Neighborhoods

Buy a Home This Summer in One of The Best Neighborhoods With Pools

By Brenda Masse / August 7, 2023 /

If you’re shopping for homes in North Texas this summer, it’s frankly difficult not to let the heat factor in to the decision-making process. But if you think about it, that gives summer buyers a certain advantage. The traditional spring busy season shows homes at their best, when the grass is green, and everything is…

Austin Industries’ Asphalt Plant to Cease Operations in Joppa Neighborhood June 26

By April Towery / June 7, 2023 /

An asphalt plant that Joppa neighbors claim has been emitting harmful pollutants will shut down at the end of the month. Company officials with Dallas-based Austin Bridge and Road announced last week they would cease operations June 26 and remove equipment from the site southeast of downtown Dallas in City Council District 7. The issue…

Dallas City Hall’s ‘Take a Peek’ Recycling Program Has Residents Befuddled as Bins Are Removed With no Explanation

By April Towery / May 23, 2023 /

Dallas has a recycling program that’s been operative since 2017, but some longtime homeowners were recently audited for the first time and are confused and frustrated by what they perceive to be a lack of communication. Through the “Take a Peek” program, under the umbrella of Dallas’ Zero Waste campaign, sanitation workers check residential recycle…

McGough Plans Saturday Meeting With Cypress Creek Developers After Northwood Estates Does The Same

By April Towery / March 17, 2023 /

Northwood Estates Neighborhood Association members planned and advertised their regular business meeting for March 18 and invited developers with Sycamore Strategies to talk about a controversial proposed Public Facility Corporation project, Cypress Creek at Forest Lane. As the neighbors living nearest to the proposed apartment complex at 11520 North Central Expressway, NENA board president Traci…

Dallas City Council Authorizes Upgrades at Love Field, Stays Silent on Resident Noise Complaints

By April Towery / March 8, 2023 /

The Dallas City Council was poised Wednesday to authorize expenditures at Dallas Love Field totaling about half a million dollars, but one of the items was deferred to April 12 — and elected officials are still not talking about the “unbearable” noise complaints that have been raised by neighbors for more than a year. The…