Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
Kay Granger, Fort Worth’s first female mayor and the first Republican woman from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, died Sunday at her Fort Worth home. She was 83. Granger had been living with Alzheimer’s disease. During nearly three decades in Congress, Granger used her position on the House Appropriations Committee to direct…
One of Bedford’s largest remaining undeveloped properties is officially on the market after years of speculation about its future. The owner, Hurst‑Euless‑Bedford Independent School District, purchased the property in 1969, and its potential sale has been a hot topic of discussion for several years. Now the Tarrant County school district has opened bidding on the…
Want to stand out in the middle of Fort Worth’s historic Ryan Place? Buy a Midcentury Modern. Yes, Ryan Place, a charming neighborhood where many houses were built about 100 years ago, has at least one Midcentury Modern on the market. Most of the neighborhood’s homes date to the 1920s and ’30s, and the Near…
Social media lit up Monday with the announcement that Sasha Bass, the oft-criticized president and CEO of Sundance Square, will step down Sept. 1 and be succeeded by former Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus. The leadership change comes at a moment when the once-bustling downtown district faces pressure to fill storefronts, repair tenant relationships,…
Realtor Maria Karnes can keep more than one ball in the air at a time. Yes, she can sell real estate in North Texas. Yes, she can be a wife and mother, keeping the domestic side of life going. And yes, she can flip a house or two. Actually, make that three houses she’s flipped…
