Charles Grand

Staff Puts Faith in Free Market to Sort Out Dallas Parking Policies

By Charles Grand / April 8, 2025 /

City staff got put in the hot seat on Monday during a meeting of the Dallas Economic Development Committee, during which the controversial subject of parking reform was discussed. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Dallas’s City Plan Commission (CPC) advanced a measure that would eliminate or decrease the minimum parking spaces that developers are required…

Convention Center Plans Could Hinge on Ray Washburne

By Charles Grand / April 7, 2025 /

It looks like city staff and downtown stakeholders are landing on a particular layout for the redevelopment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center that does indeed require the cooperation of developer Ray Washburne. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters hosted a community briefing on the latest details of the convention center master plan…

What’s All the Drama Over the EPIC City Community About?

By Charles Grand / April 7, 2025 /

Still in the early phases of development, the master-planned EPIC City community has become a cultural lightning rod in North Texas, drawing scrutiny from state authorities and prompting accusations of bigotry from the project’s developers. In case you haven’t heard about it, EPIC City is a proposed 402-acre development in unincorporated Collin County and Hunt…

City Hall Roundup: Don’t Even Say the Word Tariff

By Charles Grand / April 6, 2025 /

Let’s all try to keep our minds off our 401Ks and the impending resurgence of inflation this Sunday and check in on what’s been going on at Dallas City Hall this past week and what’s coming down the pipeline. How does that sound? We’ll leave covering the potentially catastrophic implications of President Donald Trump’s trade…

Dallas City Council Briefed on World Cup 2026 That’ll Bring Millions, Spur Billions

By Charles Grand / April 3, 2025 /

City officials in Dallas are bracing themselves and making preparations for the summer of 2026 when millions of people are expected to descend on the metroplex to watch several FIFA World Cup matches. D-FW will be hosting nine games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington spread across 39 days starting on June 14, 2026. Three of…