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Dallas' new brand celebrates local visionaries with can-do spirit

Dallas and its people have a can-do attitude

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Dallas has a new destination brand for its citizens to embrace and support, and it’s being brought to life through a local campaign: We Do Can-Do.

It's the product of two years of research, collaboration, and partnership between Visit Dallas, City of Dallas leaders, community stakeholders and organizations, local businesses, and Dallas residents.

"It’s a dynamic and ownable identity that authentically reflects the qualities, personality, and values that make this city what it is today and what it will be long into the future," says Jennifer Walker, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Visit Dallas. "In its purest form, the Dallas brand is the maverick, can-do spirit of its people."

What better way to bring this to life than to highlight local Dallas "Can-Doers," aka community leaders and luminaries, difference-makers, game-changers, tastemakers, connectors, and visionaries in a local campaign that brings the brand to life?

This campaign will be found in media across the city including billboards and kiosks, newspapers and magazines, buses and airports, and more.

A series of portraits and artworks created by Dallas’ incredibly talented local arts community will be saluting these Can-Doers, who include:

Michelle Carpenter, chef at Cafe Beatrice
Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman, chef at Jose
Daisha Board, founder and curator of Daisha Board Gallery
Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks
Daron Babcock, executive director of Bonton Farms
Terrence and Tim Maiden, co-founders of the Maiden Foundation
Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings guard

"You’ll see Dallas’ powerful can-do energy, pride and welcoming personality fuel our destination story," says Walker. "Colorful and bold, hard to ignore, like the city itself.

Learn more and see how you can get involved at DallasCanDo.com.

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Turkey Day news

Dallas eats up top-5 rank on list of best cities for Thanksgiving

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Dallas is sitting at the head of the table as one of the best places in the country to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, a new study has revealed.

Dallas ranked No. 5 out of 100 of the largest U.S. cities in WalletHub's annual "Best Places to Go for Thanksgiving" report, published November 12. The city made a huge leap over its 2023 ranking as No. 17, and remains the highest-ranking Texas city.

The study analyzed each city based on 18 metrics to determine the best places for Thanksgiving, such as the number of pumpkin patches per capita, the average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner, the number of volunteer opportunities, the average weather forecast, and more. The metrics were then organized into five overall categories to determine the rankings.

The category that Dallas ranked the highest in was the number of celebrations and traditions (No. 2), and the average weather forecast during the holiday period (No. 9), while the lowest-ranked category was for safety and accessibility (No. 82). Other categories that determined Dallas' overall ranking were affordability (No. 60), and a "giving thanks" rank (No. 26).

Dallas restaurants are getting prepared for their big Turkey Day feasts, and CultureMap has rounded up a thorough list of all of the local restaurants hosting holiday feasts, from brunch to dinner.

"The best cities for celebrating Thanksgiving all have an abundance of high-quality restaurants and places to buy festive decorations, and their residents get very excited for the holiday based on their Google search history," said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo.

By Thanksgiving on November 28, Dallas will be fully decked for the December holidays. Dallasites who will have extended family in town during Thanksgiving weekend can take in of all the marvelous Christmas lights brightening the city. Dallas-Fort Worth goes all out for the most wonderful time of year.

Across North Texas, three Dallas-area cities also made big improvements from their 2023 rankings. Irving moved up 10 spots to claim No. 19 this year, and Garland jumped up 21 spots on the list as No. 34. Arlington made the biggest improvement in the region, moving from No. 78 last year to No. 55 this year.

Meanwhile, Plano and Fort Worth slipped in the rankings, falling into No. 44 and No. 45 in 2024, respectively. Plano previously ranked No. 38 in 2023, and Fort Worth was No. 36.

San Diego, California (No. 1) topped the overall list of best places to go for Thanksgiving this year, followed by its Golden State neighbors San Francisco (No. 3) and San Jose (No. 4). Atlanta, Georgia (No. 2) rounds out the top five.

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