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.
Up to $100,000 per household is available in federal grant funds for Dallas’ Joppa, Five Mile, Tenth Street Historic District, and The Bottom neighborhoods. The designated areas are all underserved communities that experienced disproportionately negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to city documents. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Neighborhood Revitalization Program is offering grant…
A former extended-stay hotel on the north side of Vantage Point Drive west of Greenville Avenue was rezoned Wednesday, making way for St. Jude Centers to redevelop the site and provide affordable transitional housing. Staff and the City Plan Commission previously recommended approval of the zoning change from Multiple Commercial District to Mixed Use District. …
The Dallas City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to support the Texas Department of Transportation’s $1 billion refined hybrid trench option for reconstructing Interstate 345 with several caveats, including a mandate that alternatives be explored. TxDOT has refused to consider an alternative to the refined hybrid trench, and the state highway department holds the purse strings…
The final pieces of what used to be Valley View Mall sat in a pile of rubble Tuesday morning as developers with Beck Ventures announced future plans for Dallas Midtown on the site near Preston Road and Dilbeck Lane. Longtime Beck partner Anthem Development expects to secure permits by the fall for the anchor project,…
Dallas has a recycling program that’s been operative since 2017, but some longtime homeowners were recently audited for the first time and are confused and frustrated by what they perceive to be a lack of communication. Through the “Take a Peek” program, under the umbrella of Dallas’ Zero Waste campaign, sanitation workers check residential recycle…
