William Joy

City Hall Roundup: The ForwardDallas 2.0 Public Engagement Success Story 

By April Towery / December 29, 2024 /

 Voters spoke at the ballot box in November by demanding transparency and accountability from their elected officials, and there’s little doubt they’ll show up again in May when up to 10 sitting council members will be vying for another term at the horseshoe.  Residents saw this year how their voices mattered. They showed up en…

A Last-Minute ForwardDallas Amendment Changed Bishop Arts Placetype, Resident Explains Why 

By April Towery / October 22, 2024 /

Throughout the process of developing and revising the ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive land use plan, city officials repeatedly asked for public input and echoed the mantra, “We hear you.” So when Bishop Arts resident and former WFAA journalist William Joy read the plan and found a glitch, he reached out to City Hall.  In Joy’s case,…