Dallas City Council District 7

Austin Industries’ Asphalt Plant to Cease Operations in Joppa Neighborhood June 26

By April Towery / June 7, 2023 /

An asphalt plant that Joppa neighbors claim has been emitting harmful pollutants will shut down at the end of the month. Company officials with Dallas-based Austin Bridge and Road announced last week they would cease operations June 26 and remove equipment from the site southeast of downtown Dallas in City Council District 7. The issue…

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Know Your Candidates, District 7: Bazaldua Answers Questionnaire

By Bethany Erickson / June 7, 2019 /
District 7

Dallas City Council District 7 turned out to be one of the more notable races in the municipal election last month — the incumbent, Kevin Felder, garnered a distant fourth place in a crowded field of candidates. But that doesn’t mean that there are two complete unknowns vying for the D7 seat, however. Tiffinni Young…

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Fair Park Foundation Proposal Update: Two New Meetings South of I-30 Two Weeks Before “Vote”

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2016 /

On Thursday evening, Dallas City Councilwoman for District 7, Tiffinni Young, held an evening meeting at Fair Park in the African American Museum to fully inform her constituents about the Humann Plan for Fair park. John Jenkins from the Dallas Park & Recreation Board was there to explain proposal basics, and Walt Humann took the…

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