Joy Donovan

Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.

These Open Houses With Memorable Spaces Make Our 2023 List of Favorites

By Joy Donovan / December 28, 2023 /

House hunting can be tough, and it can be confusing. Trekking from open house to open house can be exhausting, and after you’ve done it long enough, you can’t even remember which house was which. Which was first, which was last, which was best, which would work — it’s all too much. That is unless…

Houses vs. Trees in Colleyville: Trees Win Against WillowTree Custom Homes For Third Time

By Joy Donovan / December 26, 2023 /

Colleyville trees were up for debate yet again Tuesday night. For the third time inside of a year, it was new residences from WillowTree Custom Homes vs. old-growth trees in a battle put before the Colleyville City Council The city council debated and then voted on a revised proposal from a developer who wants to…

College Bowl Season is Your Home’s Chance to Show What Makes it a Champion

By Joy Donovan / December 26, 2023 /

Christmas and Hanukkah are in our rear-view mirrors, and now we’re in the midst of another season of celebration, recognition, and great tradition. If you don’t know what season that is, we will feel very sorry for you. You must not have a team for which to cheer. How unfortunate. It’s College Bowl Season! Hooray!…

Roxann Taylor’s Dallas Engel & Völkers Opening Painted The Town Red And White

By Joy Donovan / December 22, 2023 /

With all the fa-la-la-la-la-ing in December, Engel & Völkers added another stop to the party circuit last week. The brokerage firm opened its newest office last week in Preston Center, right across the street from Ebby Halliday’s iconic Little White House. It’s just a dash across Northwest Highway to get from Ebby’s place to Engel…

Historic Fort Worth Office Building is a Good Luck Charm For Businesses

By Joy Donovan / December 18, 2023 /

Business owners: pay attention. There’s a historic Fort Worth office building for lease that has been a good luck charm for its former tenants. The 1953 Yates-Ottmann Building, located at 1020 Summit Ave., has worked like a good luck charm for the previous businesses housed there. All have left because their thriving businesses’ expansion necessitated…