Dallas based 3i Construction, along with MYCON General Contractors, Inc., of McKinney, have been selected for the construction of the first two spec warehouse/distribution buildings in the Dallas Logistics Hub. The Hub is a 6,000 acre logistics park located in Southern Dallas County. 3i Construction, LLC, a Dallas based minority...
I ran across a great article from Cedric Muhammad at Black Coffee Channel. Click here to see Muhammad's article Toward Hagar Activism. His arguement of how to ensure the portrayal of positive African-American images in the media is one that I have recently found myself promoting. This passage sums it...
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) announced the awarding of $330,000 in affordable housing grants by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas provided through their member financial institutions. “In a housing market like the one in Dallas, it is especially important to preserve the character of longstanding neighborhoods and to...
Rev. Andrew J. Weaver, Ph.D. has a very provocative article at a website called Media Transparency . In his article, Dr. Weaver speaks of Karl Rove's plans to construct a "neoconservative institute" on the campus of SMU. Click here to see Dr. Weaver's article titled Southern Haliburton University. Here's a...
Dear 7-11, I hate to bother you guys over in your new digs at One Arts Plaza, but I was hoping you might be able to do me a solid. It seems this big storm blew through town on May 2, and we got hit pretty hard down in Oak...
It's been ten years since I left the campus of Texas A&M. Soon after my departure, the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum came to town. The library quickly became a university fixture and tourist destination. . Friday happened to be my first time visiting the library. Due to a...
Dallas Progress has information regarding the destruction of Timber Creek, a plan for which Ed Oakley cast an affirmative vote. According to Mike Davis, developers will remove 1,000 trees and fill a creek with sand while displacing 2,000 apartment residents. See Dallas Progress' full story here. Friend of the environment...
On Tuesday we found out that North Texas will be hosting Super Bowl XLV in 2011. Jerry Jones made it very clear that this was a regional effort during his acceptance speech. Also during the speech, Mr. Jones acknowledge the mayors of Arlington and Ft. Worth by name while...
Bahama Beach, marketed as "the first inner-city waterpark in America", was officially re-branded to Hawaiian Falls/Dallas on Monday. David Busch, President and CEO of Hawaiian Falls, hosted a group of business and community leaders to celebrate the re-branding and provide a glimpse of the $250,000 in upgrades currently underway at...
I really should have known better. I mean we are talking about Laura Miller right? You know, the one who has had an off again, off again relationship with the African-Amercan community of Dallas. The one who has no idea why black folks in Dallas would be so hard on...
