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.
No pool? No problem. About 340 Dallas homeowners are offering their backyard oases this summer as a way to beat the heat and make some extra cash. While questions of liability have been raised about the pool-sharing site Swimply, it’s increased in popularity in the Lone Star State as temperatures hit the triple digits. About 260…
We’ve been eagerly awaiting Goose, an energy-efficient housing development in Lake Highlands from StoryBuilt, but the project may be on hold. Local outlets are reporting that management changes, employee furloughs, and financial concerns took StoryBuilt, formerly known as PSW Homes, and its Goose development at Walnut Hill Lane and White Rock Trail to a grinding…
In a recent Dallas Love Field Environmental Advisory Committee meeting, much of the discussion centered around aircraft noise, but city officials buried the lede. The last slide in a 22-page PowerPoint announced a partnership with JetWind Power Corp. The Dallas-based company offers “revolutionary technology that captures and converts manmade wind generated from aircraft into clean…
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson vowed at his inaugural address in June to do three things in his final term: improve public safety, create the best park system, and have the lowest tax rate of a major city in North Texas. Cynics will say that Dallas leaders have to pick sides, Johnson told a crowd at…
The Dallas City Plan Commission will hear a rezoning case Aug. 3 that could pave the way for apartments along the north line of Walnut Hill Lane between North Central Expressway and Manderville Lane. The area near Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Walnut Hill station is already zoned for regional retail, mixed-use, and planned development. “The…
