Mattie Parker: “Texas is interesting. We continue to be the number one job…”

“I'm really encouraged to be about how that could also support your local economy. Well, we mentioned earlier comparing Fort Worth to Dallas and Austin. How do you compete with those cities for young talent? Well, Texas is interesting. We continue to be the number one job creator and economic and driver in America and have been for 10 years running. We're the eighth largest economy in the world in the state of Texas on our own. So candidly, when we compete for business or workforce, we are competing oftentimes with other Texas cities.” (27:34–27:42)

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