South Dallas

Dallas Takes Legal Action Against U.S. Navy Over Contamination at Hensley Field

By April Towery / August 15, 2023 /

Dallas set its sights on transforming a former U.S. Naval Air Station into a mixed-use residential community, but city leaders say they can’t move forward until the Navy cleans up the site.  More than 6,500 homes are planned for the 700-acre Hensley Field, a master-planned initiative that former District 3 Councilman Casey Thomas called his…

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The Juanita Craft Civil Rights House Opens Saturday

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 18, 2023 /

By Misty MaberrySpecial Contributor The Dallas Public Library is a proud partner with the Office of Arts & Culture in the Juanita Craft Civil Rights House, which will reopen this Saturday, May 20, at 11 a.m. Civil rights activist Juanita Craft (1902-1985) was a remarkable woman. She spent her life fighting for equality, better living…

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This South Dallas Family Home Offers Room To Flex

By Nikki Barringer / May 6, 2023 /

Over in South Dallas, there’s a family home with a dream layout. It’s set on one-third acre in Bretton Woods. Inspired by Craftsman architecture, but new construction. It’s like the Anthropologie of homes. It looks “vintage” but it’s basically brand new. Dave Perry-Miller’s Emily Ruth Cannon said the side garden is the jam. It’s an…

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Shekinah Legacy Holdings Moves Headquarters to South Dallas/Fair Park 

By April Towery / April 19, 2023 /

A real estate brokerage, development, and construction company is coming to the South Dallas/Fair Park area, Dallas officials announced Tuesday.  Shekinah Legacy Holdings received about $650,000 in economic development incentives from Dallas’ Small Business Center to relocate to a now-vacant building at 1708 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and revitalize the neighborhood at the corner…

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Crime is Down in South Dallas/Fair Park But Local Police Aren’t Backing a D7 City Council Candidate

By April Towery / April 3, 2023 /

When the Dallas Police Association Political Action Committee released its sought-after city council candidate endorsements last week, there were a few blank spaces, notably, no endorsements were made in Districts 3 and 7. DPA officials have said they would soon have a recommendation in the District 11 race, which includes CandysDirt.com founder and publisher Candace…

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