Paula Blackmon
More than nine months ago, developers with Ojala Holdings proposed a high-rise apartment tower on a lot currently occupied by Shoreline City Church, which is adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood of East Dallas. Dozens of neighborhood meetings have been held since then. Extensive changes to the original plan have been made. The need for affordable…
Just a couple of months after it appeared Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s job was on the line, Dallas City Council members Wednesday affirmed his performance during an annual evaluation and offered a 3 percent raise to his $410,919 salary. The vote was not unanimous. Mayor Eric Johnson and council members Paula Blackmon (District 9),…
With the clock ticking on the U.S. Justice Department’s June 29 deadline, the Dallas City Council approved Monday a redistricting map that incorporated citizen feedback and specific requests to keep some neighborhoods intact. Not everyone was pleased, however, as one suggested modification was not approved and council members were not permitted to discuss the pending…
The City of Dallas has a new chief building official who acknowledges there’s a permitting mess to clean up and says he’s the man for the job. After nearly two years without a director and thousands of backlogged building permits, Andrew Espinoza was selected in May to become director of Development Services and officially began…
Members of the Lochwood Neighborhood Association met with developers and Dallas officials Tuesday night to express their opposition to rezoning that would make way for a multi-family housing complex on Garland Road. Developers with Ojala Holdings have presented a rezoning request to allow for the tear-down of Shoreline City Church and the construction of a…
