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.
A new tool to help developers locate and acquire Texas land is now available, and it could make life a whole lot easier for a lot of people in the housing industry. Based in Australia, Archistar software advertises “faster, smarter land acquisition.” Dallas was selected to showcase the product because of the high volume of…
It seems most everyone supports the idea of affordable housing, and more housing in general — although there’s always going to be an argument about where it should go and what it should look like. But are public facility corporations the answer to Dallas’ affordable housing crisis? Dallas has embarked on the relatively new public…
A public meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, to discuss plans for the proposed South Winnetka Heights Conservation District. A conservation district is defined by the City of Dallas as a zoning tool to designate areas within a neighborhood with a distinct physical character. “While similar to historic districts in that they…
House hunters are in for a treat this month as some of the finest dwellings in Dallas are on display in full holiday-decor mode. We’ve selected a Preston Hollow mansion, an estate in the M Streets Conservation District, and new construction in one of Dallas’s oldest neighborhoods in this edition of Candy’s Dirt Open Houses…
Have you ever driven by an eyesore property and thought about how it could be repurposed into something great? It’s in a perfect location; it just needs a little TLC. That’s exactly what happened to Richard Robson, who regularly bicycles the Green Trail and Blue Trail to downtown Carrollton. The home at 1300 Francis St.…
