Dallas Growth
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…
Read MoreI 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!…
Read MoreThis 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?…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreIf 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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