2021 Media Coverage
December
Dallas Launches Fund to Spur Fair, Affordable Housing. Here’s How It Will Work.
Dallas Business Journal — December 15, 2021
Dallas Launches Housing Development Fund to Fuel Economic Growth
CBS 11 Dallas — December 9, 2021
Dallas Pours $6M into New Housing Opportunity Fund
KRLD — December 9, 2021
November
CommonCall: Oasis in a Food Desert
Baptist Standard — November 29, 2021
Dallas’ Commercial Real Estate Industry Gathers Again to Support Nonprofits
D Magazine — November 17, 2021
October
Dallas Council Gets an Update on How the City Plans to Fix Its Broken Permitting Process
D Magazine — October 8, 2021
How to Kill a Small Business
D Magazine — October 8, 2021
September
Drilling Down on a Big Plan to Add Housing in Dallas’ Most In-Need Areas
Dallas Business Journal — September 14, 2021
These Dallas Neighborhoods Have Seen ‘Very Little New Housing Development.’ One Expert Explains What Can Be Done.
Dallas Business Journal — September 2, 2021
JPMorgan Chase Awards WiNGS $100K to Fund Its Initiative to Boost Women in Southern Dallas
Dallas Innovates — September 2, 2021
August
A New Era of Corporate Citizenship
D Magazine — August 2021
Summer on Two Wheels: Bike Friendly South Dallas
Dallas Doing Good — August 13, 2021
July
WFAA ‘Banking Below 30’ Series Prompts Congressional Testimony About ‘Travesty’ of Banks Refusing to Lend to Minorities
WFAA — July 13, 2021
WFAA Series Prompts Congressional Testimony About ‘Travesty’ of Banks Refusing to Loan to Minorities
Dallas Business Journal — July 13, 2021
MLK Food Park Returns to South Dallas as One-Day Pop-Up Event
Dallas Morning News — July 8, 2021
MLK Food Park Returns to South Dallas for a One-Day Pop-Up
D Magazine — July 7, 2021
June
How a Church-Run South Dallas Grocery Store Became a Spark for All Sorts of Businesses
Dallas Morning News — June 26, 2021
Fresh Food Market Opens in South Dallas
KRLD — June 24, 2021
New Grocery Store Reflects Cornerstone Church’s Belief That ‘South Dallas Deserves Beautiful Things’
Dallas Free Press — June 16, 2021
‘Seeds of Hope’ Blossoming’: New Community Market in Southern Dallas Makes Fresh Food Available (Audio)
NPR One — June 16, 2021
‘Seeds of Hope’ Blossoming’: New Community Market in Southern Dallas Makes Fresh Food Available
NPR One — June 16, 2021
May
Cornerstone Baptist Church is Launching a Grocery Store to Address Food Insecurity in South Dallas
Dallas Morning News — May 6, 2021
April
The MLK Food Park Turns An Empty Lot Into a Community Hub
Dallas Doing Good — April 2021
MLK Food Park Shines Light on South Dallas Community
Dallas Observer — April 15 2021
‘What Heaven Looks Like: New MLK Food Park Popo-Up a Joyful Celebration of South Dallas
Dallas Morning News — April 14, 2021
Pop-up Food Park Opens for Families in South Dallas
Fox 4 Dallas — April 12, 2021
New Pop-Up Food Park to Open in South Dallas
Times News Express — April 12, 2021
Dallas Neighborhood Welcomes Pop-Up Mobile Food Park
CBS 11 Dallas —April 9, 2021
New Pop-Up Food Park to Open in South Dallas
WFAA — April 8, 2021
A New Food Park Will Pop Up in South Dallas’s Forest District
Eater Dallas — April 7, 2021
Pop-Up Food Park to Open in South Dallas
NBC DFW — April 7, 2021
The Hope for Lasting Change From a South Dallas Mobile Food Park
D Magazine — April 7, 2021
March
Organizers Hope Pop-Up MLK Food Park Becomes Permanent in South Dallas
Dallas Free Press — March 30, 2021
February
Why Is It So Hard For Dallas to Address Affordable Housing?
D Magazine — February 1, 2021
January
Finalists Announced for D CEO Real Estate Awards
D Magazine — January 28, 2021
‘Transformational’ News on South Dallas’ Historic Forest Theater Coming in February
Dallas Weekly — January 21, 2021