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Eligible Dallas ISD Support Staff, Teachers, and Principals To Get Raises

By Bethany Erickson | August 24, 2018 |

If you attended or watched via live stream any of the meetings of the Dallas ISD board of trustees, you likely heard a repeated refrain during public comment — that of district support staff who said they hadn’t had a raise in years. Last night, that changed. Initially, the pay raises for eligible teachers, campus…

Why Can’t Dallas Have Nice Things: Jean Nouvel

By Jon Anderson | August 24, 2018 |

French architect Jean Nouvel began designing buildings in the late 1960s with his first global success being the Arab World Institute building in Paris in 1981. That building captured the geometry inherent in Arabic architecture by using a lattice of multi-sized mechanical lenses on the exterior. The lenses’ job is to manage light entering the…

5 Steps to Stop Keeping Score and Start Living Your Life

By Shelby Skrhak | August 24, 2018 |

How do you measure the moments that add up to a day? Consider this thought by Ellen DeGeneres: “I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.” We’re all…

The Colony Stunner Wows With Waterfront Views For $495K

By Amy Puchaty | August 24, 2018 |

This week’s Friday Four Hundred is a stunner! It comes richly appointed with a beautiful stone and brick façade, generous interiors, and waterfront views for just $495,900. If you’ve been scouring Dallas for a dream home under $500,000 this could be it! Situated just north of Dallas in The Colony rests the four-bedroom, three-bedroom, 7,536-square-foot home…

DeShong Declares Independence With Addison-Based Brokerage

By Joshua Baethge | August 23, 2018 |

  Josh DeShong recently left Keller Williams to go the independent route. His local team will now be based in Addison’s Quorum Business Park “I started in real estate the day I turned 18,” DeShong said. “I knew nothing about this business and Keller Williams gave me a really good launching pad to learn. But…

Visit the Weekend Open Houses for these Three Historic Dallas Homes

By Leah Shafer | August 23, 2018 |

Dallas is a newer city and what we call “historic” is practically a new build in many parts of the world. But nonetheless, we love our historic homes with their character and style.  For today’s CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week, we’re looking at three Craftsman-style homes from the late 1920. They houses range in price from $446,000…