Dallas Growth

What Happened at That Closed Door Meeting for the Trinity Toll Road on Thursday?

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2015 /

  So. Some of our fearless city leaders want to build a toll road along the Trinity River bed that splits Dallas into north and south. One of my goals this year is to gauge where the real estate community stands on this issue. On Thursday, State Sen. Royce West invited a handful of prominent…

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That Water Main Break in North Dallas Not Related to Tuesday’s Earthquake/Earthquakes

By Candy Evans / January 7, 2015 /

I drove over to Hughes Lane and Dykes Way, just north of Churchill Road, to see if the water main was repaired and it was. Chatted with one of the Dallas Water Utility repair guys who told me the break was due to the cold weather we have had, NOT today’s series of earthquakes. Whew!…

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Texas or Texia? A Look at How the Thin Film Plastic Bag Ban Affected Los Angeles

By Candy Evans / January 3, 2015 /

This is so marginally real estate, except that every Californian I know is sending me fun emails tonight, saying, why move to Dallas? You guys are getting more like us every day? Like this email: Hey, I heard you guys just got a bag ban. When are you going to change your name to Texia?…

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No Fan of the Ban: Why We Are Paying 5 Cents Per Bag Starting Jan. 1

By Candy Evans / January 2, 2015 /

If you went to the store yesterday, you probably noticed that you were charged 5 cents for each plastic bag you grabbed to bag your groceries. Even worse: if you use the auto check outs like I do, the system was still a little messed up as it tried to determine the weight of your…

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Dallas 100 Gives a Nod to Small Real Estate Brokerages

By Joanna England / November 25, 2014 /

  If it seems like the lists of top-performing companies in national business magazines are populated by industry mammoths and impossibly large corporations, it’s because they are. Sure, economies of scale can help a company realize success relatively fast, but these lists leave the real, tangible successes of small businesses in the shadows. Recognizing that…

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