Dallas

With Demand Growing, Fort Worth Opens First Phase of Convention Center Expansion

By Joy Donovan / December 9, 2025 /

The sun was shining on the nation’s 10th largest city for a Monday morning ribbon-cutting of the first phase of the Fort Worth Convention Center’s expansion. Additions to the center, which remained operational during the two years of construction, are now complete and ready for convention clients. City leaders stressed the importance of convention business…

Mayor Eric Johnson: ‘This Has Always Been the Dallas Story’

By Charles Grand / November 14, 2025 /

Mayor Eric Johnson laid out the promise of Dallas during his State of the City address on Thursday, touting the gains made over the past several years and highlighting the Big D’s status as a top destination for business and investment. The speech was livestreamed from the new Texas Stock Exchange at its temporary offices…

Cities Are Urged to Push for Local Voice Ahead of Texas’ 2027 Housing Legislation

By Joy Donovan / November 4, 2025 /

Don’t wait for 2027. That was the message often repeated at the Texas Municipal League’s 113th Annual Conference held last week at the Fort Worth Convention Center. More than 3,500 municipal employees and elected officials attended the three-day event that included a first-day welcome from Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, where the overarching message was…

City Rankings Have Dallas Down in the Dumps 

By Charles Grand / July 22, 2025 /

It seems Dallas has a whole lot of work to do to make itself more livable for renters and first-time homebuyers, at least according to a couple of recent analyses surveying the national housing market. Obviously, the issue of affordability has dogged the city for quite some time now, but Dallas isn’t alone on that…

Peacocks and Park Are a Few Perks of This Pair of Houses in East Oak Cliff

By Joy Donovan / July 11, 2025 /

Here’s a deal for a family that wants to live not with each other but walking distance from each other. Or maybe besties who know better than to be roommates but have an idea that sharing happy hour on a weekly basis could be fun. Even better, if these house hunters happen to like peacocks,…