Dallas

Timeline Accelerates to Bring Water And Wastewater Utilities to Dallas’ ‘Unserved Areas’

By April Towery / January 20, 2023 /

In areas long served by wells and septic tanks, the promise of access to city utilities has been just out of reach. However, that could change — and fast — as the City of Dallas moves aggressively to bring water and sewer service to these areas. In a Wednesday briefing, Dallas Water Utilities Director Terry…

Dallas Leaders Tasked With Tackling Comprehensive Housing Policy ‘One Bite at a Time’ 

By April Towery / January 10, 2023 /

Dallas leaders are restructuring the city’s housing policy while weaving in facets of the Racial Equity Plan, and the process has been likened to eating an elephant one bite at a time.  Officials discussed during a Dec. 13 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee meeting what’s being done to revise the existing policy and how it…

#Dallas is One of The Most Instagrammable Metropolitan Areas in Texas 

By April Towery / December 20, 2022 /

Dear readers, we know you’ve snapped a pic at Dealey Plaza near that infamous X. You’ve taken a selfie near the 30-foot “Eye at The Joule,” and you’ve definitely gone live from the Cotton Bowl.  Your hashtags have been collected and analyzed, and they’ve made Dallas one of the most Instagrammable metros in the Lone…

Love Field Neighbors Fight ‘Unbearable’ Noise as City Council Ponders Lease Agreements

By April Towery / October 28, 2022 /

Dallas Love Field is booming with activity, and not everyone is happy about it.  Enplanements and revenues have increased to near-pre-pandemic levels, Director of Aviation Mark Duebner told the Dallas City Council last week.  That’s a good thing, right? Not exactly.  Residents of Briarwood, Bluffview, Love Field West, Elm Thicket, and even Highland Park say…

Housing Issues Dominate Discussions as ForwardDallas Workshops Kick Off Wednesday

By April Towery / October 17, 2022 /

It’s safe to say most homeowners don’t want a manufacturing plant in their backyard, but many Dallas residents have good ideas about the best use for a piece of property they drive past every day — and city leaders are taking to the streets to find out what residents want. An intense, consultant-guided process of…