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 builders have high hopes that a new program will get them in and out of the city permitting office and back to swinging a hammer in a 24-hour period. The early response to a new program offering “walk-in permits,” set to launch Sept. 1, is a far cry from the highly-criticized permitting debacle that’s…
For the eighth time in seven years, a resident of Preston Tower has sued the condominium’s homeowners association — and this time the plaintiff walked away with a $1.1 million settlement. David Jackson filed a civil suit against the association, alleging that his request to have a roof leak fixed in 2015 was ignored, followed…
Residents can comment on the proposed Lakewood Conservation District project — and talk to city officials about what the measure would mean for the future of their property and the affected Monticello and Westlake neighborhoods — in a series of public hearings kicking off Aug. 31. Signatures supporting the proposal were collected from far more…
More people are working from home these days, and it’s changed the game in what buyers want in a floor plan, smart appliances, and the ever-important backyard oasis. In this segment of CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week, we’ve selected three huge properties that have meet the needs of live, work, and play in a…
Just a couple of months after it appeared Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s job was on the line, Dallas City Council members Wednesday affirmed his performance during an annual evaluation and offered a 3 percent raise to his $410,919 salary. The vote was not unanimous. Mayor Eric Johnson and council members Paula Blackmon (District 9),…
