Preston Center Area Task Force
We’re not surprised to see more pigs at the trough of the Preston Center Garage plan, as the greed is expected, though not astonishing. Last week I wrote about the final Preston Center Garage plan delivered to the city by Walker Consultants and the later filing by Robert Dozier’s Ramrock Real Estate LLC. As a…
Read MoreAs April Fools’ jokes, I’ve written about the Crespi estate becoming a Costco, a green high-rise with dirt floors for farming, and this year’s tram system running along Turtle Creek. You might think this column is also a “gotcha.” But, it ain’t April. Yesterday I wrote about the city’s final report concerning options for the…
Read More[Editor’s note: Jon Anderson is a columnist for CandysDirt.com who lives in District 13. His opinions are his own.] The community gathered last night to discuss PD-15, and honestly, I expected this to be a “bottle of rotgut and a bullet to bite on” kind of meeting. But it wasn’t. To be sure, when the public…
Read MoreGood news. You don’t have to go to Idaho to fish in Bogus Creek. Last October, I wrote about how the NHPRAP (Northwest Highway and Preston Road Area Plan), not even a year old, wasn’t designed to be economically viable. Essentially, my scribbles revealed that were its Zone 4 area to follow the recommendations contained…
Read MoreSince August 2016, we’ve been reporting on different events surrounding the Diplomat condo building, beginning with a contingent contract and continuing with surveyors in November, quickly followed by soil testing in December. You’ve likely seen the map above a zillion times, but it’s a shortcut to avoid tediously describing where a certain building is located…
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