John Stephens
The City of Dallas needs cash to fund a $3 billion deficit in its police and fire pension fund, and it needs advice on how to repurpose some old city buildings and whether it should be buying and selling land — so they asked the Economic Development Corporation for help. The issue of city-owned real…
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Some might be surprised to learn that the ninth-largest U.S. city doesn’t have a person solely responsible for recruiting new development. That’s about to change as the Dallas Economic Development Corporation is advertising a position for its first-ever CEO. Dallas does have an Economic Development Department with a council-approved policy and Director Robin Bentley leading…
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Let’s face it: this week was kind of an emotional mess. If you were supporting Hillary Clinton and expecting her to win, like most of the media did, nearly all the pollsters, and of course the pundits, you were devastated, cried, and probably feel a bit wrung out by now. If you were a Trump…
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