Search Results: Urban Pioneer

Green Builder Offers Solutions to Proposed Impervious Surface Code Change

By April Towery / April 22, 2024 /

…Committee. Developer Response to Impervious Coverage Code Change Proposal Alan Hoffmann Sustainable building pioneer Alan Hoffmann of Hoffmann Homes has some simple solutions to the concrete heat sinks and stormwater…

Elmwood Residents Successfully Petition For Walkable Urban Mixed-Use District

By April Towery / March 6, 2024 /

…an area of Elmwood as a walkable urban mixed-use district. District boundaries extend along Edgefield Ave. from Tennessee Ave. to the alley south of Newport Ave. Also encompassed are both…

Colleyville Neighborhood Makes Saving Trees a New Year’s Resolution

By April Towery / December 23, 2023 /

…tract would destroy “heritage trees,” part of an urban forest in what is supposed to be a protected area. After hearing a proposal from developers that would reduce the number…

Zoning Committee Member Ryan Behring Says Dallas Could Lure More Development With Urban Trees

By April Towery / October 28, 2023 /

…Arborist Steve Houser, a former chair of the Urban Forest Advisory Committee, said Dallas can’t address climate change, the urban heat island, or poor air quality unless “we can get…

Fall in Love With Loft Living in a City of Dallas Landmark Building

By Karen Eubank / March 2, 2023 /

Loft living is something everyone should experience at least once in their lives. You may think it’s for 20- and 30-somethings, but think again. An urban pioneer pal of mine…