Northwest Dallas
Dr. Myrna DartsonSpecial Contributor As a proud legacy resident of the Elm Thicket/Northpark (ETNP) neighborhood, I am watching the community where I was raised be systematically eliminated. My desire is to do everything I can to save my neighborhood. I hope you will help me. Beautiful cottage homes envelop this historic Black neighborhood. Many of…
You remember school carpool lines, right? The car that just won’t scoot up, the parent that infuriatingly skips the line and somehow merges right in. Well, when the time comes that our living rooms are no longer our classrooms, you’ll appreciate how close this North Highlands Estates home is to the private school corridor. TJ…
Every zoning case initiates the sending of ballots to every property owner within 500 feet of the proposal. The list of property owners is supplied by the city, which use the list to mail ballots. Since the documents in a zoning case are public record, developers and their representatives often secure the list to educate…
Did a developer offer to buy votes of approval for his proposed residential project in North Dallas? On Sunday, I received a note from Doug Bedell, a resident who seems to be leading the opposition to the proposed Northaven Trail Village project that would see 35 homes constructed on a 4.4-acre parcel zoned for 19…
In our continuing Dallas City Council election coverage (ha!), let’s take a look at the third of three precincts won by Laura Miller (and its adjacent precinct tie). Miller ran her campaign on an anti-development platform that resulted in her winning just three precincts where redevelopment cases lit a certain NIMBY fire. The first two…
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