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.
The ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive land use plan has been adopted — but the implementation phase has only just begun. In an 11-4 vote Wednesday evening, the Dallas City Council approved ForwardDallas, a plan that has been through numerous iterations, committees, and amendments over a three-year period. It was a long road and not everybody was…
In an 11 to 4 vote, the ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive land use plan was approved Wednesday with a slate of new amendments including a provision that the document be reviewed within five years. The adopted plan also includes amendments designed to protect single-family neighborhoods that were introduced earlier this month by Councilman Paul Ridley at…
New data released Monday shows that Dallas has increased its net housing supply by just 5% since 2017. These modest gains coupled with rising home prices and a lack of “missing middle” housing are part of the familiar refrain for Dallas’ affordability woes. The key takeaway isn’t that Dallas is fumbling in the dark as…
As National Night Out approaches on Oct. 1, neighborhoods across North Texas are planning festive outdoor events in the name of awareness — but there’s a lot of discomfort when discussions turn to public safety in the ninth-largest city in America. Less than a month ago, Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, a former schoolteacher, was…
It’s been a long time coming but Builders of Hope Community Development Corp. is rolling out its much-anticipated Anti-Displacement Toolkit before the Dallas City Council next month. A series of workshops kicked off in mid-September, offering a chance for residents who are directly affected by gentrification and displacement in their neighborhoods to gain an understanding…
