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.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the best U.S. city for families, according to Fortune Magazine, but it’s the No. 2 spot — Collin County’s Wylie, Texas — that caught our eye and maybe even had us asking, “You sure about that?” People across the country have been conducting online searches of “Wylie, Texas” lately, in part…
When a self-employed single mother gets a breast cancer diagnosis, she has some choices to make: quietly pretend everything is fine or go public and ask for help from others. The “quietly pretend everything is fine” option initially appealed to Elissa Genova, a Realtor with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International. She didn’t want people to think…
Dallas is finally paying attention to West Oak Cliff. The City Plan Commission last month unanimously approved the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — a guide to drive new development while protecting current residents. It actually does a lot more than that. For example, it encourages accessory dwelling units to provide more choices for missing-middle…
It’s steadily becoming a woman’s world in the Construction Management program at Collin College. In just four years since Craig Johnson brought his real-world education to the Allen campus of Collin College, the construction program has grown leaps and bounds. This year’s freshman class is 22 percent female — twice the 11 percent national rate…
The State Fair of Texas kicked off Sept. 30, and once again more than 2 million guests are scooting their boots through Dallas. By the looks of the homes on the market, it’s a safe bet that maybe a few will stay. From the outside looking in, the state fair is all about Big Tex,…
