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.
Housing-related state legislative priorities for the 2025 session include protecting rental subsidies from landlord discrimination, tenant protection from “junk fees,” and funding for emergency homeless shelters. Director of Government Affairs Carrie Rogers reviewed state and federal legislative priorities during a Nov. 14 meeting of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee. Rogers pointed out…
A $500,000 skate park in the Glencoe Park neighborhood could appear on the 2024 bond election ballot, and strong opinions about the project have been fired from both sides of the issue. The big issue? The proposed Glencoe Skate Park is in the middle of a residential neighborhood. A large pro-skate community exists in Dallas,…
The Community Bond Task Force is set to make recommendations to the Dallas City Council on Dec. 6 about how to divvy up 2024 bond funds for housing, economic development, parks, streets, and erosion control projects. The CBTF issued the following recommendations, totaling $1.1 billion, in an Oct. 27 memo: The bond election is next…
Pending a variance approval, a 14-unit condominium tower from Centurion American planned for 3503 Fairmount St. could put some new luxury real estate on the Turtle Creek market. Developer Tommy Mann with Centurion American Development Group presented plans for The Julien at the Nov. 7 meeting of the Oak Lawn Committee. Cricket Griffin, secretary/treasurer of…
The Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions proposed a pilot program in September that would house the homeless in partnership with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, costing the city about $3 million. A location for the housing development in City Council District 6, selected by the AHF, is already operational. City staff recommended partnering on the existing…
