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In This Issue Page 1 Rangers’ Globe Life Field Features Texas Inspiration Page 2 Rangers’ Globe Life Field Features Texas Inspiration Cont‘d| Medical Center Arlington Breaks Ground Page 3 Luraco Made in Arlington| Arlington Ranks in the Top 20 of WalletHub’s Hardest-Working Cities Page 4 By the Numbers | Arlington OED Presents to Monterrey

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This project furthers our “ Rangers’ Globe Life Field Features Texas commitment to excellent Inspiration care to our community. From the limestone quarried in Lampasas to the “Champion Red” Acme brick made in Denton, the Texas Rangers’ future Globe Life Field features materials inside and out made here in the Lone Star State. let Bryan Trubey, executive vice president of HKS and the principal designer Keith Zimmerman of Globe Life Field, discussed the materials being used in the construction of both exterior and interior elements of the new retractable roof ballpark CEO, Medical Center during a construction site media tour in March. Trubey and the HKS design Arlington team have incorporated a variety of materials, the majority of which are being produced in Texas, that refl ect the elements of form and structure, transparency, and landscape. (Continued on next page.)

Connect with us on social media: www.arlingtontx.gov | www.myarlingtontx.com Rangers’ Globe Life Field Features Texas Inspiration, Cont’d For example, more than 1 million Acme bricks will HKS is the design architect for the project be used in the ballpark project. The “Champion and Manhattan Construction Company is the Red” brick is made at Acme’s Denton Plant. This Construction Manager. facility also supplied the exterior of the Rangers’ Materials from Texas include: current home, Globe Life Park. Steel: Irwin Steel – Justin, Texas Additionally, the Rangers and HKS released a series of new renderings Thursday that depict the Curtainwall System: OldCastle – Alba, Texas east, southeast, and west exteriors of Globe Life Masonry Veneer: ACME – Denison, Texas Field. Other renderings included interior views Precast Walls: Enterprise – Corsicana, Texas from the upper left fi eld concourse, right fi eld, and Limestone: Mezger – Lampasas, Texas the fi eld level suites, which are located directly behind home plate. In addition, the following materials are also being utilized: The offi cial groundbreaking for Globe Life Field took place on Sept. 28, 2017, with construction Granite: Coldspring – Cold Spring, Minnesota beginning the following week. The new 1.7 Three Layer ETFE: Vector Foiltec, Germany million square-foot ballpark, which will be located All Metal Panels: Centria – Sheridan, Arkansas on 13 acres just south of the current Globe Life Park in Arlington, will include a retractable roof Insulated Translucent Panels: CPI Daylighting – for climate control and shelter for fans during Lake Forest, Illinois the hot summer months. Seating capacity is approximately 40,000 for the new ballpark, which will open in March 2020.

Medical City Arlington Breaks Ground on $54 Million Expansion

In March, Medical City Arlington broke ground on a new four-story medical offi ce building and seven-story parking structure on the northwest side of the hospital campus – bordered by Matlock Road and Omega Drive. The $54 million expansion project will allow the hospital to elevate its standard of care by adding new offi ces for physicians and enhanced patient services. More than 700 covered parking spaces will be gained by the construction of the new parking structure. “Medical City Arlington is expanding and constantly improving to meet the growing needs of our patients. We heard the voices of our physicians, patients and community,” said Keith Zimmerman, CEO of Medical City Arlington. “Our patients will be better served by the addition of new physicians, modern medical offi ce spaces and ample parking. This project furthers our commitment to excellent care to our community.” The expansion is part of Medical City Healthcare’s major capital investment initiative. The company has spent or committed more than $1.7 billion over fi ve years, including the new Medical City Arlington Women’s Hospital (grand opening in April 2019) and Level III NICU. Construction of the new building and parking structure are expected to be complete in Spring 2020. Luraco - Made in Arlington Luraco Technologies was formed in 2005 by two aspiring electrical engineers, Tom Le and Dr. Kevin Le who set out seeking governmental contracts for the U.S. Department of Defense, while simultaneously inventing products that would be useful to both commercial and residential customers. Today, Luraco Technologies is a high-tech corporation dedicated to providing research, advanced technology and innovative products to the military, industrial and commercial sectors. The company has grown from application development and many other for its excellent products gave us an three employees to almost fifty in both applications. opportunity to share our pride in our the corporate office and the production employees and the job they do.” facility. They have been recognized nationally as a premier technology company and When asked about their experience in Luraco started with a small 2,000 received various accolades such as Arlington, the company stated, “We are square-foot space that they expanded Dallas’ Top 100 Companies, Top Defense proud to be located in Arlington. We over the years. They now own and Contractor in Tarrant County, the Export have had many other cities and states occupy a 42,000 square-foot building Achievement Award from the U.S. approach us about moving our location, located on 107th Street in the Great Department of Commerce, as well as but we are here to stay.” Southwest Industrial District. “Luraco other honors for their products. Technologies planted its roots in Arlington 13 years ago and has Dr. Kevin Le, Chief Technology Officer grown strong from there,” says Robyn was recently recognized by the Readicker, International Sales and University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Marketing Manager. as a Distinguished Alumnus, alongside Governor Greg Abbot who received the Luraco Technologies produces the UTA President’s Award (pictured above). only massage chair “made in the USA” in Arlington. Their technical The company was also featured on staff includes engineers and scientists “World’s Greatest Products,” which aired specializing in advanced robotic on the ION Network in late October of system designs, sensors and controls, 2018. Readicker says “Having the World’s embedded systems, software Greatest Products recognize Luraco

Arlington Ranked in the Top 20 of WalletHub’s Hardest-Working Cities in U.S. Many Americans view hard work as the path to achieving the American Dream. Americans work so hard, in fact, they put in more hours at their jobs than many other industrialized countries. The average U.S. worker puts in 1,780 hours per year – 70 hours more than the average in Japan, 266 more than the U.K. and 424 more than Germany. But some U.S. cities, including Arlington, represent the strong work ethic that helped to build the world’s biggest economy better than others. In order to determine which cities outwork the rest of America, WalletHub compared the 116 largest cities across 10 key metrics. This data set ranged from employment rate to average weekly work hours to the share of workers who hold multiple jobs. Arlington, which captured the No. 18 spot, was among eight Texas cities who made WalletHub’s Top 20 list. By the Numbers FY2018 CITY OF ARLINGTON ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY

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Arlington OED Presents to Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico, a city of 1.1 million just 90 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, is the commercial center of northern Mexico. It is home to many international companies and has major factories that supply much the US market. Because of its proximity, booming economy, and major manufacturing sector, the OED feels there is signifi cant opportunity to do business in Monterrey. Because of this, Staff attended the Texas Investment Summit in Monterrey this February. Organized by the State of Texas’ Mexico Offi ce, the event was a half day seminar attracting Mexican companies interested in doing business in Texas. Arlington was one of fi ve Texas cities that attended the conference and gave a presentation about its unique advantages. Approximately 25 companies attended the event, including one company the OED was already in communication with about opening a regional sales offi ce. The event gave OED Staff the opportunity to meet prospective future Arlington businesses and catch up with valued connections in the State’s Mexico Offi ce. The OED will continue to seek opportunities to get in front of companies in Monterrey.