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A conversation began at TribFest. Let’s keep it going.

October 4, 2019

A number of folks approached us during the recent Texas Tribune Festival and asked, “What is Texas 2036 all about?” It’s exactly the question we were hoping to hear. We explained that Texas 2036 is a nonprofit organization building statewide support for sustained, data-driven planning efforts. We are focused on the challenges and opportunities our...

Quite a Week

October 1, 2019

That was … quite a week. We just wrapped up Texas 2036’s series of big launch activities, including a panel discussion on Congress in Austin, practically in the shadow of the Texas Capitol. There was the range of perspectives that key thought leaders and decision-makers offered over TribFest’s three days. For a data-driven organization like...

Texas 2036 Pushes Long Term Planning for Texas’ Future

September 27, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas — Planning for Texas’ future can’t wait. That’s the message from the nonprofit Texas 2036, which is focused on the future of this state and whether Texas will be prepared to meet its known challenges. In 2036, Texas turns 200 and according to the group, the state will be home to 10 million more...

New Board Members Join Texas 2036

September 26, 2019

This is a big week for Texas 2036 — in part because we continue our efforts to build out a large and growing diverse, non-partisan statewide presence. Today, we announced the addition of more accomplished directors to our large and growing Texas 2036 Board of Directors, which now totals almost three dozen. This diverse statewide...

34 TOP TEXAS LEADERS JOIN TEXAS 2036 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

September 26, 2019

34 TOP TEXAS LEADERS JOIN TEXAS 2036 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Diverse statewide leadership will guide non-profit effort to tackle state’s looming challenges [DALLAS, TEXAS, September 26, 2019] Nearly three dozen of Texas’ most distinguished business and civic leaders have joined the board of Texas 2036, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization focused on finding data-driven solutions for...

Texas 2036 founder says planning for Texas’ future can’t wait

September 25, 2019

Tom Luce doesn’t claim to have solutions to any of our global problems. As the name of his new initiative, Texas 2036, suggests, his focus is on the future of this state — and whether Texas will be prepared to meet its known challenges. Nor is the 79-year-old Luce a proponent of the “radical action”...

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