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.
Dallasites have been watching Kimberly Bizor Tolbert like hawks since she took over the city manager’s seat — on an interim basis — in May. But just in case they missed something, Tolbert filed a memorandum last week outlining her successes during her first 100 days on the job. A national search is underway for…
A longtime nonprofit executive with 20 years of experience was named this week as the new president and CEO of The Real Estate Council. Jamee Jolly, who most recently served as the president and executive director of Uptown Dallas Inc., replaces Linda McMahon. Jolly worked at TREC several years ago as a lobbyist and director of…
The City of Dallas appears to be making good on its promise to ease the permitting process for new construction, years after technology and staff bottlenecks brought permits to a grinding halt and months after builders and neighbors were entangled in a permitting mess in Elm Thicket. In late July, builders were granted permits under…
A slate of luxury apartments at the former Ambassador Hotel site — the historic hotel southeast of downtown Dallas that was destroyed by fire in 2019 — could be ready for tenants in 2026, developers with OHT Partners announced last week. Texas-based multifamily development, construction, and investment firm OHT Partners recently began site work for…
Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn has some ideas for how cities can “escape the housing trap” and become more prosperous. He pitched his suggestions for Dallas — including code reform, creating a network of small-scale incremental developers, and localizing housing finance — at a gathering in Oak Cliff last week. “When we ask people, ‘Are…
