April Towery
April Towery covers Dallas City Hall and is an assistant editor for CandysDirt.com. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
The Dallas City Council gave the green light earlier this month to Bonton Gardens, a new multifamily development in Southern Dallas. A complicated development agreement included approving the sale of two Land Transfer Program lots to CityBuild Community Development Corporation and revoking a previous agreement with Notre Dame Place Inc. The project is proposed to…
Read MoreIt’s been a long road to procure more than 800 projects for a $1.25 billion bond election, and a final judgment will be made at the polls on May 4. Early voting on the Dallas bond election begins Monday and runs through April 30. CandysDirt.com has covered the 2024 bond election extensively, particularly how the…
Read MoreDallas voters will begin casting early ballots next week in a $1.25 billion bond election to address, among other things, affordable housing options and homelessness. Out west, city leaders are kicking around a Fort Worth bond election to address a similar crisis in Cowtown. Relying on private investors to create affordable housing has been the…
Read MoreA well-known housing advocate is taking her talents to Dallas Habitat for Humanity. Ashley Brundage takes the reins May 13 as the organization’s chief executive officer. Brundage has worked for United Way of Metropolitan Dallas for almost two decades and most recently made headlines as the founding board chair of Dallas Housing Coalition, which fought…
Read MoreHousing advocates were disappointed that the Dallas City Council designated just $26.4 million for housing in the upcoming May bond election, but instead of getting mad, they’re going to get creative. Some District 1 residents in North Oak Cliff’s long-established neighborhoods such as Elmwood, Polk Vernon, Hampton Hills, West Kessler, Jimtown, Kidd Springs, and South…
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