Dallas City Council
An investigation into why 70 Dallas Development Services employees were forced to work in a building with three dozen fire code violations is underway, and city officials responsible for the building purchase and occupancy have said there were no “life and safety” matters to be concerned about. Employee emails obtained last week by CandysDirt.com tell…
Pending some discussion with Dallas City Council members and stakeholders, local officials are poised to lobby the U.S. Congress to add blight remediation to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, improve the Point-in-Time homeless count procedures, and add funding to federal grant programs. Director of Government Affairs Carrie Rogers was prepared to discuss the…
More than 5,600 emails were scanned this month in an effort to determine whether Dallas Development Services employees were concerned for their safety while working at the Stemmons Building that had numerous fire code violations. The investigation resulted in just five emails from employees who used keywords to describe conditions at the Stemmons Freeway building,…
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday authorized a fourth amendment to a redevelopment agreement for the Shops at RedBird project. The matter was a consent agenda item and wasn’t discussed publicly. A resolution authorized an amendment to developer Peter Brodsky’s Tax Increment Development, Chapter 380 Grant, and Chapter 380 Loan Agreement. It includes some project…
Just a couple of weeks after the Dallas Wings WNBA team opted to move from Arlington to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the City of Dallas scored another win, as a professional women’s soccer team signed on to play for two years at the Cotton Bowl. The big news came May…
