Carolyn King Arnold

How Developer Swede Hanson Is Building Attainable Housing With Trust in Southern Dallas

By Charles Grand / May 22, 2025 /

In a city where new housing can mean displacement in some neighborhoods, Dallas developer Swede Hanson is trying something different: getting buy-in from the community before breaking ground. Hanson has developed a reputation for listening as much as building in his pursuit of delivering attainable workforce housing south of the city center. In carving out…

Buckle Up for Dallas’ New Parking Ordinance

By Charles Grand / May 15, 2025 /

With a 14-1 majority, Dallas City Council members voted to reduce or abolish parking minimums across multiple development types on Wednesday, finally putting parking reform to bed after staff began the effort almost six years ago. Only Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) voted against the ordinance, even though others had concerns about the potential…

Staff Puts Faith in Free Market to Sort Out Dallas Parking Policies

By Charles Grand / April 8, 2025 /

City staff got put in the hot seat on Monday during a meeting of the Dallas Economic Development Committee, during which the controversial subject of parking reform was discussed. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Dallas’s City Plan Commission (CPC) advanced a measure that would eliminate or decrease the minimum parking spaces that developers are required…

South Oak Cliff District 4 Candidates Offer Education and Expertise for City Council Race

By Shelby Skrhak / March 24, 2025 /

Dallas ISD trustee Maxie Johnson, educator Avis Hardaman, and Dallas County Sheriff’s Department employee Kebran W. Alexander are vying for the District 4 seat held by Carolyn King Arnold, who is term-limited.  Despite a proposition approved by voters in November making Arnold ineligible to seek another term, she filed paperwork but was not qualified by the city secretary. Landers M. Isom III…

The Top 10 Dallas City Hall Newsmakers of 2024

By April Towery / December 27, 2024 /

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…