February 7, 2023 Fort Worth City Council Worksession Meeting: the FWPD Community Advisory Board and an update on the Future City Hall project. Learn more: Board aims to amplify community’s voice on police matters: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/2/pd-presentation Council hears update on Future City Hall scope and costs: https://www.fortwor...

Known as one of the world's oldest and proudest law enforcement organizations, the Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers are commemorating 200 years of service to the State of Texas in 2023 -- and they are kicking off a year of celebrations at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in Fort Worth. To talk about the organization's history and plans for the Bicentennial, Mayor Parker sits down w...

While riding the TexRail train from Fort Worth to the DFW Airport, Mayor Parker and Richard Andreski, the president and CEO Trinity Metro,  Fort Worth's regional transportation system, discuss innovation in public transportation, the unique transportation needs in Fort Worth, and exciting projects coming down the line. Learn more about Trinity Metro: ridetrinitymetro.org . . A podcast hosted by Ma...

Leading a city of nearly a million people is tough, but we can all agree neurosurgery is probably much tougher! Mayor Parker talks with Dr. Olaide Ajayi and Dr. Christopher Shank, the physicians that lead the spine surgery and neurotrauma programs at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, about the complex work of neurosurgery, the need for world-class medical institutions in a growing...

Mayor Parker speaks at the Fort Worth Chamber’s State of the City event on September 29, 2022 at Dickies Arena. In her address, she talks about education, public safety, city services, transportation, economic development, and more. Plus, a conversation with the host of PBS's Firing Line, Margaret Hoover, and the presentation of the inaugural Mayor’s Unsung Hero Service Award.  Watch it now on the...

As National Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, Mayor Parker talks with Kristi Wiley and Isaac Manning from the Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation about their efforts in North Texas to eradicate suicide by funding depression research, creating awareness through education, and battling the stifling stigma. Listeners should note that this episode includes discussion on suicide and suicidal th...

The evolution of the Fort Worth Zoo has been nonstop since it transitioned from City-operated to a public-private partnership 30 years ago. Mayor Parker sits down with Co-chairman of the Fort Worth Zoo’s Board of Directors Ramona Bass about guiding the 113-year-old Zoo through its privatization transformation, the Zoo’s commitment to education and conservation, and even baby Brazos and his beloved...

The City’s annual Fort Worth Business Plan Competition leads a group of small business owners through the process of building a business plan to compete for cash prizes. Mayor Mattie Parker talks with the competition’s 2022 grand prize winner, Lauren Kutschke of Salted Pages, about owning a business in Fort Worth and how her way with words helps other businesses generate leads and stand out. Learn...

American Airlines, headquartered right here in Fort Worth, is responsible for more than 80% of the flight traffic out of DFW Airport, the second busiest airport in the world. Mayor Parker sits down with American Airlines CEO Robert Isom to talk about leading a global company of more than 120,000 employees, AA's impact on North Texas, industry challenges and opportunities, and more. . . A podcast h...

Mayor Mattie Parker reflects on her first year in office as Mayor of Fort Worth. Read the transcript of this episode: https://medium.com/@mayormattieparker/mayor-mattie-parker-reflections-on-one-year-in-office-cdbfa80d5557 . . A podcast hosted by Mayor Mattie Parker, Go Time takes a look at current city issues, innovative Fort Worth residents, and how we are moving the 13th largest city in the nat...

Fort Worth is proudly the home of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Program, with 800 and counting having been manufactured at the plant in west Fort Worth. Mayor Parker talks with two of the people who understand the aircraft best, Lockheed Martin test pilots Monessa “Siren” Balzhiser and Chad “Phatz” Lutz, about what it's like inside the cockpit of an F-35 and F-16, the education and military career path b...

Fort Worth-based hip-hop artist Lou Charle$ has watched a lot of evolution in Fort Worth's music scene over the last decade. Mayor Parker and Lou sit down to talk about what those changes mean for musicians and music venues in Fort Worth, as well as his own journey making music a career. Lou Charle$ Presents Louapalooza The Last Dance: www.prekindle.com/promo/id/531433528311666466 Delta: www.whois...

Racing fans from all 50 states will descend on north Fort Worth's Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR All-Star Race, a star-studded event that’s part competition, part carnival. Mayor Parker talks with TMS Senior Vice President and General Manager Rob Ramage about how the superspeedway has impacted Fort Worth's growing sports scene and the big plans the TMS team has for its future. ....

Mayor Parker talks with Fort Worth Police Department's Officer Zachary Briseno, a Marine veteran who lost both his legs in a bombing in 2007 in Fallujah and became the second double amputee police officer in the nation when he joined FWPD in 2020.  Listeners should note that this episode includes a graphic retelling of traumatic events and references to suicide and PTSD related to military service...

Last week, Fort Worth became the first city government in the United States to mine Bitcoin. Mayor and President and Founder of Texas Blockchain Council Lee Bratcher talk about the new partnership on the pilot program, and how it is part of recognizing the exponential growth of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries while advancing Fort Worth’s goal of becoming a leading center of tech and i...

On May 7, Fort Worth has the chance to vote on two initiatives that address issues facing Fort Worth -- the 2022 Bond Election and Charter Election. Mayor Parker talks with City staff about what is in the $560 million bond package for streets, parks, libraries, police, fire, open space, and more and also discusses the 13 proposed amendments to the City Charter. Learn more about all of the Bond and...

Mayor Parker talks with Founder and Executive Director of Brown Girls Do Ballet, TaKiyah Wallace. TaKiyah started Brown Girls Do Ballet as a photo project in 2012 while searching for diverse classical ballet programs in Dallas for her daughter. The photo project took off, and now she travels the country shooting the project and spreading the mission of the Fort Worth-based Brown Girls Do Ballet or...

Originally live streamed from the Visit Fort Worth SXSW activation at Container Bar in Austin, Texas on March 12, Mayor Parker talks with 1883's Eric Nelsen and Visit Fort Worth's Mitch Whitten about the growing Fort Worth film and tourism industries. Watch the Facebook Live: https://fb.watch/c1W8eg1ay3/ . . A podcast hosted by Mayor Mattie Parker, Go Time takes a look at current city issues, inno...

Mayor Parker talks with CEO and President of Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute Patrick Newman of Texas about his path to plants, the emotional souvenirs we collect at special places like the Garden, and the exciting research and programs on the horizon for the oldest botanic garden in Texas and ninth largest herbarium in the country. Learn more Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Bo...

Mayor Parker talks with Liz Lambert, a pioneer of the hotel world who’s known for creating completely unique spaces across Texas and beyond. The two discuss the transformation of hotels and the cities they live in and the fierce tenacity of entrepreneurs on the path to success the day before Liz's keynote address at the Visit Fort Worth Annual Meeting. Learn more about the 2022 Visit Fort Worth An...