Dallas City Council
The Dallas City Council delayed action on City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s employment contract to next week, but concerns about the official’s role in the city’s money-wasting permitting debacle have not dissipated. Council members Paula Blackmon (District 9), Cara Mendelsohn (District 12), and Gay Donnell Willis (District 13) requested Broadnax’s employment contract be placed on Wednesday’s…
Petitions are signed, and the Lakewood Conservation District is one step closer to including two additional neighborhoods. Conservation districts, which have existed in Dallas since 1988, are designed to help communities protect certain neighborhood characteristics. Lakewood’s Historic Origins Developers Albert Dines and Lee R. Kraft bought 184 acres in the 1920s around what is now…
For decades, developers and municipal leaders have used the word “connectivity” to inspire a sense of community among residents. The LOOP Dallas, however, put its money where its mouth is, and made that concept a reality. Using the hashtag #ConnectingDallasWithDallas, the Circuit Trail Conservancy leveraged 39 existing miles of the best-known trails in Dallas and…
Recently named one of the best convention centers in America, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas could soon get a $1.5 billion makeover, pending voter approval. The Dallas City Council adopted a resolution last month to call a Nov. 8 election for the convention center expansion and improvement of Fair Park facilities, to be…
Following an exhaustive public input and review process, officials with the Dallas Redistricting Commission have narrowed their scope to two preferred maps – and the one that makes the final cut could dictate boundary lines for the city’s 14 districts over the next decade. The final map selection is tentatively set for a day-long workshop…
