Dallas Growth
Wednesday, Amazon announced that it would adopt a $15 minimum wage company-wide, and the news couldn’t have been more welcome for Dallas city councilman Omar Narvaez, who had a prime Amazon announcement of his own last week. “Breaking District 6 News,” he wrote on Facebook. “Thank you to my colleagues for unanimously approving the following…
Last week, Robert Mundinger over at TheMap showcased the work of his friend Owen Wilson-Chavez who’d created a 3-D map of tax revenues generated across the DCAD taxing area. During my self-guided tour, I discovered a bunch of other, equally interesting, maps. It’s Dallas like you’ve never seen it … Above, you can immediately see…
Yesterday, the U.S. Census released their latest numbers tracking population growth and distribution. Surprise, surprise! Six of the top 10 largest-gaining counties were in Texas. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Four of those were in the Metroplex – Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant. Totted-up, from July 2016 to July 2017, the Metroplex added 146,238 new residents, the…
I write a bit about development projects that include zoning changes of some sort. This is mostly because those that don’t require a zoning change just file their plans and they’re off. There is no public discussion, except after, when we see the usual awfulness that we’re all left to look at. Some, even CandysDirt.com’s…
As the City of Dallas grows, it will grow up and become more dense. Neighborhoods that were thought to be fully developed aren’t. Streetscapes and views, unchanged for decades, are changing. And honestly, it’s a good thing overall. The only way to grow and leave everything alone is to continue to build out into the…
