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.
Lakewood residents pushing for an expanded area in their conservation district continue to address opposition from a group of neighbors they say are offended by and afraid of a draft ordinance for expansion. The ordinance is expected to go before the City Plan Commission in May and ultimately must be approved by the Dallas City…
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include responses from Place 5 candidate William Stevens. The Gunter City Council ballot is locked in, and the Grayson County municipality will have five new aldermen in May. The candidates — all running unopposed — are Cyndy Davis, Alan Richins, David Self, Wade Burtsfield, and William Stevens.…
Providence Christian School wants to expand its Lovers Lane campus, but it will have to get past the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood, and they’re quick to remind developers that they trained for this. Providence owns four duplex lots on Kaywood Drive and one residential lot on Caillet Street. No rezoning application has been filed, and Providence…
Gatherings of builders and construction professionals don’t often involve cheers, laughter, and bouquets of flowers, but Dallas Development Services mixed things up by honoring female building professionals in the first-ever “Women Who Build” Luncheon. The event was held Friday on International Women’s Day at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Keynote speaker Sharon Douglas,…
A charter change that would have moved the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department under the authority of the city manager was rejected by an oversight committee last week as dozens of Dallasites voiced concerns about the proposal. The measure, referred to as Amendment 85, was submitted to Dallas’ Charter Review Commission by former Dallas City…
