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MARK FADDEN/COMMUNITY IMPACT A 12-story Carvana car dealership opened in Fort Worth on April 12.
FEATURED IMPACT NOW OPEN A 12-story Carvana location debuted in northeast Fort Worth, visible from I-35W, on April 12. The preowned car seller has the capacity to sell up to 43 cars at its location at 8741 North Freeway, Fort Worth. Customers can select a vehicle online, come in person to receive an oversized Carvana coin, use the coin to start the car vending machine and watch their car move down the vending machine Ste. 200, to 201 N. Rupert St., Ste. 107. Last year the nonprofit celebrated its 100th anniversary. 817-258-8000. www.unitedwaytarrant.org 10 Officials with aircraft engine man- ufacturer MTU Maintenance Dallas, Inc. announced on April 6 a relocation from Grapevine to a new, 430,000-square-foot, climate-controlled facility at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. According to a news release, the expanded space will allow MTU Aero Engines to perform engine tests on-site for the first time. The move to Alliance Airport is scheduled to happen by the end of June. 817-442-4849. www.mtu.de EXPANSIONS 11 Creekside Pet Care Center in Keller held a grand opening on April 22. The center, located at 8830 Davis Blvd., has been serving pets and their owners in Keller for 27 years at its original location, which is a 1,700-square-foot building that still stands adjacent to the new facility. Creekside has 12 veterinarians on staff. The center is part of the Suveto net- work, which owns 66 veterinary hospi- tals across the country. 817-383-9178. https://creeksidepetcare.com CLOSINGS 12 Tuesday Morning is going out of business, and all 200 stores—59 of which are in Texas, including a location in
structure, according to the website. There is also an at-home delivery option. The location is the sixth in Texas. 888-450-0415 www.carvana.com
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Keller—will close. Keller’s Tuesday Morn- ing store, located at 1580 Keller Parkway, is expected to close by July 1, according to Tuesday Morning staff. 817-337-0467. www.tuesdaymorning.com 13 Natural Grocers , located at 5230 N. Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth, will close June 27, according to a May 5 news release from the Lakewood, Colorado-based company. 817-788-4576. 14 Babe’s Chicken Dinner House cel- ebrated its 30th anniversary in Roanoke on April 22. The restaurant is located at 104 North Oak St., Roanoke. It is the first Babe’s Chicken Dinner House restaurant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The city made April 25 Babe’s Chicken Dinner House of Roanoke Day. Located in what was a warehouse built in 1908, Babe’s was one of the first restaurants to call Oak Street home. 817-491-2900. https://babeschicken.com/our-kitchens 15 The Classic Café celebrated its 30th anniversary in Roanoke on May 5. The restaurant is located at 504 N. Oak St., Ste. 4. The business is owned by brothers Christopher and Curtis Wells. In recognition of the anniversary, Mayor Carl E. “Scooter” Gierisch Jr. declared May 5 as The Classic Café at Roanoke Day. 817-430-8185. https://theclassiccafe.com www.naturalgrocers.com ANNIVERSARIES
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