Phil Crone
Dallas leaders recently took on the tasks of overhauling a 35-year-old development code, drafting a comprehensive future land use map, and digitizing boxes of paper records. It’s a long, arduous process, but the end result will be well worth it, according to the city’s director of planning and urban design. Julia Ryan has worked in…
Read MoreDallas builders have high hopes that a new program will get them in and out of the city permitting office and back to swinging a hammer in a 24-hour period. The early response to a new program offering “walk-in permits,” set to launch Sept. 1, is a far cry from the highly-criticized permitting debacle that’s…
Read MoreAs housing affordability and attainability slip farther out of reach for American families, a contingent of building industry professionals took their concerns to Capitol Hill in mid-June. David Lehde, director of government affairs for Dallas Builders Association, led the group, which included Dallas Builders Association members who also participate in coinciding meetings at the National Association…
Read MoreThe City of Dallas has a new chief building official who acknowledges there’s a permitting mess to clean up and says he’s the man for the job. After nearly two years without a director and thousands of backlogged building permits, Andrew Espinoza was selected in May to become director of Development Services and officially began…
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