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.
When Summer Loveland inquired in mid-2022 about initiating a conservation district in her beloved Lakewood neighborhood, she just wanted to make sure that historic Clifford Hutsell-designed homes wouldn’t be demolished in lieu of new, incompatible construction. Now the stakes are even higher and the opposition has grown. Brad and Julie Broberg love Lakewood too. They’ve…
Housing is definitely going vertical in Dallas, and the latest project serves a special population of “active adults” 55 and older. Mariposa at Western Heights is a $30.5 million mixed-income residential facility at 1641 N. Windomere Avenue along Fort Worth Avenue. Developer Zachary Krochtengel with Sycamore Strategies worked with the City of Dallas to finance…
At a small gathering of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce this month, Dallas planning staff updated business leaders on five authorized hearings that came out of the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — and shared the findings of a task force report that identified opportunities for redevelopment and pedestrian safety issues. Some of the…
About $20 million in federal funds slated for park upgrades, housing, and economic development in Dallas’ southern sector will disappear at the end of the year, city officials announced last week. The reason those funds haven’t been allocated is subject to debate, but we do know that District 111 State Rep. Yvonne Davis secured a…
Effective Oct. 1, Dallas Water Utilities discontinued the option to use a city contractor for water and wastewater installation. That means builders have to hire a bonded third-party contractor at their own expense, which will undoubtedly be passed on to the homeowner. This change aims to streamline the process and ensure more reliable timelines for…
