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New ‘Ebby’s Place’ YWCA Honors Real Estate Legend, Empowers Dallas Women

By Leah Shafer / May 15, 2015 /

Dallas community leaders, including Mayor Mike Rawlings, gathered yesterday morning to celebrate the opening of the new YW Women’s Center at Ebby’s Place, named after the grande dame of Dallas real estate, Ebby Halliday. Empowering women to improve their lives is the bottom line, which is why the YWCA chose Ebby as its namesake, says Jennifer M.…

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Preservation Task Force Aims to Protect Historic Buildings With 9 Recommendations

By Leah Shafer / April 2, 2015 /

  Last September, the Dallas preservation community let out a collective gasp as an entire block of century-old buildings was demolished by Headington Companies as part of the Joule’s expansion plans. Because of the way historic preservation is handled in Dallas, there was no time to discuss alternatives with the bulldozers or the company that…

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Earthquakes & Real Estate: What Can North Texas Houses Handle?

By Leah Shafer / February 18, 2015 /

  With the ongoing earthquakes in North Texas, and recent identification by seismologists of the two-mile fault line near the Trinity River at the center of the activity, many homeowners are wondering about the safety of their houses. The biggest January quakes were measured around 3.6 or 3.7, which is relatively minor, but with this…

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Could Home Rule be a Boon For Homeowners? As Families Flee Dallas ISD For Suburban Districts, Better Schools May Bring Them Back

By Joanna England / March 12, 2014 /

It’s on the lips of just about every mom in my neighborhood: What will this home rule proposal mean for our failing neighborhood elementary? Will it mean we won’t have to spend an arm and a leg for private school, or uproot our family for the suburbs? That’s exactly what’s happening right now, and Dallas…

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