Camp Bowie District announced the appointment of five new board members to the Camp Bowie District Board of Directors, and new officers for 2021. Joining the board are Chris Holbert, C.B. Team, Luke Syres, Kelly Smith, and Bo Trainor.
“All five of our new board members exemplify the pride of stewardship in our organization and bring talent, knowledge and energy to Camp Bowie District,” Wade Chappell, executive director, said. ”We are incredibly fortunate to have them by our side as we strengthen the uniqueness of Camp Bowie Boulevard.”
The district also named Mark Harris new chairman. Harris, who joined the Camp Bowie District board in 2015, succeeds Mark Phillips, who served on the board for seven years, and three years as chairman.
Mark Harris (left), Mark Phillips (right)
Holbert grew up on Camp Bowie Boulevard, graduating from Arlington Heights High School and TCU. After graduating from TCU, Holbert obtained his law degree from the University of Tulsa and practices commercial transactional law at Axiom Law. He has served as Ridglea Hills Neighborhood Association board president, and chairman of the Ridglea Area Neighborhood Alliance. He is also newly appointed to the Fort Worth Library Advisory Board as vice chairman by Councilman Brian Byrd, and serves on the Z-Boaz Park Advisor Committee. He lives in Ridglea with his wife Christa, and their two children.
Team is a lifelong Fort Worth resident. With a degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Team headed to Fort Worth after college. He has worked in real estate at Ellis & Tinsley, Inc. as an associate since 2006, and was named partner and principal in 2013. Team has been appointed to various Fort Worth city boards such as the Development Advisory Committee, serving as its chairman. Team serves on the city’s Aviation Advisory Committee. He was awarded the REALTOR Spirit Award by The Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors. Team lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Lauren, and their two children.
Syres is a California native who moved with his wife and two children to Fort Worth in 2011. In 2016, Syres helped launch LEAGUE Real Estate, where he is co-owner and creative director of marketing and technology. In 2018, LEAGUE moved into the original westside schoolhouse off Pershing Avenue.
Smith is also a native to Fort Worth and owner of Tommy’s Hamburgers. Her parents founded the company in 1983. She received her B.S in Education from Texas Wesleyan University in 1990, where she played on the tennis team. She taught junior high in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD for three years. Smith came back to the restaurant business full-time after receiving her Master of Liberal Arts degree from Texas Christian University in 2001. She has served on the President’s Advisory Council at Texas Wesleyan and board president of AIDS Outreach Center. Smith owns and operates Tommy’s with her wife, Holly Edwards.
Trainor is from Winona, Minn., having moved to Texas as a child. With a background in civil engineering, he works at Peloton Land Solutions after previously working for several other small engineering firms. He has researched over 500 different sites in the metroplex, throughout Texas and the surrounding states, and served as the co-chair on the Tarrant County Advisory Committee. He currently serves as the Tarrant County sponsorship committee chair, and serves on the North Hi-Mount Neighborhood Development & Zoning Committee and on the City of Fort Worth's Development Advisory Committee. Bo lives with his husband in North Hi-Mount.
Harris has served on the Camp Bowie District board for five years. He founded the Fort Worth company 8 Feet Development, a commercial real estate development company that preserves, repurposes, and leases older buildings. An affiliate of James R. Harris Partners, the company specializes in adding value for its investors by saving and repurposing classic but underutilized buildings.
Camp Bowie District Inc. is a private non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Camp Bowie Boulevard, and its surrounding side streets. Over 600 businesses front The Boulevard.
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