City of Dallas
If a recent report from WalletHub is any indication, Dallas has some work to do if it wants to call itself world-class. The personal finance website conducted a study of the 149 largest cities in the United States comparing 36 metrics that are compiled into a “Quality of Services” score that is measured against each…
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by Rick MauchCandysDirt.com Contributor Realtor Roxy Diamond learned from watching her father that the industries of law and real estate can — like peanut butter and chocolate — be quite satisfying together. Growing up in South Florida, her father was a real estate attorney. Likewise, her brother entered that field, and she grew up around…
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It’s no secret that Dallas’s Development Services Department has struggled to cut the turnaround time for building permits and that the department’s director, Andrew Espinoza, is making strides to course-correct. The results of an audit conducted by Matrix Consulting Group were recently released, and Espinoza said many of the recommendations are already being implemented. He’ll…
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An armed man was fatally shot by Dallas police after firing a handgun early Wednesday morning in a residential area on Shiloh Road in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas. It wasn’t far from the Little Casa View neighborhood where Lisa Kelly has been planning a National Night Out block party with fellow members…
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If your home has structural deficiencies or needs modifications to improve health and safety, the City of Dallas has a program for that. About $3 million is available in Community Development Block Grant and U.S. Housing and Urban Development funds for home rehabilitation and reconstruction. The city is seeking contractors or “subrecipients” to administer the…
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