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 long-awaited briefing on Public Facility Corporation projects is scheduled Monday at 9 a.m. before the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee. The presentation has been postponed several times leaving many in the dark about whether the mixed-income housing projects add value to city coffers and housing stock. “Months ago, I asked staff…
We love a good comeback story, and it’s even better when it involves much-needed housing in a historic Dallas neighborhood. Developers with Austin-based OHT Partners have their eyes set on such a success story as they rebuild the former Ambassador Hotel on South Ervay Street into a $60 million apartment project. Neighbors are keeping a…
Officials at the City of Dallas-owned Love Field airport are asking for input on their proposed master plan. They may get more than they bargained for at the gathering, set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon Ave. Typically such meetings don’t draw a huge crowd…
Did you vote for a bond project seven years ago and wonder why it’s not finished yet? There’s an app for that. Well, actually there’s a dashboard for that. Director of Bond and Construction Management Jenny Nicewander briefed the Dallas City Council this week on which projects approved earlier this year are at the front…
Dallas City Council members came back from the July recess with some big goals: Deal with the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan, adopt a balanced budget, lower the property tax rate, and hire a new city manager. Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins is acting as the council liaison for the city manager search. As the…
