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.
Two housing projects seeking funding through the Dallas Public Facility Corporation have drawn the ire of neighbors and City Council members alike. At a Tuesday meeting of the Dallas PFC Board of Directors, 11 residents raised concerns or outright opposed the controversial projects through which developers get a 75-year tax-free lease in exchange for providing…
Mintwood Real Estate broke ground Monday afternoon on a 219-unit multi-family development that will bring affordable and market-rate housing to Dallas in 2024. The Oakhouse development at 900 E. Colorado Blvd. is one of more than a dozen projects recently approved by the Dallas City Council under the Public Facility Corp. financing structure. Oakhouse is the…
What do a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the first Black mayor of Dallas, and a thriving downtown Dallas have in common? All were celebrated at Friday’s Downtown Dallas Inc.’s 65th annual meeting at Thompson Dallas. The city’s first Black mayor, Ron Kirk, stole the show and received a standing ovation as he accepted DDI’s Groundbreaker Award,…
Some Dallasites remember the Valley View Center fondly as a place where families bought kitchen appliances at Sears, Roebuck & Co., and the area around what is now LBJ Freeway and Preston Road was made up of cotton fields. Earlier this month, the Valley View Center caught fire. The cause is still reportedly under investigation. …
There’s a new DHA (formerly the Dallas Housing Authority) commissioner on board, and she’s taking her appointment very seriously. Community leader Almas Muscatwalla co-founded Faith Forward Dallas in 2015 to unite North Texans in social justice issues, including migrant and refugee matters, homelessness, gun violence, and racial equity. She recently retired as executive director. When…
