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**A Growing Community Attracts Thriving Businesses and Entrepreneurs**

**Meet the startup innovators who are driving change in their industries
and beyond. These startups are among the Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth,
our editors' picks of forward-thinking innovators who are shaping
their industries and communities.**

From the healthcare sector to the real estate industry, these
trailblazers are disrupting the status quo with their groundbreaking
technologies and solutions. Mark Cuban and Alex Oshmyansky's drug
company is challenging Big Pharma with a radically transparent online
pharmacy, while Treyvon Perry's startup is using 3D printing to build
sustainable homes. 

Together with Alex Oshmyansky, Cost Plus's founder and CEO, the serial
entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner launched the cash-only, online
pharmacy last year to sell generic drugs for everything from acid reflux
to Crohn's disease for a fraction of the typical cost. It's able to
do so because it negotiates directly with drug manufacturers,
sidestepping the myriad "pharmacy benefit manager" middlemen who
typically control costs by setting prices at whatever the market will
bear. That's often a whole lot.

Treyvon Perry  started thinking about revolutionizing homebuilding with
3D concrete printing when he was just 17 years old. In 2021, the
architecture student at UT Arlington teamed up with Sebin Joseph to
launch Von Perry, a tech-habitat company that specializes in building
affordable, sustainable homes utilizing digital and prefab construction
and 3D printing

Perry considers 3DCP houses-which typically use 3D printing
technologies like a large robotic arm that moves around and extrudes or
"prints" concrete one layer at a time-as "next-gen housing"
that could be a good solution to the affordable housing crisis. 

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**Panhandlers Take Advantage of Our Compassion**

**A Federal Judge will Decide on Dallas Ordinance Banning Panhandling On
Medians**

A federal judge in Dallas is set to rule on whether the city can enforce
an ordinance that restricts panhandling until a First Amendment lawsuit
is ended. The lawsuit challenges an ordinance passed by the Dallas City
Council last year, which makes it a misdemeanor to walk or stand on
medians measuring six feet or less or designated "clear zones."
Violating the ordinance can result in a ticket and a fine of up to $500.
The plaintiffs argue that the ordinance infringes on their
constitutional right to hold signs, interact with drivers, protest, and
conduct research near busy roadways. They claim that the ordinance
hinders their freedom of speech.

The city argues that the ordinance is not intended as a panhandling ban
but rather as a pedestrian safety measure. The city's lawyer maintains
that individuals are still free to express themselves but must do so at
a safe distance from busy roads. Exceptions to the ordinance include
permitted marches, workers with intersection permits, and firefighters
soliciting donations. The plaintiffs argue that this amounts to
government censorship. The judge will decide whether to allow the city
to enforce the ordinance while the lawsuit continues.

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