Jennifer Gates

Infrastructure And Incentive Plans Approved in Dallas Economic Development Policy

By April Towery / January 31, 2023 /

Following a lively discussion Jan. 25, Dallas City Council members adopted an amended economic development policy and incentive framework in an effort to recruit and retain businesses.  The Economic Development Policy was drafted in 2021, with updates proposed late last year. The changes approved Wednesday communicate the city’s priority areas for development by establishing zones…

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Dallas Poised to Adopt Economic Development Policy Focused on Infrastructure And Incentives

By April Towery / December 12, 2022 /

Creating infrastructure for housing and commercial development, and providing fast and simple tax abatements to incentivize businesses emerged as priorities during a Dallas City Council discussion on the city’s economic development policy last week.  The city council is set to adopt revisions to the 2021 economic development policy at a Dec. 14 meeting.  This year…

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Nelson Out: Reverchon Park’s Future In Community’s Fundraising Hands

By Jon Anderson / October 1, 2020 /

After months of deadlines missed, at noon Wednesday, the Parks Department ceased negotiations with Donnie Nelson’s Reverchon Park Sports and Entertainment LLC. “Negotiation” isn’t the correct word as it conjures two sides working on a deal – a stage this deal never seemed to arrive at. City attorneys are saying the next steps for the…

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Jennifer Gates And Staff Handle Floods, Power Outages, and Tornados With Aplomb

By Jon Anderson / December 31, 2019 /

Some city council districts so rarely make the news, I wonder what their representatives get up to all day. Some, like Oak Lawn’s District 14 are top-heavy with an unending train of development-related decisions and brouhahas. But my old District 13 has had more than its share. It’s flooded, lost electricity for days, been gassed…

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PD-15 Update: Preston Place Back On Market While Provident Signs Royal Orleans

By Jon Anderson / December 19, 2019 /

It seems the years-long process for changing PD-15 didn’t end at City Hall, as expected. And the residents of Preston Place won’t have a buy-out check under the Christmas tree, at least not from Provident. Preston Place, which burned down to the parking lot garage,  is the main reason the whole painful PD process occurred.…

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