Foundation For Community Empowerment

Fair Park Proposal Debate by African American Leadership Institute: The Video

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2016 /

It’s a bit long, 1 hour and 20 minutes to be exact, but this is the video you have all been waiting for. Full disclosure: it was provided by the Foundation for Community Empowerment, founded by Don Williams. A week ago last Saturday morning, a lively panel discussion about the Fair Park proposal took place…

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Making Fair Park Work: Dallas Architecture Forum Panel Addresses Historic Amenity

By Leah Shafer / January 20, 2016 /

One of the architectural gems in Dallas is Fair Park, a 277-acre recreational and educational complex southeast of downtown Dallas. It is home to many George Dahl-designed Art Deco buildings constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936, and is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark. But this park, home to the Texas State Fair each…

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Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: We Are Getting Even Wilder About Wildwood

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2013 /

I think Joanna wrote this house up back in the spring perhaps, but I needed my modern fix today. What do I do when I simply must have modern? I toodle over to Miss Claire Dewar at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s and see what’s happening. This goddess at 4610 Wildwood was built by former Trammel Crow exec…

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