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.
Dallas Development Services appears to have overcome a bad reputation of delivering building permits in a slow, inefficient manner that costs builders money and backlogs the city’s housing availability — just in time for state legislation mandating that they need to move even faster. Members of the council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee and…
Despite the Texas Legislature’s ongoing work in Austin, many new state laws passed during the regular session will go into effect Sept. 1. Reports say that the Texas Legislature will convene a third time in October concerning school vouchers. The first two special sessions dealt with property taxes, also a hot-button local issue. In an Aug.…
Let’s be clear. There’s nothing illegal about an investor, developer, or home flipper contacting a homeowner with hopes of purchasing a property and repurposing it. A problem arises, however, when predatory investors seek out the elderly or disabled and trick them into making the sale at well below market value under threat of eviction or…
A spirited debate on minimum parking requirements for new Dallas development resurfaced recently, prompting many residents to advocate for a solution to neighborhood spillover and cumbersome codes. Chase Beakley saw the discussion as an opportunity to share his personal experience with the city’s parking requirements as he works to repurpose the long-vacant 3302 Swiss Circle.…
Between budget and bond election town halls, there’s a meeting in a Dallas neighborhood almost every night of the week — and ForwardDallas is getting in on the action starting Tuesday, Aug. 29. Neighborhood activism appears to be on the upswing as longtime residents and newcomers to the area recognize the city values their input. …
