District 14
It’s back to the drawing board for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and council-appointed advisory board as they shuffle projects in anticipation of a bond issue in May or November. At least one project — an addition to the Dallas skate parks lineup near the Glencoe Park neighborhood — is off the table, board…
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A $500,000 skate park in the Glencoe Park neighborhood could appear on the 2024 bond election ballot, and strong opinions about the project have been fired from both sides of the issue. The big issue? The proposed Glencoe Skate Park is in the middle of a residential neighborhood. A large pro-skate community exists in Dallas,…
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The District 14 crime rate changed less than 1 percent year-to-date from 2022, but residents in East Dallas and downtown neighborhoods are divided on a public safety and housing matter that could at long last come to a head this week: short-term rentals. District 14 has, by far, the most registered STRs, according to data…
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Editor’s Note: This is the sixth and final installment in a series of responses to CandysDirt.com questionnaires issued to all candidates running for office in the May 6 Dallas City Council election. Candidates in the races for Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 did not respond to the questionnaire. Early voting…
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The Dallas Park and Recreation Board was supposed to hear a briefing Jan. 26 on the Kalita Humphreys Theater Master Plan — but that didn’t happen. In fact, sources close to the project say such a meeting has been delayed until March at the earliest, and possibly as late as summer. District 14 Park Board…
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