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 Texas Senate Bill approved in 2023 is changing the way Dallas handles zoning cases related to nonconforming uses. In simple terms, SB 929 requires municipalities to provide compensation and notice to property owners before revoking their use of a property. This law applies to properties that were previously allowed to be used in a…
Very little progress has been made since former District 3 Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas declared from the horseshoe in December 2022 that a plan for 6,800 new homes in a $390 million master-planned community at Hensley Field would be his “legacy project.” Those homes have not been built, and the project was inherited by…
Concern about concrete batch plants near residential neighborhoods isn’t just a Dallas thing. It’s also rampant in Tarrant and Grayson counties, and North Texas lawmakers are taking those concerns to the state Capitol this week as the 89th Texas legislative session kicks off in Austin. Texas regulatory agencies and lawmakers are proposing amendments and bills…
The Dallas City Council recently denied three zoning requests for duplexes in the Mount Auburn neighborhood, prompting a larger discussion on the need for self-determination in areas that have been threatened by what residents perceive as incompatible high-density development. Residents at the Jan. 8 council meeting who spoke out against duplexes in their neighborhood considered…
In a series of meet-and-greet sessions with residents over the weekend, Dallas city manager finalists touted the importance of relationship building and public safety. Just one candidate — William Johnson of Fort Worth — mentioned affordable housing without being prompted. Dallas Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert highlighted her three decades of service in Dallas,…
