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 nine-mile corridor that seamlessly connects two of Dallas’ most cherished natural spaces — the Great Trinity Forest and White Rock Lake — is more than just a trail, officials with The Loop Dallas say. This section of the citywide project is a beacon of hope. The Trinity Forest Spine Trail south of Interstate 30…
Elected and appointed officials have spent years working on ForwardDallas 2.0, an update of the city’s comprehensive land use plan. Residents in each of Dallas’ geographic districts have gotten savvy to the technical aspects of the document and lobbied for their causes at town halls and City Plan Commission meetings. Is the rubber about to…
How does the Mark Twain quote go? “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The City of Dallas loves a good survey and sky-is-falling data, but when the numbers don’t support the narrative of a particular individual or advocacy group, they’re quickly dismissed. And to be fair, there’s also probably another survey…
Renovations are substantially complete at Lake Highlands’ Vantage Point housing development for the formerly homeless and about one-third of the units are leased. Dallas City Council members questioned the occupancy rate last week, pointing out that there are still a lot of unhoused residents sleeping on public roadways. Vantage Point, a former extended-stay motel —…
The City of Dallas has had a rocky road lately with Family Gateway, an emergency shelter and resource center for the homeless — or more accurately, the downtown building that formerly housed Family Gateway and their new location, too. Last fall, the nonprofit organization returned the city-owned property at 711 S. St. Paul St. in…
