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I guess you can thank no income taxes and pot. Because Dallas and Denver are on a high! I really, really wish I could be a fly on the wall in Robert Shiller’s office someday. I say this because when I heard him speak as the huge national recession was setting in, this was about…
Seems like we have something in common with the folks in Miami: they did not want a big box Walmart in Midtown Miami, and they fought it bitterly, every step of the way: protests, appeals, shout-outs, anti-Walmart websites, even creating a blog called “People of Walmart” that portrayed Walmart customers in “an unflattering light, usually overweight…
That’s tomorrow. Transwestern is holding yet another significant town hall meeting to appeal to nay-saying neighbors, who say they don’t want a luxury apartment complex to be built at Preston and Northwest Highway.
It’s Memorial Day, and what a better way to spend it than standing up for what you believe is right for your city. That’s why supporters for No Megastore Uptown! are meeting today from 10 am- 3 pm at Klyde Warren Park. Uptown Ciclova is turning the neighborhood into a car-free, walkable environment to bring…
When a child enters foster care, there are already so many obstacles placed in front of them that seem insurmountable. And consider what happens when a child turns 18 and has no family or support system to turn to. The obstacles just keep piling up. Every year, about 1,500 young Texans age out of the…
Steve Brown’s dissection of the new apartment projects in West Dallas says that this area with incredible views of downtown and the Calatrava bridge will become the next big industrial-to-residential transition in Dallas. But what impact will these 1,300 brand new apartments have on the existing infrastructure? And will this redevelopment become a model for…
