Year: 2024

Assistant City Manager Taps Economic Development Corporation to Investigate Stemmons Building Debacle

By April Towery / May 20, 2024 /

The Dallas Economic Development Corporation will conduct an investigation and evaluation to determine why city employees moved into a building on Stemmons Freeway that wasn’t up to code and did not have proper permits.  In a memorandum filed Friday by Interim Assistant City Manager Robin Bentley, the Dallas mayor and City Council were advised that…

Dallas Architecture Forum Hosts Trinity Park Update on May 30

By CandysDirt / May 20, 2024 /

Spoiler alert: It’s unlikely that another tollway proposal will be heard at the event, but there’s plenty to hear about when Tony Moore, President and CEO of the Trinity Park Conservancy, addresses the Dallas Architecture Forum on May 30. The Trinity Park Conservancy, formerly called the Trinity Park Trust, is spearheading plans to bring a…

[Podcast] The Personal Connection Councilman Adam Bazaldua Has to Homelessness

By Shelby Skrhak / May 19, 2024 /

On this episode of Dallas Dirt, city hall editor April Towery sat down with Council Member Adam Bazaldua to discuss homelessness, the controversial Forward Dallas, and the challenges his southern Dallas district faces. In this short clip below, Bazaldua shares his personal connection and why the answer to helping the homeless starts with mental health…

Jenn Thatcher Launches ZEBRA – Clean-Living Essentials With Black and White Ingredients

By Elaine Raffel / May 19, 2024 /

When all three of Jenn Thatcher’s children were diagnosed with non-genetic illnesses, the visionary Dallas mom took matters into her own hands.

City Hall Roundup: Professional Women’s Soccer Team Finds a Home at The Cotton Bowl 

By April Towery / May 19, 2024 /

Just a couple of weeks after the Dallas Wings WNBA team opted to move from Arlington to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the City of Dallas scored another win, as a professional women’s soccer team signed on to play for two years at the Cotton Bowl.  The big news came May…