Neighborhood Spotlight

Rooted Oak Cliff Neighbors Push for Safer Streets From Speeding Cars

By Mimi Perez / July 14, 2026 /

Oak Cliff is known for its variety of restaurants, kitschy Bishop Arts District, great street murals, and public art. While diversity is the hallmark of Oak Cliff, what remains consistent is its fiercely engaged residents who are willing to take action to protect one another and improve their neighborhood streets. Now, residents of one multigenerational…

It is Dallas’ Diversity that Makes Strong Neighbors and Even Stronger Neighborhoods

By Mimi Perez / December 30, 2025 /

One of the reasons I became a journalist was to meet people from different walks of life and learn what makes them tick, what inspires them, what are their aspirations. Truly, people are fascinating if you take the time to listen when they tell you their stories. I got to do a lot of that…

In Vickery Meadow, Community Success Isn’t Measured in Square Footage

By Mimi Perez / July 29, 2025 /

Most neighborhoods in Dallas are known for the style of home that makes up the neighborhood. Hollywood Heights, for instance, is known for its Tudor and Craftsman style homes while Junius Heights has Prairie style homes with the loveliest of porches. But what about those neighborhoods without single-family home architecture as a signature; Those that…

Is Frisco’s The Hills of Kingswood THE Hot Ultra-Luxury Development for Athletes and A-Listers?

By Shelby Skrhak / July 10, 2025 /

Could The Hills of Kingswood be Collin County’s “Map of the Stars”? When Jerry Mooty, CEO and Principal of Christie’s International Real Estate @properties Lone Star, mentioned new homes going up in the Hills of Kingswood during a Dallas Dirt podcast, we nodded and agreed that the growth in Frisco was phenomenal. When he said…

Faith, Family, Friends, Fun and the Annual Juneteenth Celebration Are Tenets of Elm Thicket

By Mimi Perez / June 17, 2025 /

Faith, family, friends and fun are the four tenets of the Elm Thicket/Northpark (ETNP) neighborhood. In other words, if there is an opportunity for a celebration the ETNP neighborhood has no qualms about everyone pulling out their grills, baking some of the most delicious treats to ever come out of an oven, and sharing it…