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.

Dallas City Council’s Budget Prioritizes Housing Through Increased Funding And Policy Changes 

By April Towery / October 5, 2022 /

The Dallas City Council has been meeting weekly to trudge through the city’s budget process, and while housing issues don’t always garner the headlines, it’s clear that elected officials are putting time and money into the matter.  At least four funding allocations and program changes have been approved over the past month. The city council…

The ‘G Word’ Rears Its Ugly Head in Poorly Attended Dallas Housing Equity Workshops

By April Towery / October 5, 2022 /

Not a lot of people have been showing up to the City of Dallas’s Accountability for Housing Equity workshops, but those who do are armed with information and ideas to prevent taxing residents out of their homes.  And the dreaded “G word” — gentrification — is on the lips of many.  Christine Campbell, a consultant…

Neighborhoods Partner With Law Enforcement For National Night Out Tuesday, Oct. 4

By April Towery / October 3, 2022 /

An armed man was fatally shot by Dallas police after firing a handgun early Wednesday morning in a residential area on Shiloh Road in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas.  It wasn’t far from the Little Casa View neighborhood where Lisa Kelly has been planning a National Night Out block party with fellow members…

AIA Dallas Honors Architect Betsy del Monte’s Work on Sustainability at Oct. 6 Awards Gala

By April Towery / October 3, 2022 /

Architect Betsy del Monte has a message for the entities honoring her at the Oct. 6 Impact Dallas Gala: She’s not dead and she’s not done.  The Dallas chapter of American Institute of Architects and Architecture and Design Foundation selected del Monte for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented Oct. 6 at the…

Dallas Is Bouncing Back to Pre-Pandemic Market Conditions, HomeLight Experts Say

By April Towery / September 30, 2022 /

A market rebalance is underway, with more home inventory and manageable prices, experts say.  About 54 percent of agents nationwide said the market will start to resemble pre-pandemic times within the next year, said Caroline Feeney with HomeLight real estate research team.  Only 51 percent of the agents surveyed for HomeLight’s fall 2022 agent insight…