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.
Following a years-long battle that pitted Far North Dallas residents against City Plan Commission members, elected officials, and a former councilman who now works for Masterplan zoning consultants, the controversial Pepper Square mixed-use development is headed for the city council. On Thursday, the CPC unanimously recommended approval for Henry S. Miller’s mixed-use development proposed at…
Super Bowl Sunday is upon us, and there’s nothing better than having all your friends and family under one roof to yell at the referee and criticize the halftime show, right? This week’s selection of open houses offers the best in entertaining, dining, and outdoor space. According to personal finance website WalletHub, Dallas is the…
Dallas plan commissioners spent just seven minutes last month discussing a rezoning in North Oak Cliff that would clean up some antiquated zoning and allow for more diverse businesses and accessory dwelling units by right. The North Cliff neighborhood, within a conservation district approved in 1996, is the third of five neighborhoods to move forward…
Dallas staff is careful about which communities are selected for a labor-intensive area planning process. Area plans, which guide future land use, can be tedious. They require a ton of public engagement and willingness from neighbors to roll up their sleeves. But there’s something special about South Dallas/Fair Park. Its residents have heart, and that’s…
When former Dallas City Councilman Paul Fielding went online to pay his property tax bill that was due last Friday, he like thousands of other residents couldn’t. The sudden flood of traffic crashed the online payment site, sending Fielding and other taxpayers standing in line for hours in a hot, crowded office trying to meet…
