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Anteks Curated Hosts Wednesday’s Child Luncheon Kickoff

By Joanna England | January 22, 2015 |

  Surely you’ve heard of the amazing nonprofit Friends of Wednesday’s Child. This group does such important work for children who are lost in the shuffle of foster families, looking for a permanent home where they can thrive. They work to improve the lives of these children through education, enrichment, and support, and they do…

Since When Is It a Crime to Let Your Kids Walk Home From School?

By Candy Evans | January 22, 2015 |

Hold the presses! Here we are having multiple conversations about the quality of  neighborhood life, about walkability, about living near where you shop, work, play, about building safe, loving environments that people call home. We are seeing a huge emergence of milennials wanting to ditch autos and live a more genuine lifestyle that is not…

RealTech: Like Father, Like Son, Real Estate is All In The Family

By Candy Evans | January 22, 2015 |

This is sort of a teaser before I sit down for an interview with John Backes, founder of RealTech, but first  get used to more scenes like this: start-up founders pitching their tech companies to a group of people in an office space that is shared by several different entrepreneurs called co-working. This happened Tuesday…

Crime Report: More Details on The Beverly Drive-By Shooting

By Zachary Dickens | January 21, 2015 |

We have a few more details regarding the Jan. 9 drive-by shooting on Beverly Drive in Highland Park. They don’t pertain to a suspect or a motive, but they are details. When police returned to the scene of the crime on Jan. 10, they found bullet holes at two homes in the 3300 block of…

Lakewood Theater Future Still Uncertain, But Alamo Drafthouse Interested in Space

By Leah Shafer | January 21, 2015 |

The lease for the current tenants of Lakewood Theater is over at the end of January, and it’s anybody’s guess what will happen to the beloved East Dallas landmark, but there are confirmed rumors of interest by Alamo Drafthouse. As we reported last November with our story Lakewood Theater Makeover Concerns Preservationists, Neighbors, property co-owners…

Emerging Trends: Shared Economy May Alter Office and Transportation Needs

By Candy Evans | January 21, 2015 |

Just have to post this after a reader sent it my way, especially on the heels of Monday night’s AIA film and panel discussion about Dallas, the Trinity Toll Road/Parkway, and the automobile’s domination of our lives. Millennials are trying to be less car-centric. Something that might be contributing to that is our work habits.…