April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
If the City of Dallas has a backlog, should developers be able to hire their own inspector to review building permits? David Lehde, Dallas Builders Association director of government affairs, says he supports the city’s Development Services Department in its efforts to expedite permits, but new state legislation allowing developers to take matters into their…
Almost a year has passed since Elm Thicket/Northpark residents fought City Hall to preserve the character of their historic Freedman’s neighborhood. The residents won their battle to limit the size and height of new construction, but you wouldn’t know it by taking a drive through the area bound by Lemmon Avenue, Lovers Lane, Inwood Road,…
The West Oak Cliff Area Plan came about through years of public input and rewrites, billed as a way to protect residents and their property rights, taking those rights back from developers. Now some South Edgefield residents — whose homes are adjacent to the WOCAP area — say it’s being used as a tool to…
Details are scarce, but it looks like the first phase of the Southern Gateway deck park is finally in the works. The $82 million project over Interstate 35 will connect East and West Oak Cliff and serve as a “park with a purpose’ adjacent to the Dallas Zoo. McCarthy Building Companies and EJ Smith Construction…
Melissa, Texas, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the region, and there’s no shortage of stunning listings available. It might be due to the sprawling acreage and lower property tax rate, but it doesn’t hurt that the high school recently unveiled a 10,000-seat, $35 million football stadium. They’re clearly expecting a lot of visitors…
