Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
Only one week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congress passed The Fair Housing Act of 1968. The bill prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing nationwide. Just seven years earlier in 1961, Black Americans were allowed to join the National Association of Realtors and use the industry group’s professional…
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Texas A&M recently announced its expansion in downtown Fort Worth, which is great for students, but it could be just as wonderful for the urban housing market. Aggieland North will be a three-building compound on four city blocks near the Fort Worth convention center. The announcement generated lots of buzz about what it means for…
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The Texas Aggies are scoring big points in Fort Worth. On Jan. 19, Texas A&M University announced an expansion of its Fort Worth campus, dubbed Aggieland North by Chancellor John Sharp. The excitement of a football victory met the big announcement. The three-building compound will be constructed on four blocks at the site of the…
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Like mother, like daughter for Realtor Debbie Vinson. Debbie remembers her late mother Royce Warren sold real estate in the Mid-Cities. She also remembers her mom as an active community volunteer with the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and the public schools. Now Debbie finds herself a Realtor with Allie Beth Allman &…
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Colleyville resident Lisa Grossman hasn’t had a Saturday morning as stressful, worrisome, disruptive, and difficult since the one last January a year ago this week. Enjoying coffee and her cats, Grossman’s calm morning was disrupted that cold day by a police officer banging at the door of her family home. That home of seven years…
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