industrial development
Another week of City Hall business yielded some transformational updates to the development code, marking another signal achievement of the current Dallas City Council. Between passing ForwardDallas 2.0 last September and finally accomplishing parking reform this past week, council members are setting the stage for the city’s future growth and development — just not to…
The City of Dallas’ real estate tax base grew more than 8% last fiscal year, according to the Dallas Office of Economic Development’s annual Year in Review report. And while rising property values are connected, the jump in value was largely driven by physical growth — new housing construction and a significant expansion of industrial…
Perhaps one of the spiciest debates of late among Dallas City Council members occurred Wednesday as residents of Southeast Oak Cliff’s Floral Farms — where “Shingle Mountain” once stood — were finally granted a rezoning that will prohibit new heavy industrial uses on a large tract of primarily undeveloped land near their homes. Referred to…
Southern Dallas residents have waited years for a rezoning effort to correct past injustices, such as the intrusion of concrete batch plants, scrap yards, and the notorious “Shingle Mountain” into their neighborhoods. But at a recent Dallas City Council meeting, they were told they’d have to wait a little longer. Environmental justice advocates and about…
An environmental justice organization that has made huge recent progress toward righting wrongs of the past just made another bold move: hiring its second executive director in 30 years. Downwinders at Risk was formed in 1994 to fight Midlothian cement plants. Since then the nonprofit has done tremendous work advocating against southern Dallas batch plants…
