Cara Mendelsohn
Perhaps one of the spiciest debates of late among Dallas City Council members occurred Wednesday as residents of Southeast Oak Cliff’s Floral Farms — where “Shingle Mountain” once stood — were finally granted a rezoning that will prohibit new heavy industrial uses on a large tract of primarily undeveloped land near their homes. Referred to…
A survey of more than 2,000 Dallas residents showed that infrastructure maintenance is the No. 1 priority in almost every geographic district of the city, with public safety closely following at No. 2. Traffic management, social services, and code enforcement also ranked high, and about 52% of respondents said access to affordable, quality housing should…
No one was surprised this week when the Dallas City Council hired Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as the city manager. She’s already been on the job as interim for 11 months and has an impressive decades-long career in Dallas under her belt. She was widely supported by city staff and local business leaders. But there were…
The Dallas City Council recently denied three zoning requests for duplexes in the Mount Auburn neighborhood, prompting a larger discussion on the need for self-determination in areas that have been threatened by what residents perceive as incompatible high-density development. Residents at the Jan. 8 council meeting who spoke out against duplexes in their neighborhood considered…
As 2024 comes to a close and we look back on the hundreds of stories about new real estate projects, City Hall shenanigans, and developers with innovative solutions to the affordable housing crisis, a few names stick out. Some were heavily criticized; some were hailed as heroes. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, here are your…
