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.
The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund, a public-private partnership to provide affordable housing units, is exceeding expectations, officials reported at a Jan. 6 meeting of the City Council’s Economic Development Committee. The DHOF is a targeted $46 million investment fund primarily supported by private philanthropic donors. The City of Dallas offered an initial $6 million through…
An Elm Thicket/Northpark property owner, acting on behalf of the neighborhood’s residents, has sued the Dallas Board of Adjustment, claiming the quasi-judicial panel granted variances that allow new construction in violation of a 2022 zoning code update. Zak Thompson filed the lawsuit in a Dallas County District Court on Dec. 20. The filing was brought…
Hold up now; this is big. Sycamore Strategies, on the heels of a huge groundbreaking at the Cabana Hotel, confirmed last week via public documents that it plans to gut and redevelop the interior of the 29-story Magnolia Dallas and use half the space for affordable housing and the other half for hotel lodging. The…
Ladies and gentlemen, don’t start your engines. In a press conference Tuesday, officials from Dallas’ public safety, transportation, and housing and homelessness departments, among others, urged residents to stay off the roads if possible and protect people, pets, pipes, and plants during a winter storm that could bring up to four inches of snow between…
Bonton Farms is one of the most underreported success stories in Dallas and yet they keep doing their thing — employing the formerly incarcerated, providing fresh food on an urban farm, offering social services, and housing those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford a roof over their heads. The latest projects in Bonton are…
