Map: Landowners and key sites along the MLK Corridor in South Dallas
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This interactive map highlights the Martin Luther King Jr. Corridor in South Dallas, showing key streets, landmarks and community planning areas tied to the legacy of civic leader Elsie Faye Heggins and broader redevelopment efforts. It visualizes major thoroughfares and reflects how this part of the city has been shaped historically and through recent planning initiatives. The map also features landowners and their respective properties within the corridor.
More on how Black leaders and landowners are shaping future development along the MLK Corridor can be found in The Power Brokers: Black leaders and landowners hold the bargaining chips in future MLK Corridor development.
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Keri Mitchell has spent 20+ years as a community journalist, including 15 years dedicated to community and civic journalism at Dallas’ Advocate magazines. She launched Dallas Free Press in early 2020 with the belief that all neighborhoods deserve reporting and storytelling that values their community and holds leaders accountable.
Mitchell says she is energized by “knowing our work is making an impact — listening to people, telling their stories with strong narratives paired with compelling data that leads to change. I also love spending time in our neighborhoods and with our neighbors, learning from them and working to determine how journalism can be part of the solution to their challenges.”
Mitchell is proud to be the winner of multiple awards during her journalism career including: Finalist in Magazine Feature Reporting (2018) and Finalist in Magazine Investigative Reporting (2017) from Hugh Aynesworth Excellence in Journalism, Best Feature Story (2011) from Texas Community Newspaper Association and Best Magazine Feature (2011) from Dallas Bar Association Philbin Awards.
Areas of Expertise:
local government, education, civic issues, investigative and enterprise reporting
Location Expertise:
Dallas, Texas
Official Title:
Founder + executive director
Email Address:
keri@dallasfreepress.com
