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  • Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,Greenleaf Village,Homestead,La Bajada,Ledbetter,Los Altos,Victory Gardens,West Dallas,Westmoreland Heights

    West Dallas 1 coalition selects new leaders for community advocacy

    The grassroots coalition West Dallas 1 has elected new leaders […]

  • Dallas News,Documenter News,Local Government,Public Meeting Briefs,West Dallas

    City council District 6 candidates discuss public safety, gentrification, GAF at West Dallas forum

    Nine candidates are running for the District 6 city council seat in Dallas, and eight of them attended a forum to discuss public safety, gentrification, affordable housing, and more, with candidates proposing policies such as reducing property tax values for West Dallas residents, preserving neighborhoods, and addressing environmental issues.

  • Bickers Park,Candidate Responses,Education,Greenleaf Village,Homestead,Local Government,Victory Gardens,West Dallas

    Natashia Gerald: Dallas ISD District 5 trustee candidate

    Natashia Gerald, a 42-year-old Dallas resident, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to advocate for effective programs and practices that meet the diverse needs of students in West Dallas.

  • Bickers Park,Candidate Responses,Education,Greenleaf Village,Homestead,Local Government,Victory Gardens,West Dallas

    Byron Sanders: Dallas ISD District 5 trustee candidate

    Byron Sanders, a 20-year education leader and former CEO of Big Thought, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to ensure that Dallas ISD becomes a model of innovation, equity, and excellence for all students.

  • Education,West Dallas

    Dr. L.G. Pinkston Sr. High School honors influential alumni and community members with named spaces

    Alumni and community leaders of Dr. L. G. Pinkston High […]

  • Development + Zoning,Ledbetter,Los Altos,West Dallas

    Zoning requests: STEAM nonprofit in Los Altos, metal salvage facility on Singleton

    A STEAM nonprofit for school-aged children and a metal salvage facility on Singleton are asking the City for zoning changes in West Dallas.

  • West Dallas

    Second resource center for DISD families to open in West Dallas

    This Saturday Dallas ISD is opening the doors of its […]

  • Development + Zoning,Singleton United/Unidos,West Dallas

    West Dallas site of demolished Bonnie and Clyde filling station to become a car wash

    A plot of land on Singleton and Winnetka in West […]

  • Development + Zoning,Ledbetter,West Dallas

    Ledbetter neighbors ask City of Dallas to fix decades-old problems before approving new developments

    Gloria Chavarria has lived on Ingersoll Street in the Ledbetter […]

  • Development + Zoning,West Dallas

    Builders of Hope Breaks Ground On Affordable West Dallas Rentals

    Builders of Hope, a West Dallas-based housing nonprofit, broke ground […]

  • Development + Zoning,West Dallas

    New Civic Atlas tool makes Dallas zoning cases, building permits ‘just as easy to use as Zillow’

  • Housing + Property Taxes,South Dallas,West Dallas

    Builders of Hope Unveils Plan to Protect Neighborhoods, But Residents Remain Skeptical of City

    Earl D. Thomas, a Victory Gardens resident, is a third-generation […]

  • Ledbetter,West Dallas,Westmoreland

    Food Access Fair offers one-stop shop for West Dallas neighbors looking for emergency groceries

    West Dallas residents looking for groceries or meals live in […]

  • Singleton United/Unidos,West Dallas

    New ‘West Dallas Junior High’ sign at the entrance of former Thomas Edison school

    Dallas ISD's West Dallas Junior High School will open this fall to seventh- and eighth-graders for the 2024-45 school year, and a new sign bearing its name is now in front of the former Thomas A. Edison Junior High School on Singleton.

  • Development + Zoning,Economic Development,History,Housing + Property Taxes,La Bajada,Los Altos,Park Row/South Boulevard,Phyllis Wheatley,Queen City,Racial Equity,South Dallas,West Dallas

    What the City’s new ‘Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy’ means for neighbors

    The latest This spring the Dallas City Council voted unanimously […]

  • Economic Development,Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    Emory credit union creators hope to bridge West Dallas’ banking gap

    Residents from West Dallas' Gilbert-Emory are leading the charge to give 75212 more banking options with a ground-up approach.

  • Dallas News

    How do Dallas ISD elections work?

    What is the job of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees? How and when are they elected?

  • West Dallas

    Between DART’s GoLink and Circuit, all of West Dallas can access rides on demand

    Riders in West Dallas have two DART-sponsored microtransit options: Circuit and GoLink. Why does DART sponsor two services?

  • West Dallas

    Verdigris tells the story of West Dallas environmental injustice, resilience in ‘Mis-Lead’

    Esther Villareal, a West Dallas resident and master naturalist, was […]

  • Education,Lake West,Victory Gardens,West Dallas

    Who gets to name the West Dallas STEM School?

    West Dallas' only school of choice might be renamed after Oak Cliff legacy names without the community's input.

  • Dallas News

    Where has the 2017 Dallas bond money gone?

    Take a look at our spreadsheets to find out what 2017 Dallas bond projects have and have not been completed over the last seven years.

  • West Dallas

    These Pinkston programs improve high school attendance, grades and even crime rates

    On a typical day at L.G. Pinkston High School, as […]

  • West Dallas

    Then and now: What’s happening with the West Dallas STEM School?

    The collaboration between Dallas ISD, Toyota, and SMU is now in its school year, expanding grades as the West Dallas school landscape shifts.

  • West Dallas

    Civic Explainer: Property tax options

    As property taxes rise city-wide, Dallas residents have a variety of options for payment plans or exemptions to lower their burden of the bill.

  • West Dallas

    What’s really in West Dallas’ soil, water, air and fish? A new ‘holistic’ EPA study aims to find out

    EPA will analyze the quality of air, water, soil and fish tissue in West Dallas to determine what pollutants are in the community.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas groups agree ‘GAF’s gotta go’ but take different tacks on how the polluter should exit

    Neighborhood groups are trying negotiation and legal action to get GAF and its pollution out of West Dallas faster — and without leaving a mess.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas residents don’t trust city plans for their land

    At a September Forward Dallas meeting, neighbors voiced anger over the city’s failure to protect the area.

  • Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    Neighbors discuss housing protections, land use at West Dallas Community Vision Plan meeting

    On Oct. 12, West Dallas neighbors met to review policy suggestions for housing and land use for the West Dallas Community Vision Plan.

  • Public Meeting Briefs,West Dallas

    District 6 residents ask for improvements to fire station, Jaycee-Zaragoza Recreation Center during bond town hall

    The latest: District 6 residents prioritized two projects for the […]

  • West Dallas

    Planned Dallas-Fort Worth high-speed train will cut through West Dallas neighborhood

    As NCTCOG moves forward with its Dallas to Fort Worth high-speed rail project, West Dallas neighbors have questions about potential neighborhood impact.

  • West Dallas

    La Bajada residents seek legal help after City of Dallas decision eclipses zoning ordinance 

    La Bajada Neighborhood Community Association and neighbors are trying to appeal the quasi-judicial board's decision at the county or district court level, and have until Monday, Aug. 28, according to West Dallas City Councilmember Omar Narvaez’ office.

  • Development + Zoning,La Bajada,West Dallas

    Newsletter: A legal precedent for La Bajada

    The case of City of Dallas v. Vanesko, heard by the Texas Supreme Court nearly 20 years ago, parallels a current situation in West Dallas' La Bajada neighborhood.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas remembers Isabel “Chavela” Lozada Tavera

    Chavela, a lifelong resident of West Dallas, left a lasting legacy of selfless service to her neighborhood.

  • West Dallas

    Meet our new principals: Pinkston’s Tameca Ward and West Dallas Middle School’s Laura Guzman

    Dr. L.G. Pinkston High School and West Dallas Middle School welcome new principals, Tameca Ward and Laura Guzman. Dallas Free Press sat down for conversations with Ward and Guzman to learn more about their vision for the 2023-24 school year. 

  • West Dallas

    Civic Explainer: What is a ‘Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay,’ or NSO?

    NSO is a Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay, which is a type of zoning district adopted by the City of Dallas in 2005. NSOs can regulate things like how much yard space is allowed on all sides of the home, where the garage is located and whether or not it is attached to the home, as well as the height of homes.

  • West Dallas

    City of Dallas fails to protect character of La Bajada neighborhood 

    La Bajada residents have expressed frustration that the height and size of several new homes in their neighborhood are incompatible, but the La Bajada NSO is not being honored by the city and outside developers.

  • Dallas News

    Demand for protesting property values goes up as families fight to stay in their homes

    Property tax consultant Toby Toler worked with more than 100 people over DCAD’s four-week protest period in April and May. He feels like the majority of the people he helped in Southern Dallas were able to successfully challenge their property values and lower their taxes.

  • Dallas News

    Dallas ISD parents unclear on why clear backpacks are needed for pre-K and elementary students

    Dallas ISD is requiring all students, including preschoolers as young as 3-year-olds, to carry a clear backpack as part of the district’s “ongoing effort to ensure safer schools.”

  • Food Apartheid,Food Apartheid,West Dallas

    West Dallas’ oldest Black-owned grocery store thrives while others fizzle out in food desert

    Gipson Grocery store converted into a one-stop shop with many services aimed to strengthen its community members.

  • West Dallas

    What’s next for GAF: West Dallas 1 picks up where public meetings left off

    While GAF has canceled public meetings for the time being, West Dallas 1 is hosting its own public meetings with the goal of informing neighbors and amplifying more residents’ voices.

  • Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    Did Dallas ISD’s sale of the segregated Fred Douglass School seal Gilbert-Emory’s fate?

    It wasn’t until Emmanuel Glover and Sarah Ashitey moved into Gilbert-emory that they learned their new house was in a historical African-American settlement.

  • Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    Gilbert-Emory neighbors watch their historically Black community vanish, one half-million-dollar townhome at a time

    The rapid sweep of gentrification has already wiped away many old homes in the once redlined Gilbert-Emory community.

  • West Dallas

    Rosa Lopez street toppers commemorate her affordable housing legacy in Los Altos

    West Dallas residents from Los Altos and community leaders gathered to honor the life and legacy of the late Rosa Lopez — her work in the community to improve the quality of living and empower neighbors.

  • West Dallas

    Fentanyl awareness: Pinkston High School responds to parent concerns after drug scare

    Dallas ISD’s Marlene Yepez-Porras and Pinkston parent instructor Anthony McGee told parents the school’s staff is working with the DISD to approve training for teachers and staff on fentanyl awareness. The staff emphasized that parents must also help by speaking with children about the dangers of fentanyl and how to keep an eye out for signs of drug use outside of school.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas strong: West Dallas 1 website breaks new ground and hopes to inspire new leadership 

    “We're setting the agenda on much of what's going on in West Dallas,” Raul Reyes Jr. says. However, his six-year term is coming to an end, and he and Jeffrey Howard don’t want to lose West Dallas 1’s momentum. As they prepare to pass the torch to the next generation, they are hoping the website will build support and awareness of West Dallas 1’s continuing impact.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas homeowners couldn’t access City funds for home repairs, so the City eliminated the barrier

    The Dallas City Council voted last week to forgo the home insurance requirement for homeowners applying to the West Dallas Targeted Rehab Program, a City of Dallas neighborhood revitalization effort designed to provide financial assistance for home repairs. The city had rejected nearly half of program applicants, most of whom lacked home insurance. 

  • West Dallas

    A major West Dallas polluter is leaving — but not fast enough for neighbors

    Neighbors don’t understand why GAF needs so long to leave and question who will truly benefit from a land upgrade. Once again, they have to defend their vision for their neighborhood.

  • West Dallas

    The City created a home repair program for West Dallas residents, but they’re struggling to qualify

    So far, the program has committed roughly $800,000 for about 90 eligible applicants, according to Thor Erickson, area redevelopment manager with the City’s department of housing and neighborhood revitalization. He says the goal was to complete 200 home repair projects and spend the $2 million within an 18-month period.

    The city didn’t meet its goal, Jackson says, because applicants are finding the city’s requirements to be too strenuous. In order to qualify for the program, West Dallas residents have to meet a laundry list of demands: make less than $77,900, live in the home as their primary residence, have home insurance, have a clear title and be current on their property taxes and mortgage payments.

  • West Dallas

    West Dallas community members make history with a street topper in honor of late Rev. Dr. Walter Bookman

    The Rev. Dr. Walter Bookman was a pastor at The […]

  • Dallas News

    Dallas Free Press seeks a journalism pathway coordinator to work with high school students

    Dallas Free Press is looking for a journalism pathway coordinator to work with students in South Dallas and West Dallas on writing, storytelling, civic engagement, media literacy and critical thinking skills that would benefit them no matter what career they choose.

  • West Dallas

    Clifford Sherman pays it forward with computers for L.G. Pinkston High School seniors

    West Dallas’ Ledbetter school on Gentry Drive was where Clifford […]

  • West Dallas

    A soccer field in the community, but not for the community

    The soccer field sits in the middle of the Los Altos neighborhood’s Benito Juarez Parque de Heroes. Since 2012, when the City of Dallas built a fence around the field, it has gone mostly unused, except for the weekends when teams pay the city as much as $61 an hour to use the field for practice or games.

  • West Dallas

    ‘I’ve never seen any dirt go up 1400% in five years’

    The land value of dozens of 7,000-square-foot parcels in Los Altos — just north of Singleton, up and down Borger, Crossman and Winnetka — all jumped from $65,000 to $168,000 this year. Several efforts are being made to educate West Dallas neighbors on how to protest property tax appraisals before the May 16 deadline.

  • Dallas News,West Dallas

    Preguntas y respuestas: Qué saber sobre el pasado y el futuro ambiental de West Dallas

    Conceptos clave en la lucha de West Dallas por librarse de los contaminadores, incluida la importancia de la zonificación, los permisos y la acción cívica.

  • West Dallas

    What to know about West Dallas’ environmental past and future

    Key concepts in West Dallas' fight to get rid of polluters, including the significance of zoning, permits, and civic action.

  • Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    How West Dallas is leaving a history of environmental racism in the dust

    Dallas is considering a new approach to permitting concrete batch plants, thanks to a long history of advocacy coming from West Dallas.

  • West Dallas

    Q&A with Esther Villarreal

    Esther Villarreal, appointee to Dallas' environmental commission and West Dallas resident, reflects on her advocacy and shares her hopes for the health of her community.

  • Dallas News

    Dallas Free Press is hiring a development manager

    Dallas Free Press is seeking an adept communicator who is highly organized to build strong relationships with potential major donors, funders and corporate sponsors.

  • West Dallas

    Now open: West Dallas STEM school

    This year, though seventh- and eighth-graders are at L.G. Pinkston High School's campus, they’re in a separate school with a unique learning approach — the new West Dallas STEM school.

  • Dallas News

    Local newsrooms, universities and nonprofits join forces to focus on affordable housing in Dallas

    The key partners on the project say affordable housing is a topic none of them has been able to consistently address on their own — but it’s a vital, systemic issue demanding greater response.

  • West Dallas

    Changes are coming to Hattie Rankin Moore Park in Los Altos. The City wants West Dallas’ input.

    After listening to residents in early 2020, the City of Dallas planned to add colorful murals, artificial turf, family grills, playground equipment and more athletic fields to the park in the Los Altos neighborhood, located just south of Anita Martinez Recreation Center and Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary School.

  • West Dallas

    Dallas ISD rolls out free at-home internet access for students

    Dallas ISD invested in 40,000 hotspots last school year for families without reliable internet at home, but this year DISD plans to spend $18 million on at-home wired connections for its students.

  • West Dallas

    Los Gallos: A gym from West Dallas where boxing teaches life lessons

    The Los Gallos Boxing Club wants to teach their students that with discipline and hard work, any obstacle that life brings can be overcome.

  • West Dallas

    How West Dallas residents are challenging the industries polluting their neighborhood

    West Dallas residents have set the stage to challenge GAF’s […]

  • Dallas News

    Dallas Free Press launches a journalism pathway, seeks a coordinator

    Dallas Free Press has launched a journalism pathway from Dallas high schools to Dallas newsrooms, starting with efforts to educate high school students. We are looking for a part-time journalism pathway coordinator to work with students in South Dallas and West Dallas.

  • West Dallas

    Circuit’s ride-share service gives West Dallas a new option for travel

    Circuit, a free ride-share service, is giving West Dallas neighbors an environmentally and financially friendly way to travel short distances.

  • West Dallas

    Summer activities in West Dallas

    What can children and teens do in West Dallas this summer? Dallas Free Press created a round-up of summer camps and activities.

  • West Dallas

    ‘Why not Pinkston?’

    For a school that recently faced academic elimination, the success of reaching the final four in the state, being awarded seven football scholarships in 2021, and having multiple teams in district playoffs gives hope that the best is yet to come.

  • West Dallas

    Goal of neighborhood-led West Dallas plan is ‘teeth,’ accountability

    A neighborhood-led plan "will be used to shape the future of West Dallas for the next 10 to 20 years,” and act to "slow down the fast-paced gentrification that is running a risk of literally changing the thread of our community and wiping away the history," says James Armstrong III.

  • West Dallas

    Pollution history tied to plan for West Dallas’ future

    From putting pressure on lead smelters in the 1980s to ongoing pushback against roofing manufacturer GAF, environmental justice issues in West Dallas have been community issues.

  • West Dallas

    Three major updates contribute to Trinity River park

    Trinity Park Conservancy leaders say they want to make the park a welcoming place for West Dallas and other communities along the riverbanks.

  • West Dallas

    Mercy Street responds to winter storm suffering in West Dallas

    In the middle of February was a horrendous week blanketed in white snow and suffering. West Dallas residents lost power, water and hope.

  • West Dallas

    After the storm: Resources for West Dallas neighbors

    Dallas Free Press has compiled a list of resources for West Dallas residents in the aftermath of February's winter storm.

  • West Dallas

    A poisoned West Dallas speaks out against air pollution

    GAF is North America’s leading roofing manufacturer, and its federal permit is up for renewal. West Dallas neighbors are seizing the opportunity to fight against GAF’s presence in their neighborhood.

  • Dallas News

    Dallas: We need your input on news consumption and local media coverage

    This Dallas Free Press survey will inform our community journalism efforts in South Dallas and West Dallas, and help our launching-soon local media collaborative determine its focus topic.

  • West Dallas

    Does the fate of West Dallas rest on a 400-foot tower next to La Bajada?

    On Thursday, the City Plan Commission will consider West Dallas Investments’ request to allow a 400-foot tower on the north side of Singleton, adjacent to La Bajada, with the hope of attracting a Fortune 500 company like Amazon, Google, AT&T or Toyota.

  • Ledbetter,Public Safety,West Dallas

    West Dallas neighbors work to make Bernal Drive safe

    West Dallas residents have been begging for safer streets, and after decades of no response, the voices of neighbors living near Bernal Drive finally are being heard.

  • Housing + Property Taxes,Local Government,West Dallas

    Free home repairs plus a tax freeze available to hundreds in West Dallas

    The $2 million set aside solely for seven census tracts in the 75212 zip code comes from funds City Manager T.C. Broadnax pulled together from former city bond packages.

  • Bickers Park,Los Altos,West Dallas

    West Dallas is this neighborhood rapper’s muse

    West Dallas has always been a source of inspiration for Dallas rapper Jesse James. Also known as ShawBoy4Life, James has been rapping for more than 10 years, using his experiences in West Dallas as fuel for his music.

  • Development + Zoning,Education,West Dallas

    New dashboard tracks costs, construction for West Dallas schools

    We’ve pulled the data from projects at West Dallas schools, in either Dallas ISD Trustee Maxie Johnson’s District 5 or Trustee Miguel Solis’ District 8, to chart their construction timelines, costs and completion expectations.

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