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Lewisville applying for affordable housing grant
The city of Lewisville announced last week that it is applying for the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant, and the city is asking for community feedback. PRO Housing is an opportunity through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the city will be applying...
Denton cites Clara’s Kitchen for property violations; neighborhood concerns grow and legal counsel steps in
Two bullets had hit the side of her house in Southeast Denton, Diana Guerra told City Council members at their Sept. 17 meeting. Guerra lives next door to Clara’s Kitchen. The bullet holes appear on the second floor. They didn’t go through the bedroom she shares with her husband or the children’s bedrooms down the hallway, she said this summer when she showed them to the Denton Record-Chronicle.
Two North Texas Cities Among Fastest-Growing Populations In 2024
North Texas’ rapid expansion is not slowing down. A recent study found that several cities in the region have some of the fastest-growing populations in the U.S. Journalist research company Journo Report and Casino review company CasinooftheKings recently conducted an analysis of U.S. cities experiencing the fastest development to identify those with the highest population growth, with Frisco and McKinney coming out near the top. Frisco ranked third with a score of 53.5. The city boasts the second-largest infrastructure investment, totaling $120 million, second only to Goodyear, Arizona. Frisco experienced a job growth rate of 4.5% and rapid housing development, with 36.8...
36th Year of Magic at the 2024 Dallas Holiday Parade
It won’t be long until the holidays are all around us here in Texas. In fact, I was at a big box store over the weekend and already heard Christmas music being played on their overhead speaker. We might need the magic of the holidays more than ever this year, which is why you shouldn’t miss the 2024 Dallas Holiday Parade!
2 TX Cities Make The Top 20 Most Unhappy In The Country
Two Texas cities recently made the list of happiest cities in the country; unfortunately, it was at the bottom. San Antonio ranked #18 for unhappiness, followed by Lubbock at #20. WalletHub has posted its list of happiest cities in the U.S. for 2024, and so far, it's not looking too...
Construction begins on $5B pediatric hospital campus in Dallas' Southwestern Medical District
DALLAS — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal. You can read the original article here. Construction on the new $5 billion pediatric health campus coming to Dallas' Southwestern Medical District is officially underway. UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health held...
Naming the dead: Hundreds of unclaimed bodies were sent to a Texas medical school
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. For five years, the unclaimed dead of Dallas and Tarrant counties were delivered to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. There, the bodies were...
Hitting all the right notes: Denton Arts & Jazz Fest has been bringing music to the city since 1991
The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival has become one of the most anticipated annual events in Denton County. It is also one of Denton County’s largest, with an average attendance of more than 200,000 people of all ages and from all walks of life. Enjoy three days of fun...
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