Omar Narvaez

Bridge Labs to Build Biotech Research Space in Pegasus Park With $8M Incentives Package

By April Towery / July 13, 2023 /

Bridge Labs is expanding downtown Dallas’ biotech operations in a 23-acre mixed-use office campus known as Pegasus Park.  The Dallas City Council touted its commitment to biomedical and health research during a June 14 council meeting by awarding a $3 million economic development grant, along with about $5 million in other incentives.  The funds will…

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Dallas Infrastructure, Crime Prevention Are Top Priorities in The City’s 2023 Community Survey

By April Towery / June 22, 2023 /
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Infrastructure and crime prevention are the priorities among a small percentage of Dallas residents who responded to a 2023 community survey, city officials said Wednesday.  A decrease in local satisfaction was reported in access to quality affordable housing, but the matter — while charting high in cities nationwide — did not make the top three…

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Dallas Council Supports TxDOT’s I-345 Hybrid Trench And Directs City Manager to Study Alternatives

By April Towery / May 24, 2023 /

The Dallas City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to support the Texas Department of Transportation’s $1 billion refined hybrid trench option for reconstructing Interstate 345 with several caveats, including a mandate that alternatives be explored.  TxDOT has refused to consider an alternative to the refined hybrid trench, and the state highway department holds the purse strings…

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West Dallas’ District 6 Sees Minimal Crime Spike, Neighborhoods Embrace More Housing

By April Towery / May 22, 2023 /

Dallas City Council District 6 has the second-highest crime rate among Dallas’ 14 districts, runner-up only to District 2’s Deep Ellum and Old East Dallas. Councilman Omar Narvaez, first elected in 2017, has deep family roots of more than 90 years in the area that covers Ledbetter, La Loma, and Bachman Lake. He rents his…

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Dallas City Council, Staff Spars Over ‘Not in My Backyard’ Mentality as Housing Policy Passes 12-2

By April Towery / April 12, 2023 /

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved a 10-year housing policy over the objections of a council member who equated the lack of public engagement to “craziness” and pointed to flaws in the plan that she alleged exacerbate racial issues and ignore poverty.  The Dallas Housing Policy 2033 and a separate housing resource catalog replace…

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