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Dallas Council Denies Heavenly Homes Proposal For Infill Development in The Bottom District 

By April Towery / April 29, 2024 /

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn King Arnold has championed for-sale single-family housing in The Bottom District, but she spearheaded an effort last week to deny $3 million in federal grant funds for Texas Heavenly Homes, citing public safety and legal concerns.  It didn’t take much convincing for other elected officials to join Arnold in her…

City Hall Roundup: What Dallas City Council Members Had to Say About T.C. Broadnax on His Last Day at The Horseshoe

By April Towery / April 28, 2024 /

Dallas elected officials gave high praise to City Manager T.C. Broadnax during an April 24 City Council meeting, as the top administrator prepares to leave for a similar job in Austin.  The irony was lost on no one, as some of the council members who praised him organized earlier this year to orchestrate Broadnax’s ouster.…

Dallas Zeroes in on 10 City-Owned Properties to Redevelop, And Some Could Become Housing

By April Towery / April 26, 2024 /

An old court building, a pair of libraries, an auto pound, and an airport are among the city-owned properties that could be developed or redeveloped pending appraisals and investor interest, officials said Wednesday during a brief meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee.  The properties under review, according to an…

Council Members Blackmon, Schultz Remove Names From Memo on Density, Minimum Lot Size

By April Towery / April 25, 2024 /

A five-signature memorandum requesting the Dallas City Council discuss density options and minimum lot size is no longer a five-signature memorandum.  In an email to Mayor Eric Johnson obtained by CandysDirt.com late Wednesday, District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon and District 11 Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz withdrew their names from District 1 Councilman Chad West’s Nov. 8…

Green Builder Offers Solutions to Proposed Impervious Surface Code Change

By April Towery / April 22, 2024 /

Residents and developers are invited to weigh in today and tomorrow on a proposed Dallas development code change that would limit impervious coverage for residential and nonresidential development. Impervious coverage, according to the City of Dallas, is any surface that prevents or substantially impedes the natural infiltration of stormwater into the ground, and includes, but…