Adam Bazaldua
A campaign spearheaded by former mayor Mike Rawlings to build support for relocating City Hall from 1500 Marilla St. launched Thursday, with a website and advertising promoting redevelopment of the area. “Say Yes to Downtown” bills itself as an advocacy group of residents, business owners, and other stakeholders who see relocating the decades-old I.M. Pei…
Goody, another surprise weekend of big headlines with plenty of implications. Well, here are two from Dallas City Hall to keep in your back pocket in case the national news is getting to be too much for you. Tolbert Slams On the Spending Brakes Over Projected Budget Deficit A projected budget shortfall for the coming…
Dallas City Council members once again signed off on a new affordable housing deal to support the construction of mixed-income housing near the Dallas Medical District, keeping up the city’s purportedly unbroken track record on such projects. GoodHomes Communities, a real estate investment firm that specializes in redeveloping underperforming hospitality or senior properties into workforce…
The fallout from last week’s special-called City Council meeting on the fate of Dallas City Hall appears poised to intensify as questions about transparency continue following recent media reports on city communications related to potential relocation sites. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, the often-tense marathon meeting resulted in a resolution directing City Manager Kimberly Tolbert…
It’s been a hell of a couple of weeks at Dallas City Hall, with the fate of 1500 Marilla St. and potentially the Mavericks’ new arena hanging in the balance. But just because that storyline has been dominating headlines doesn’t mean there hasn’t been other important news coming out of the building. New Farmers Market…
