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.
One thing is for sure at this stunning Lakeside Drive home on Fort Worth’s Eagle Mountain Lake: You won’t have to go far to feel like you’re on vacation. The three-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bathroom abode at 11017 Lakeside Drive hit the market about three months ago. Seller Michael Hrenko is only the second person to own the home…
More than 200 apartments just became available to North Oak Cliff renters, and they’re in the sweet spot of affordability. Dallas County and Catholic Housing Initiative opened the 230-unit mixed-income Gateway Oak Cliff development in July. The $45 million project was funded in part by Oak Cliff Gateway Tax Increment Financing dollars. The apartment complex…
A well-known Dallas developer cleared a hurdle last month as the City Plan Commission recommended rezoning a single-family lot to a “neighborhood service district” to allow light retail and office uses. Apparently, all the developer wants to do is turn right from Royal Lane onto the Tollway. Scott Beck, who put the property under contract…
The Dallas City Council is poised to adopt a $4.97 billion budget this month, and elected officials introduced amendments Wednesday to set priorities that were not included in the city manager’s original proposal. District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon, who represents White Rock Lake and East Dallas, asked to reduce the Office of Economic Development’s transfer…
Is the phrase “Day of Reckoning” too much for a ForwardDallas headline, an astute CandysDirt.com editor asked herself. The Collins Dictionary defines the expression as “a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.” Yep, that tracks. That day of…
