Podcast: Planning Commissioner Melissa Kingston on ForwardDallas

Every time a contentious zoning case goes before the Dallas City Council, Dallas City Plan Commissioner Melissa Kingston has already seen it, likely heard from angry citizens about it, and voted on it. 

In this episode of Dallas Dirt, host April Towery sat down with Kingston to discuss ForwardDallas and give a look behind of scenes of how the City Plan Commission works. The episode, which was recorded in May, comes on the heels of many highly contentious neighborhood meetings, where factions have formed. Kingston shares her take on these pro-neighborhood and pro-housing parties that have been a vocal minority of voting Dallas homeowners.

But the episode wasn’t without some tongue-in-cheek humor. “There’s been some concern about multifamily near or even in single-family neighborhoods,” Towery says setting up her next question. Nearly deadpan Kingston responds, “I’ve noticed.” (Maybe we at CandysDirt.com have been covering ForwardDallas too long, but that was funny).

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