Dallas crime
Anyone who wants to spend a bit of their Memorial Day weekend catching up on the goings on at Dallas City Hall came to the right place. Downtown earned a lot of attention this past week. Between the city center’s major public safety update and scrutiny over how much the redevelopment of Kay Bailey Hutchison…
Downtown Dallas Inc. is on a mission to maintain an attractive business and entertainment district by empowering a “field operations team” to keep the city clean and safe. DDI President and CEO Jennifer Scripps announced DDI’s “Dedicated to Dallas” public awareness campaign at a June 7 press conference. “What makes downtown so vibrant is our…
Dallas City Council District 12 in far North Dallas has some unique characteristics. It’s the only district with residents who live outside Dallas County. It has the second-most affordable housing units, and it’s tied for the highest diversity scores in racial and ethnic population makeup. It also has the fewest crime incidents of any council…
A May 19 shooting at District 13’s Preston Center left a security guard dead less than three weeks after a massacre at Allen Premium Outlets that killed eight and injured seven. While North Texans have long been aware that car break-ins frequently occur in shopping center parking lots and garages, there’s a bigger public safety…
Can the revitalization of the Shops at RedBird, fueled by millions of dollars in city incentives “save” District 8 from crime and poverty? Some say it already has. Some say southern Dallas and Oak Cliff don’t need saving. And some say it goes a long way when residents take pride in their community. CandysDirt.com set…
