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Dallas wants an financial improvement technique for the twenty first century however first has to ditch processes designed for the twentieth century. The following few months will go a protracted method to decide the town’s dedication to creating this transition.
If it sounds as if we’ve mentioned this earlier than, we’ve. However we are saying it once more as a result of the stakes are so excessive. Final 12 months, the town handed an formidable 10-year financial improvement plan to reshape the underlying method to financial improvement from a evaluation of particular person proposals to a extra focused technique to rebuild traditionally uncared for communities, a lot of them in southern Dallas.
Efforts towards rolling it out have been uneven with main work remaining to overtake a loopy quilt of outdated improvement incentives, contain neighborhoods in future land use planning selections, untangle a spaghetti bowl of housing insurance policies and set up a quasi impartial financial improvement company that the town has lengthy wanted to compete.
With out this complete basis that higher aligns zoning, housing and improvement targets, the town’s financial improvement efforts will fall into the morass that has slowed different makes an attempt to make the town paperwork extra responsive.
What makes reform so difficult is that the items interlock, which means that one change requires different modifications, typically within the procedures of different departments, or in melding council issues about housing fairness and gentrification into broader metropolis coverage.
At Mayor Eric Johnson’s request, council member Paula Blackmon is making an attempt to streamline a clunky allowing system. Nonetheless, constructing permits that different cities can course of in every week or so take a number of weeks in Dallas, costing the town hundreds of thousands in misplaced income and enterprise alternatives when builders resolve that doing enterprise in Dallas is just too unpredictable.
However that effort additionally intersects with housing and zoning insurance policies, which are also present process vital, overdue makeovers. As Assistant Metropolis Supervisor Majed Al-Ghafry just lately instructed the council’s financial improvement committee: “It’s crucial that we will have the financial improvement coverage and the housing coverage in tandem. One will depend on the opposite.”
A lot of the lingering dysfunction in allowing has roots in employees turnover, insufficient know-how and inconsistent zoning guidelines. Related critiques could be made in regards to the metropolis’s reasonably priced housing efforts. And that’s why the town has to select up the tempo of change to set clear metrics, timetables and deliverables, repair zoning and improvement loopholes, and discover income sources wanted to extend investments in fundamental infrastructure that’s holding again some neighborhoods.
The town should swiftly arise a quasi-independent financial improvement group with its personal board and govt officer. The town is sitting on $7 million from pandemic aid funding to determine this group and scale back inner metropolis politics surrounding financial improvement selections, however has but to take action.
Dallas Metropolis Corridor should maintain the political will to reverse a long time of unfair zoning, housing and financial improvement insurance policies. And whereas this have to be completed proper, we want to remind that the clock is ticking.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue crews are searching for two people who were swept into a creek near Mountain Creek Lake.
Jason Evans, DFR spokesperson, said crews were called at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday after a 911 call reported someone was swept into the water near the 4500 block of Mountain Creek Parkway, Evans said.
Evans said reports indicate one person was swept into the creek while a second person jumped into the creek to save them before being swept away themself.
DFR, Dallas police and game wardens are investigating, Evans said.
Any team that is coached by Mike Tomlin is going to be ready to play on any given Sunday. Such was the case for the 2023 Steelers who finished 10-7 and made it to the playoffs once again. Tomlin has never had a losing season during his tenure in Pittsburgh and the team has built a reputation for being a tough, well-coached football team under his watch.
Fast forward to 2024 and this Steelers team looks vastly different but under Mike Tomlin it will still be a disciplined football team who should be respected.
2023 Record: 10-7
Last Meeting: 11/8/2020 Steelers win, 24-19. Dallas Cowboys lead series 17-16-0
Head Coach: Mike Tomlin (176-101-2 as a head coach)
Key Additions: QB Justin Fields, QB Russell Wilson, LB Patrick Queen
Key Departures: QB Kenny Pickett, WR Diontae Jackson, WR Allen Robinson II
What more can you say about T.J. Watt that hasn’t already been said about the playmaker? Watt may be the most feared pass rusher in the game today and the Cowboys better have a plan for how to stop him on Sunday.
With a rookie left tackle in Tyler Guyton, and Terrence Steele at right tackle who has been known to be shaky at times, figuring out how to limit Watt and his impact will be key to the team’s success.
Watt has the ability to completely change the momentum of a game and if the Cowboys don’t come prepared, he’s going to be a game-wrecker once again. Whether it’s by keeping a running back in or chipping him with a tight end, the Cowboys are going to have to maneuver their offense around where Watt is in order to limit his impact.
With the shakiness that is the Dallas Cowboys secondary George Pickens has a chance to make a massive impact on Sunday night. The Cowboys are battling injury issues at corner so they will be undermanned even if it is just DaRon Bland who misses the game.
Pickens, a dynamic pass catcher out of Georgia, is rounding into form as one of the games best receivers. Trevon Diggs will travel some, but Mike Zimmer doesn’t ask him to do it all the time, setting up a situation where Pickens can find a favorable matchup against other cornerbacks the Cowboys trot out there.
Last week he went off for over 100 yards receiving. If the Cowboys aren’t careful and don’t have a plan for it, they could see Pickens do something like that once again.
Below you’ll find the top performances in rushing, receiving and passing from Dallas-area Texas high school football players in Week 6.
Player, School, Yards
Legend Bey, North Forney, 234
Jaylon Woods, Mansfield Timberview, 220
Ben Ebeke, W.T. White, 204
Brendon Haygood, Sachse, 200
Cam Newton, Prosper Walnut Grove, 188
Chance Culley, Plano, 185
Lamar Leggins, Birdville, 180
Travis Agee, Plano East, 177
Hudson Eidem, Frisco Lebanon Trail, 173
Patrick Crayton Jr., Hebron, 172
Denzel Okekeuche, Frisco Heritage, 157
Micah Rivers, Northwest Eaton, 151
Player, School, Yards
Sawyer Borgarello, Frisco, 170
Brian Kent, Birdville, 158
Lathon Latiolais, Prosper, 158
Jett Hamby, Richardson Pearce, 148
Brock Boyd, Southlake Carroll, 144
Khristian Mackintrush, McKinney, 140
Lovell Neal, W.T. White. 137
Mark Hicks, Birdville, 136
Andrew Casagrande, Richardson Pearce, 135
Parker Ord, Frisco Panther Creek, 134
Dameon Crowe, Richardson, 132
McKenzie West, Frisco Independence, 132
Player, School, Yards
Presley Harper, Richardson Pearce, 468
Zach Wells , Birdville, 452
Jeremiah Daoud, McKinney, 421
Braeden Imhoff, Prosper, 415
Hayes Hackney, Prosper Walnut Grove, 379
Maguire Gasperson, Argyle, 376
Drew Kates, Richland, 357
Jayden Maples, Frisco Wakeland, 333
Cobyn Harbert, Frisco, 333
Noah Spinks, Flower Mound, 331
Axel Lofstrand, Carrollton Newman Smith, 321
Kendrick Sanders, Garland Lakeview Centennial, 286
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