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Mattie Parker
Mattie Parker wants to improve the growth of small, local businesses through innovative work.

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Mattie Parker is an American attorney, business owner and politician. She served as the chief of staff for her predecessor Betsy Price. She also served as on the Fort Meyer city council from 2015 until 2020.

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At Texas A&M University School of Law, she was awarded the prestigious MacLean & Boulware Endowed Law Scholarship.

Parker has also taken an aggressive pursuit toward the development of housing projects to resolve the issue of homelessness in Fort Worth. A recently-funded project put forward $20.3 million to develop at least 165 units of permanent supportive housing in Fort Worth, to end chronic homelessness in the city. From July through September 2022, 85% of homeless families in Tarrant County were in Fort Worth, which designated Parker to work closely with the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition. In response to this issue, Mayor Parker stated, “I consider this a crisis because of who it’s impacting – our families and children. I’m not the only mayor in Texas with this problem right now.” Parker and the TCHC also assist churches and charitable organizations which help the homeless and struggling families.