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Art Station Fort Worth supplies artful tools to help people heal and grow

Art Station Fort Worth therapists help clients express anxiety, trauma, grief, developmental delays, behavior issues and life challenges.

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It’s not about creating a better picture. It’s about making a better life.

Angry outbursts, little communication and isolating behavior led one young boy to Art Station Fort Worth, where licensed therapists encouraged him to create a 3-D model of his ideal city. The result was a city with no school and a large jail to lock up the bad guys.

Through support and encouragement, therapists learned that the boy was being bullied and felt powerless to make it stop. They worked with him to develop ways to stand up for himself, ask for help and begin making productive friendships.

“When people are unable to find the words to describe something difficult, art therapy provides a visual language to express anxiety, trauma, grief, developmental delays, behavior issues and life challenges,” says Peggy Marshall, CEO of Art Station Fort Worth.

The only nonprofit, art-based therapy program of its kind in North Texas, Art Station Fort Worth serves children, teens and adults and even has a program for returning veterans experiencing difficulty with the transition to civilian life.

Vote now for Art Station Fort Worth — or any of the other worthy local nonprofits — in the CultureMap Charity Challenge.

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Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to support the outstanding work of Art Station Fort Worth.

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Dallas narrows down field for new city manager to 4 candidates

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After six months without a city manager, the city of Dallas has narrowed down the field of replacements to four semifinalists including one serving as current interim city manager, plus candidates from Fort Worth, Michigan, and Georgia.

Dallas has been without a city manager since May, when previous city manager T.C. Broadnax left to take a job with the city of Austin. Since that time, Broadnax's former chief of staff Kimberly Bizor Tolbert has served as interim city manager.

The city retained Baker Tilly, a consulting firm, to recruit and compile candidates. (Baker Tilly famously erred in the brochure it created for the position by featuring a photo of the Houston skyline instead of Dallas; they've since replaced it with Dallas.)

A spokesperson for Baker Tilly did not respond to inquiries but according to D Magazine, an email listing the candidates has been sent to the Dallas City Council.

The semifinalists include:

Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, Dallas’ current interim city manager
William Johnson, an assistant city manager in Fort Worth
Mark Washington, the city manager of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Zachary Williams, a county chief operating officer in Georgia

All have more than 25 years' of public administration experience and have worked in similar capacities in their respective cities.

Before working in Fort Worth, Johnson was Baltimore’s transportation director and Atlanta’s deputy chief operating officer and public works commissioner.

Washington worked in Fort Worth and Austin before becoming Grand Rapids’ city manager.

Williams has mostly worked in Georgia at the county level, including serving as county manager in Fulton County and chief operating officer in DeKalb County.

Tolbert began working for the city in 1998, first as the city manager’s assistant and later in the aviation department. Broadnax hired her as his chief of staff in 2017.

Unlike the Mayor and the Dallas City Council, the city manager position in Dallas is not elected but is instead appointed by the city council, and is tasked with executing policies, overseeing the annual budget, and managing staff at city hall.

The council’s Ad Hoc Committee will choose finalists, introduce them to the public, and make an offer in early 2025.

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