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Following 200-plus public meetings and thousands of hours of deep dives into land use matters that will guide the future of Dallas, the City Plan Commission on Thursday made numerous last-minute amendments and recommended the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan to the Dallas City Council. The vote was taken after a brief public hearing and…
The Central Appraisal Districts for Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Rockwall counties released certified property values on Wednesday, and — shocking no one — the numbers are on the rise. In a memo to council members this week, Dallas Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland said the new total certified value is $215.1 billion, — $16.9 billion…
A proposal for 1,500 housing units at District 11’s Pepper Square mixed-use development has reportedly been revised and will go before the Dallas Plan Commission for a vote on Aug. 8. As zoning cases adjacent to single-family homes are prone to do, this one has strong opposition. Following an acrimonious neighborhood meeting in early March,…
Emily Liu arrived in Dallas less than two months ago to lead the Department of Planning and Urban Design, which has been at the forefront of the controversial ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan and a development code overhaul. She may have gotten more than she bargained for. In a short time, Liu has seen a…
Dallas plan commissioners spent four hours last week hearing resident commentary and discussing amendments to the city’s controversial ForwardDallas land use plan, but there were several meaningful conversations that weren’t reported in the local media. One such discussion was District 14 Commissioner Melissa Kingston’s support of updating the plan’s language to reflect the wishes of…
