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 210-unit senior housing development was recommended last week by the Southlake Planning and Zoning Commission and is slated to go before the City Council later this month. Almost 300 residents signed a Change.org petition opposing the 21-acre development at 300-684 Davis Blvd., citing concerns of traffic, public safety, and incompatible building scale. The land…
From a church to a hotel and now a vacant historic icehouse, Proxy Properties owner A.J. Ramler is proving he’s unstoppable in his efforts to complete revitalization and adaptive reuse projects in Oak Cliff. The local developer was recently awarded about $2.7 million in tax increment financing funds to repurpose a 1915 icehouse into leasable…
An initiative to keep cyclists safer on Maple Avenue is drawing criticism from a group of business owners who say they were never notified about a proposed city plan to transform the busy thoroughfare from four lanes to two — cutting the corridor’s traffic and access to their businesses in half. As part of the…
A fraction of Dallas’ 3,500 active short-term rentals are functioning as party houses in local neighborhoods, but Code Compliance staff reported again last week that their hands are tied in enforcing the law due to pending litigation. A majority of the Dallas City Council agreed in June 2023 that STRs should not be allowed in…
The walls of 711 S. St. Paul will soon be tumbling down, and by all accounts, District 2 Dallas City Councilman Jesse Moreno couldn’t be happier. Moreno announced the sale of the former Family Gateway building — which was neglected by city staff and overrun by squatters and vandals — in an Oct. 25 press…
