Chad West
Planning nerds rejoiced last month when the highly-anticipated Far West Oak Cliff report went live. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration. It’s me. I rejoiced. I’m the planning nerd. The 55-page Far West Oak Cliff Task Force Report is not an area plan or a binding document but reveals some solid ideas for neighborhood, commercial, and corridor…
Editor’s Note: The Jimtown rezoning, allowing accessory dwelling units by right, was approved by the Dallas City Council on Jan. 22. In an effort to embrace density and affordability while also preserving the character of a 10-acre North Oak Cliff neighborhood, Jimtown residents last week cleared a big hurdle five years in the making. Pending…
Following a debate we’ve all heard before over the merits of Public Facility Corporation Projects, the Dallas City Council authorized Mintwood Real Estate to proceed with a second phase of the Oakhouse mixed-income, multifamily development at 909 East Colorado Blvd. The council action on Wednesday authorizes the Dallas PFC to “acquire, develop, and own the…
Throughout the process of developing and revising the ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive land use plan, city officials repeatedly asked for public input and echoed the mantra, “We hear you.” So when Bishop Arts resident and former WFAA journalist William Joy read the plan and found a glitch, he reached out to City Hall. In Joy’s case,…
At a small gathering of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce this month, Dallas planning staff updated business leaders on five authorized hearings that came out of the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — and shared the findings of a task force report that identified opportunities for redevelopment and pedestrian safety issues. Some of the…
