Dallas Dirt Podcast

[Podcast] Yes, Forward Dallas Is About Change, Says Committee Member

By Shelby Skrhak / April 9, 2024 /

On this episode of Dallas Dirt, CandysDirt.com City Hall Editor April Towery spoke to one of the committee members who helped draft the controversial Forward Dallas, the comprehensive land use plan that is seemingly turning vocal homeowners against the city. Opponents have accused the city planning staff of having an agenda, but guest Nathaniel Barrett…

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Willie and Waylon Have Left the Building [Podcast]

By Shelby Skrhak / April 7, 2024 /

This all started with Willie and Waylon. Senior columnist Karen Eubank saw a social media post by Old City Park, a living history museum in The Cedars near Downtown Dallas, announcing that the park’s two beloved farm donkeys were leaving. Evicted really. Old City Park is coming under new management by the Dallas Parks and…

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[Podcast] Willie and Waylon Have Left Old City Park. What Happens Come May 26?

By Shelby Skrhak / April 2, 2024 /

Your kids have taken field trips here. Probably, you did too. But the future of the city’s oldest park and collection of late-1800s buildings is uncertain. Come May 26, Old City Park will change hands from the Dallas County Heritage Society to the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation department. In this episode of Dallas…

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Dallas Dirt Podcast Hits Another Milestone in Viewers and Downloads

By Shelby Skrhak / March 30, 2024 /

CandysDirt.com’s podcast Dallas Dirt is seeing exponential growth as the number of YouTube viewers and audio downloads hit more milestones in March. The podcast is available on both YouTube as a video show and Apple Podcasts, Spotify, et al as an audio show. Now, I promise I’m not whipping out the spreadsheets to show you…

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Where Did Forward Dallas Go Off the Rails? [Podcast]

By Shelby Skrhak / March 24, 2024 /

You might say that Forward Dallas, the City of Dallas’s comprehensive land use plan, has fallen victim to a curse of bad timing. When a controversial — yet hypothetical — zoning idea overlapped a news cycle with the city’s comprehensive Forward Dallas plan, it seems the issues got conflated, says Andrea Gilles, the interim Director…

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