Wednesday city council meeting<\/a>, South Dallas residents spoke in favor of the zoning change and showed appreciation for the attention to historic preservation and housing opportunities.<\/p>\n![\"\"]()
Screenshot of staff report\u00a0<\/p>\n
District 7 Councilmember Adam Bazaldua was emotional as he introduced the item, calling it one of the most important votes he\u2019s ever cast as a member of the Dallas City Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not a process that was built for the community,\u201d Bazaldua said. \u201cThis was a process built by the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that despite delays like the COVID-19 pandemic, South Dallas residents remained committed to seeing this zoning project through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough countless meetings, workshops, conversations and public meetings, residents told us what they wanted to see: Walkable corridors, neighborhood-serving businesses, better connections to transit, housing options, preservation of historic neighborhoods and development that reflects the character and the values of South Dallas,\u201d Bazaldua said. \u201cToday, we are making the community\u2019s vision a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n
For too long, neighborhoods have been told to choose between preservation and development. Now, South Dallas can have both, Bazaldua said.<\/p>\n
South Dallas leaders who spoke in favor of the item said the next step is ensuring the zoning changes are consistently applied and enforced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sincerely feel that these zoning changes represent a significant step forward for both the present and future of the South Dallas Fair Park community,\u201d said Diane Ragsdale, a former city council member who helped create the original PD 595. \u201cTo maximize the plan\u2019s success, however, I strongly recommend establishing a dedicated implementation entity and identifying a reliable funding source to coordinate efforts, facilitate projects and to ensure the successful realization of the plan\u2019s goals and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch the 6\/10 City Council meeting\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr. Written by Dallas Documenter Jacob Reyes Dallas City Council approved a set of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":872706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,354927,1596,43851,14053,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-872705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-area-plan","tag-dallas","tag-gentrification","tag-south-dallas","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116763509974547406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-1.42.43-PM-1-1600x1030.png\")
Screenshot of staff report\u00a0<\/p>\n