Editor’s Note: This story was updated at noon on Saturday, Aug. 3, to include a memorandum from Interim Assistant City Manager Robin Bentley about the Elm Thicket/Northpark permits. The Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood — where residents mobilized almost two years ago to protect the former Freedman’s Community from displacement and noncompliant construction — was peppered recently … Continue reading Dallas Admits Elm Thicket Permits Were Issued Erroneously, Builders Ordered to Stop Work