New chapters for telling Arlington's stories

It’s kind of amusing to me that this column is called the “Starting Line.” It’s piece of content that introduces you to what’s contained in these pages, but if you want to get philosophical about it, the work started well before I even began to put words to this document.

In our Sports column, John Rhadigan introduces us to the Texas Rangers’ new (albeit formerly retired) manager Bruce Bochy, who was hired by Rangers’ new GM Chris Young, who himself inherited the team when he replaced longtime GM Jon Daniels.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Executive Publisher

Judy M. Rupay

CEO

Richard Greene

EDITORIAL

Editor

Mark Bauer

Sports Columnist

John Rhadigan Designer

Sara Pintilie

Website & Social Media Manager

Bailey Woodard

Graphic Artist

Francisco Cuevas

Contributing Writer

Kenneth Perkins

Contributing Photographers

Dwayne Lee, Heather Lee, Bobbie Jo Majors, Bruce Maxwell

I recently heard a leader share an ancient piece of wisdom that I keep coming back to: We all drink from wells we did not dig, and sit under the shade of trees we did not plant. That’s certainly the case of this column that I inherited from Yale Youngblood, this magazine’s inaugural editor and the man at the helm for 111 issues of Arlington Today. I’m grateful for him and the care and

In his Finish Line column, Mayor Richard Greene pays homage to Jill Hill, who’s retiring as executive director of River Legacy Foundation. We’ll literally be sitting under the shade of trees Hill planted for years to come.

As for who I am? A son of Arlington through and through. Graduated from James Bowie High School, worked my

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Laura DiStefano, Andrea Proctor, Debbie Roach, Tricia Schwartz

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Hanna Areksoussi

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commitment he demonstrated for our readers all these years, and I wish him the best in his retirement.

That bit of wisdom is also true of the stories shared by women in our Women in Business section. These high-achieving women share about the people in their lives who served as a source of inspiration and who drove them to succeed. They also provide words of wisdom to aspiring young professionals who are just beginning to write the early chapters of their own careers.

scorched my skin as a lifeguard supervisor at Hurricane Harbor while working my way through college; headed up The Shorthorn student newspaper as editor in chief at University of Texas at Arlington, and even wrote a couple of pieces for this magazine in its early days. Back then, though, I didn’t know what I didn’t know and had to bop around a little bit from DC to Los Angeles to learn a thing or two before Arlington Today’s publisher Judy Rupay called me back home.

There’s a lot of goings on in Arlington. And while it might sometimes feel like we’re just getting started, we’re participating in a long lineage of people who came before us and left their mark on our city. I look forward to continuing to tell those stories.

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A Conversation with Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi is coming to Texas Hall as the latest speaker in UT Arlington’s Maverick Speaker Series. Nooyi is an accomplished business leader who currently sits on the board of Amazon, where she chairs the audit committee. She’s best known for her previous role though as the chair and CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2019. During her tenure, she was the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, which helped PepsiCo grow its net revenue by more than 80%, and the company's total shareholder return was 162%, beating the S&P over the same period.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

7:30 P.M. at Texas Hall

Tickets: www.uta.edu/maverick-speakers

The City of Arlington Parks and Recreation has

Adventure Park company in the U.S., to launch two new zipline and ropes courses at River Legacy ParkEast in Arlington. The new adventure park will offer exciting outdoor activities with multiple ziplines over the Trinity River. The park will also feature can compete with friends in various games and www.goape.com/location/texas-arlington

Muslim American Celebration at the Levitt Pavilion

Advisory Council is sponsoring a public cultural 6 pm. There will be a traditional Syrian sword and dances. Special guest speakers will include Representative Salman Bojani. Admission is free and visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Food and drink is available for purchase, but coolers are also permitted as long as they don’t contain glass containers. A portion of the fundraising proceeds will be donated to US-based humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.

Saturday, March 4 2 P.M. to 6 P.M. levittpavilionarlington.org/events.

March 5 @ 3 pm

March 26 @ 2 pm vs San Antonio Brahmas

March 31 @ 6 pm vs the Seattle Sea Dragons

April 23 @ 2 pm vs the Houston Roughnecks

Arlington Charities is rolling out a new initiative this year to against hunger and poverty.

The organization unveiled a new mobile pop-up pantry for providing nutritious food to residents in food deserts across the city. The food insecurity rate in Tarrant County is above the national average at 18.1%, with more than one-third of those residents unable to qualify for government programs.

tering graphics of fresh produce and is equipped with a refrigerated cooler to store meat and dairy.

The truck was designed to give residents a full shopping experience, with one side of the truck opening to display deep slanted shelving for selections of fresh fruit, produce and bakery items just as residents are accustomed to at any neighborhood grocer.

Not only will residents have access to healthy foods at the pop-up pantries, but they will also have the opportunity to receive nutritional education, assistance with signing up for take feedback from our clients and community partners seriously and use it to identify areas of need and determine future site locations.

As one of Arlington's largest food pantries, Arlington Charities has been providing supplemental groceries to individuals and families facing food insecurity in Arlington and Tarrant County since 1978.

In 1957, newly developed Lake Arlington became known as “Miracle Lake” when 17 inches of rain

45,000 surface acres of water, enough to supply the city’s water needs for the next eight years. Engineers originally estimated the lake would take

$179,332,500

The total estimated payroll for the 2023 Texas Rangers, which places the team in the top-10 of MLB teams for spending. Before the offseason spending spree the Rangers payroll sat right around the league average of $85 million.

Source: Spotrac.com

14

The number of bowling lanes at the Bowling International Training & Research Center. The ITRC uses leading-edge technology to help bowlers improve their game, including video analysis, biomechanical motion and bowler vision.

Source: BowlingITRC.com

46th

The Arlington Police Department is the 46th largest law enforcement agency in the country with almost 900 sworn

Source: arlingtontx.gov

13.2%

The percentage that assessed property values increased from last year.

Source: arlingtontx.gov