East Dallas

Ebby Halliday Cuts The Ribbon at Namesake House That Will Help Former Foster Children Stand on Their Own

By Joanna England / May 23, 2014 /

When a child enters foster care, there are already so many obstacles placed in front of them that seem insurmountable. And consider what happens when a child turns 18 and has no family or support system to turn to. The obstacles just keep piling up. Every year, about 1,500 young Texans age out of the…

Maybe Sam’s Wholesale Club Won’t be Breezing In After All: Bobby Abtahi to the Rescue

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

I was told this morning by folks at yesterday’s City Plan Commission meeting for Highland House, and Trammell Crow’s plan to plop a 100,000 square foot Sam’s Wholesale Club on 17 acres near Cityplace, on the old ACS campus, that the Committee would not allow public comments to be made on the Sam’s Club issue. And…

Sam’s Club at Uptown East Hearing Delayed Until July 10. Now What If…

By Candy Evans / May 22, 2014 /

As expected, that public hearing on a proposed Sam’s Club near Cityplace set for this afternoon is now delayed until July 10. In reading media comments, allegations and insinuations are being made that developer Trammell Crow Co. “slipped this by” the city’s plan commission.   “City staff and the developer said the rezoning tweaks were…

Hoping for a 30 Day Delay & Wear Red: Tonight’s Meeting on East Village Big Box Sam’s Club

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

A CandysDirt reader attended tonight’s meeting to try and stop development of a Sam’s Club on that 17 acres of land near Cityplace — once owned by ACS — where we learned this week that Trammell Crow Companies wants to built another Sam’s Club warehouse store.  District 2 was out in full force with about…

How To Kill a City: Death by DUMBING

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

I read Mark Lamster’s quick take on the (from my perspective) real estate travesty that is being discussed right now, that being Trammell Crow’s ridic decision to plop a big box Sam’s Wholesale Club in a new development grazing the east side of Central Expressway, across from Uptown. Mark cleverly calls his post: How To…