Dallas, TX
H-E-B opens first Joe V’s Smart Shop in South Dallas “food desert”
NORTH TEXAS – South Dallas is getting a brand new – much needed – grocery store.
Joe V’s Smart Shop, part of the H-E-B family of stores, is located at Highway 67 and Wheatland Road. It’s the first of its kind H-E-B store in North Texas.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday drew local city and business leaders to celebrate under shower of confetti.
To understand the excitement around the opening of the store, you have to understand what it once was.
A building that’s sat vacant in a strip mall of small shops, it’s at the edge of an area that the US Department of Agriculture has deemed a food desert, where access to grocery stores is limited and more than 10% of households don’t have a care to be able to easily drive to one.
“I’ll be right here at 7:30 in the morning!” said Joyce Marie Barnes, who lives nearby. “It’s convenient for all of us that live in the area. We don’t have to go way across town.”
Joe V’s Smart Shop is H-E-B’s bargain brand of stores, where the company says you’ll find it’s absolute lowest prices. That’s not just attractive for the local community, it says.
“We can pull customers in from as many as 20 miles to come shop here because our prices,” said H-E-B Chief Operating Officer, Roxanne Orsak.
At the salon next door, barber Charles Battle is excited.
“It’s gonna bust from the seams. I have a feeling it’s going to be very busy,” he said.
He’s hoping that success will lift up the entire community.
“A lot of the businesses are excited ’cause they think it’s gonna bring them business as well,” he said.
And, he knows, where he’ll be getting groceries from now on.
“I can leave here and go shopping,” he said.
The store officially opens to the public at 7am this Wednesday.
A second location is expected next year near Buckner Boulevard and Samuell Street.
Drivers both human and autonomous across the North Texas region experienced heavy flooding, with several becoming trapped along roadways that had filled with several inches of rainwater. FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb has more on the waterlogged morning.
Dallas Parks and Recreation will distribute 25,000 all-access passes that give Dallas teens free admission to cultural and recreational attractions across the city throughout July.
Passes will be available beginning June 29 on a first-come, first-served basis at City of Dallas recreation centers.
The program, now entering its fifth year, is open to Dallas residents ages 13 to 17. City leaders say the initiative, which launched in 2021, helps promote positive engagement opportunities for teens and reduce crime during the summer months.
Teens must register in person and provide proof of Dallas residency to receive a pass.
The city says the program is made possible through partnerships with local cultural, recreational, and entertainment organizations.
Participating attractions include:
- African American Museum
- Bahama Beach
- Bath House Cultural Center
- Latino Cultural Center
- South Dallas Cultural Center
- Oak Cliff Cultural Center
- Dallas Museum of Arts
- Community Art Pop Up Cultural
- Dallas Arboretum
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
- Dallas Park and Recreation Summer Fitness
- Dallas Zoo
- Frontiers of Flight Museum
- Golf Dallas
- Reunion Tower
- Shakespeare of Dallas
- State Fair of Texas
- Southern Skates Roller Rink
- Texas Discover Garden
- The Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza
- Trinity River Audubon
A full list of participating attractions and recreation centers distributing passes is available at DallasParks.org
At least four people were injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd of people in Dallas on Thursday evening.
Dallas police responded to an “Assist Officer call with an Ambulance” at approximately 7 p.m. in the 300 block of West Davis Street.
Authorities learned that a vehicle drove into a crowd, injuring multiple people. At least four have been taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police said no one was in critical condition.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested at the scene, police said. Authorities are still working to determine if this driver could have been drunk or if this could have been a medical episode.
According to police, there is no indication that the crash was terrorism related.
The investigation is ongoing.
This story will be updated as we learn more.
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