Dallas City Council
Seven long days have passed without in-depth reporting on the much-debated ForwardDallas 2.0 land use plan, but don’t worry. We’ll say it again for those in the back — Dallas City Councilman Paul Ridley helped reach some important compromises with single-family home advocates last week, and now it’s headed to Council. CandysDirt.com was the first…
Elected and appointed officials have spent years working on ForwardDallas 2.0, an update of the city’s comprehensive land use plan. Residents in each of Dallas’ geographic districts have gotten savvy to the technical aspects of the document and lobbied for their causes at town halls and City Plan Commission meetings. Is the rubber about to…
Not much was accomplished in Tuesday’s Economic Development Committee meeting, but good questions were asked and dramatic sound bites abound for the City’s controversial ForwardDallas 2.0. Dallas City Council members on the Economic Development Committee discussed the proposed comprehensive land use plan — and if, or how it will affect existing single-family neighborhoods. The accusations went…
Months ago, some City Hall spectators predicted that the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan would be kicked down the road indefinitely, delayed until after the May 2025 municipal elections. That’s still a possibility, but while the plan could be adopted as early as September, the final version may look drastically different than today’s draft. The…
Did you vote for a bond project seven years ago and wonder why it’s not finished yet? There’s an app for that. Well, actually there’s a dashboard for that. Director of Bond and Construction Management Jenny Nicewander briefed the Dallas City Council this week on which projects approved earlier this year are at the front…
