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Sam Artz Blazes His Own Path with Artz Landscape Designs

By Joy Donovan | October 8, 2023 |

Sam Artz, president and principal designer of Artz Landscape Designs, uses team and sports metaphors a lot when he speaks. As such, you might hear him talk about having “the right team” or “when each player knows his position.” But the origin story of Artz Landscape Designs is more like a rock and roll band…

Chef Clayton Kahler Brown Redefines What It Means to Sing For Your Supper

By Elaine Raffel | October 8, 2023 |

Chef Clayton Kahler Brown epitomizes Steve Job’s well-known quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” His Dallas-based culinary company, Crescendo Culinary, combines his two great passions – singing and cooking.

Dallas Economic Development Corporation Board to Hire First-Ever CEO to Recruit New Business, Jobs

By April Towery | October 8, 2023 |

Some might be surprised to learn that the ninth-largest U.S. city doesn’t have a person solely responsible for recruiting new development. That’s about to change as the Dallas Economic Development Corporation is advertising a position for its first-ever CEO.  Dallas does have an Economic Development Department with a council-approved policy and Director Robin Bentley leading…

This Stop on The 2023 Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour is at Your Dilbeck And Call

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | October 7, 2023 |

By Donovan Westover Our home tour timeline takes us next to the year 1950 on Duval Drive in the Ravinia Heights neighborhood.  There is a row of Dilbeck-esque houses sited on rather large lots and they are as magical as you would expect from Dilbeckian designs.  Dilbeck Details on Duval Drive Charles Dilbeck was a…

This Oak Cliff Charmer is Your Intro to The Kings Highway Social Club

By Nikki Barringer | October 7, 2023 |

Kings Highway is, well, I think we’re all familiar with Kings Highway in Oak Cliff. It’s a tree-lined, slice-of-nostalgia of a street. It also sits inside a Historic Conservation District in Dallas, meaning the charm is here to stay. The porches, the waves from familiar faces, and the comfort of knowing your neighbors — it…

BREAKING: Parent Company of Sotheby’s International Realty, Coldwell Banker, Century 21 Settles in Commission Anti-Trust Suits

By Joanna England | October 6, 2023 |

In the landmark settlement from Anywhere, the parent company of Sotheby’s International Realty, Coldwell Banker, and Century21 agreed to pay $83.5 million to the plaintiffs of Moehrl v. National Association of Realtors and Sitzer/Burnett v. NAR. As of now, Anywhere and RE/MAX are the only defendants to pay a settlement in the suits. According to…