Downtown Dallas
Those who spend more than two consecutive hours strolling around the Dallas Farmers Market will now have to pay for parking, per action taken last week by the City Council’s Economic Development Committee. After the first two hours of free parking at the Dallas Farmers Market, patrons will be charged $3 per additional hour with…
The annual Downtown Dallas Inc. State of Downtown event is typically a pep rally for the momentum around the city’s business district, but this year’s gathering was a chance to hear from local leaders on a topic at the forefront of everyone’s minds these days: affordable housing. City Manager T.C. Broadnax, Housing Forward chairman Peter…
Dallas City Council members took a break from fighting over budget cuts and how to provide property tax relief — and doled out up to $71 million for a project manager to redevelop the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas. Twenty-nine speakers signed up to support the council’s contract with Inspire Dallas LLC, which was…
Downtown Dallas Inc. is on a mission to maintain an attractive business and entertainment district by empowering a “field operations team” to keep the city clean and safe. DDI President and CEO Jennifer Scripps announced DDI’s “Dedicated to Dallas” public awareness campaign at a June 7 press conference. “What makes downtown so vibrant is our…
Plans for the $3 billion reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas are moving forward, with a project manager set to come on board next month. Director of Convention and Event Services Rosa Fleming updated members of the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corp. during a board meeting Thursday morning, basically advising the…
