Event details About the Speaker Our Sponsors Spirit of Enterprise Award

		Join us for the Chamber's premier event of the year! "Growing a Sustainable City,"a look at how urban density and green efficiencies can mitigate issues surrounding fast-growing populations with Keynote Speaker David Owen. The  Spirit of Enterprise award will be presented to Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

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About David Owen

Keynote speaker David Owen has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1991. Before joining The New Yorker, he was a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly, and prior to that, a senior writer at Harper’s and a frequent contributor to Esquire. He is also a contributing editor at Golf Digest, and the author of a dozen books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, writer Ann Hodgman, and their two children.

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Spirit of Enterprise Award

The Chairman’s Spirit of Enterprise Award was initiated in 1975 to recognize local companies that have made significant contributions to the development of our community. Selected by the four most recent chairs of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, the recipient is selected for its contributions to the advancement and prosperity of the city, as well as its commitment to the preservation of the American private enterprise system.

Spirit of Enterprise Recipient:
Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Past Award Recipients

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