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Fort Worth was founded as a military camp in 1849, named after General William Jenkins Worth. Today, the city is portrayed as more old-fashioned and laid-back than its neighbor, Dallas. Known as "Cowtown" for its roots as a cattle drive terminus, Fort Worth still celebrates its colorful Western heritage today and bills itself as "Where the West begins."(Information provided by Wikipedia.)
If you are looking at visiting, Fort Worth certainly offers the best to its visitors.
Whether you are looking at relocating, visiting this awesome city, or enjoying your community, Connecting Fort Worth is here to aid in locating all the area has to offer! |
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Public Hearing on Gas Drilling Recommendations Nov. 20 |
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After months of study and with direction provided by the City Council, Fort Worth’s Gas Drilling Task Force and city staff are recommending several revisions to the current ordinance governing gas drilling.
The recommendations were presented to the City Council during a special workshop last week. Residents will have an opportunity to learn more about them and provide comment during a public hearing scheduled for Nov. 20. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Botanic Garden Center, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.
Recommendations address:
- protected use definitions
- noise
- compressors
- setbacks
- gas well pad site permits
- gas drilling review committee
- gas well classifications
- landscaping
- fresh water fracturing pits
- reduced-emission completion
- gas well site management and remediation
- gas pipeline
- saltwater pipelines.
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See How GIS Technology Makes Life in Fort Worth Safer, Better at Nov. 19 Event |
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) — based on – the same kind of digital technology that spits out directions from “your smart phones” or automobile your car’s dashboards – are — being used to strengthens Ppolice and Ffire response, provides better infrastructure planning and improves basic service delivery by numerous City of Fort Worth departments.
See for yourself during GIS Day 2008, set from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Nov. 19 , you have an opportunity to see some of Fort Worth’s customized mapping technology up close and personal during GIS Day 2008on the lower level of City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
The an annual event that offers a look at projects developed by various city departments. The event is scheduled 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the lower level of City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Walk through a map gallery illustrating GIS, participate in hands-on demonstrations, and learn from project developers how this expanding technology is used. It helps to provide services and information, ranging from the routine, such as finding a park across town, to more urgent matters, such as response to severe storms.
Since 1997, GIS has been used by the City of Fort Worth to link all types of geographically based information and to streamline many processes in almost all city departments.
Like a paper map, GIS displays features such as roads, city boundaries, traffic lights, fire hydrants and environmental testing sites, then allows users to link geography with information about those features. When all of this is combined, it is delivered in a visual map format that anyone can understand, enabling analysis that earlier was not practical but now can be performed easily.
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