Jesse Moreno
The walls of 711 S. St. Paul will soon be tumbling down, and by all accounts, District 2 Dallas City Councilman Jesse Moreno couldn’t be happier. Moreno announced the sale of the former Family Gateway building — which was neglected by city staff and overrun by squatters and vandals — in an Oct. 25 press…
Texas Department of Transportation officials were back at Dallas City Hall on Wednesday, giving a progress report on the Interstate 345 plan approved by council members in May 2023. We reported in March of this year that TxDOT rebuffed the council’s mandate to seek alternative funding sources and designs for the $1.65 billion project, instead…
A world-class convention center equates to more tourism, tax dollars, connectivity, and ultimately a better quality of life, city officials agreed when Dallas voters approved a measure to upgrade the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas in November 2022. To fund the $3 billion convention center redevelopment, Proposition A designated a 2 percent increase in…
When the Dallas City Council voted last month to auction a city-owned property that’s been overrun by vandals and squatters, Councilman Jesse Moreno said he was disappointed that immediate demolition wasn’t authorized. It appears that at the time, neither Moreno nor his colleagues knew the building was on the National Register of Historic Places. In…
District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno took advantage of a public platform Monday to question planning officials about how permits could be issued for projects that didn’t have the proper zoning. Moreno didn’t mention the recent Elm Thicket/Northpark permit controversy by name, but the reference was implied. Monday’s Economic Development Committee Meeting wasn’t posted for such…
