Year: 2024

Economic Development Projects Slated for Fort Worth Stockyards Will Drive People (Like Cattle)

By Shelby Skrhak / July 23, 2024 /

After their redevelopment work at The Stockyards Mule Alley and Hotel Drover, the Stockyard Heritage Development partnership team has their eye on the next phase of development with the more than half billion-dollar renovation of the entertainment district. More than 500 hotel rooms, two below-ground parking garages, 300,000 square feet of commercial space, and —…

Colleyville Approves Luxury Homes Plan After Three Rejections Over Trees

By April Towery / July 23, 2024 /

After three denied rezoning applications, developers with WillowTree Custom Homes were granted approval this month by the Colleyville Planning and Zoning Commission to build nine estate homes on 14 acres previously designated for agricultural use.  Developers promised at the July 8 P&Z meeting that the new application for The Bluffs development reflects the “Rolls Royce…

You Don’t Have to Leave Dallas to Celebrate the Olympics in True French Fashion

By Elaine Raffel / July 23, 2024 /

With just days until the opening ceremonies, Olympic fever is in high gear. Can’t make it to Paris? No problem. Here’s how to celebrate the games right here in Dallas – no plane ticket required.

Candy Evans: Why the ForwardDallas Land Use Plan Is Backward

By Candy Evans / July 22, 2024 /

My husband Walter and I paid $65,000 for our first home in northwest Dallas 45 years ago. Today that home is valued at $528,000. About 40% of this city is zoned for single-family housing, and less than 5% is zoned for multifamily. Single-family homes are the power engine for the Dallas economy. So why do…

Old Hickory Farm Is an Argyle Fairytale Paradise

By Karen Eubank / July 22, 2024 /

When George and Scotty Kolb came across a historic 16-acre farmstead with eight buildings in various stages of decay, which they found inspirational, they knew they could create a fairytale paradise. They purchased it immediately, named their property Old Hickory Farm, sold off all but four acres, and got to work. What you see today…