Paul Ridley
Seven long days have passed without in-depth reporting on the much-debated ForwardDallas 2.0 land use plan, but don’t worry. We’ll say it again for those in the back — Dallas City Councilman Paul Ridley helped reach some important compromises with single-family home advocates last week, and now it’s headed to Council. CandysDirt.com was the first…
Is the phrase “Day of Reckoning” too much for a ForwardDallas headline, an astute CandysDirt.com editor asked herself. The Collins Dictionary defines the expression as “a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.” Yep, that tracks. That day of…
The City of University Park wants a “boundary adjustment” to take ownership of 18 acres in Dallas that includes Boone Elementary and Northway Christian Church across from NorthPark Center. Masterplan land consultant President Dallas Cothrum is involved, and Dallas City Council members are questioning whether there’s a benefit to Dallas. Cothrum reached out to us…
A plan to distribute $31 million annually over five years to Dallas-based U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant programs is slated for adoption in June and implementation in October — but Dallas City Council members don’t agree on how to distribute the funds. The Dallas City Council reviewed the plan in February and revisited it…
Dallas has an expensive plan for reducing vehicle accidents at dangerous intersections, and they’ve set a goal of zero traffic fatalities by the year 2030. More than 35,000 vehicle crashes occurred in Dallas last year, and 199 involved fatalities. The Dallas City Council’s adopted Vision Zero plan aims to significantly lower those numbers. Director of…
