Video by Camilo Diaz Jr. Cynthia Rogers-Ellickson does not give media interviews. Known for keeping a low profile, the City of Dallas’ director of housing and community development is protective of ...

Forest Forward recently welcomed community members to its new headquarters to share updates on the restoration of the historic Forest Theater and the expansion of the Martin Luther King Jr. Arts ...

This new “Neighborhood Connect Telehealth Initiative” — a partnership between Aetna CVS Health and the South Dallas Fair Park Faith Coalition, which Salem pastor Todd Atkins chairs — is intended to ...

Long overlooked and plagued by safety concerns, the MLK DART Station has seen little of the investment poured into nearby Fair Park. Now, three commercial property owners — two Black, all local ...

The South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan recommends zoning changes and development standards to create a vibrant hub along S. Malcolm X Boulevard, featuring mixed-use subdistricts, low-rise buildings, and ...

The City of Dallas has launched Local Kitchen, a free eight-part course that teaches residents how to prepare nutritious recipes and grow their own produce, in an effort to address food insecurity and ...

West Dallas’ environmental justice movement is transforming the neighborhood. After decades of fighting for a voice, the community is moving heavy industry away from their homes — fast. In the past ...

Posters and playbills featuring Broadway musicals line the walls of Ramad Carter’s theater classroom at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Academy in South Dallas. Last year his fourth- through ...

A rendering of the future Forest Theater, provided by the Forest Forward team. For the first time in its history, the Forest Theater on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is owned by a Black-led entity.

South Dallas District 7 has a new plan commissioner — Tabitha Wheeler-Reagan. Councilmember Adam Bazaldua appointed Wheeler-Reagan in December to replace Benjamin Vann, who resigned in November, about ...

In summer 2022 South Dallas neighbors watched as a vacant parking lot on Malcolm X Boulevard transformed into the “Malcolm X Plaza” — a colorful meeting space with basketball goals, a sports court and ...

24jul11:30 amMercy Street Dream Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony ...