Zarin Gracey
A May 4 Dallas bond election is imminent, and Dallas City Council members unofficially agreed Wednesday to designate about $310.5 million for parks and $61 million for housing. The Dallas City Council was operating as a “Committee of the Whole” during Wednesday’s meeting and took straw votes on the bond allocations, therefore no binding decisions…
After an extensive community outreach effort, consultants announced last week they plan to target three areas of Southern Dallas for focused investment and more affordable housing in the Dallas Housing Policy 2033. The areas comprise about 10 percent of Dallas, said TDA Consulting Group President and CEO Dionne Roberts. “The target areas are intended to…
The proposed City of Dallas budget won’t be unveiled until Aug. 8, but a 72-page Dallas City Council presentation is giving penny-pinching taxpayers plenty to digest in the interim. Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland reviewed the 2023-24 and 2024-25 budget and responded to general questions during a June 21 briefing. The City Council adopted a…
“You gotta have faith” to bridge the gaps created by years of underserved communities in southwest Dallas says Zarin Gracey, the high-energy, newly elected District 3 Dallas City Council representative. And he might just be the man for the job. Gracey spent 15 years wearing about a dozen different hats at Dallas City Hall then retired…
When term-limited District 3 Dallas City Council Member Casey Thomas announced in December, “He’s got next” in a photo with longtime public servant and pastor Zarin Gracey, he wasn’t wrong. It just took a while. With all precincts reporting around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Gracey claimed the D3 seat in the City Council’s only runoff, earning…
