SCR March Breakfast

Wednesday, March 30 | 7:30 - 9 am

River Crest Country Club

Speaker: Mike Brennan, President, Near Southside, Inc.

Mike Brennan leads Near Southside, Inc., (NSI) a member-funded, 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Fort Worth’s Near Southside as a vibrant, urban, mixed-use neighborhood. He joined the organization as its Director of Planning in 2006 and became its President in 2018.

Before joining NSI, Mike spent six years with the City of Fort Worth’s Planning Department. Shortly after joining NSI, he led the effort to create an urban, form-based development code for the Near Southside, resulting in the largest City-initiated rezoning in Fort Worth’s history. In 2008 the code received the Driehaus Award from the Form-Based Codes Institute, presented at the Congress for the New Urbanism.

The Near Southside continues to grow in leaps and bounds. Most recent achievements include:

-Securing Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural District designation

-Completion of the Skinny and Calhound Parks, and South Main Squeeze next on deck

-Fire Station Park fully funded and designed

-Dozens of development projects completed, under construction, or planned

-Major expansions in the works or planned at all district hospitals

-More than 87 new businesses opened

-Dozens of streets reconstructed

Join us to hear the latest from Mike on what’s coming soon to this exciting and constantly evolving part of Fort Worth.

Cost: $10 for SCR members and $25 for non-SCR members. At the door, tickets will be $15 for SCR members and $30 for non-SCR members. Non-members can register using this form.

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