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New Report Drives Home Dallas’ Internet Inequality Problem

Children are stuck learning at home, but what happens when 25 Percent of households with children in Dallas don’t have internet?
By Peter Simek
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Will Opportunity Zones Trigger Reinvestment or Supercharge Gentrification?

An arcane provision in the 2017 tax bill has prompted both hope for and fears over the future of southern Dallas.
By Peter Simek
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The NY Times Questions the Value of the Single-Family Home

For 100 years, U.S. cities have favored single-family home development. Is there a coming backlash?
By Peter Simek
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New Report Lays Out Case for DFW’s Urban Future

There is both pent-up demand for and incredible economic potential in investing in more walkable neighborhoods. But we can't just let the market sort it out.
By Peter Simek
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Urban Neighborhoods Do Not Have to Be Expensive

There is a simple reason why most new urban housing is either subsidized "affordable housing" or luxury apartments. The system is rigged.
By Peter Simek

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New Study Shows How DFW’s Economic Success Hasn’t Benefited Every Area City

New study of economic "inclusion" defies conventional wisdom regarding the last decade of strong regional growth.
By Peter Simek
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Deep Ellum, Texas Doughnuts, and the Challenges of Urban Renewal

A San Franciscan's take on Deep Ellum highlights the distance between our dreams of urban resurgence and the kind of development possible in 2017
By Peter Simek
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Blame For Collin County Growing Pains Rests on State, Regional, and Local Officials

Regional planning in DFW has mostly meant subsidizing road and development projects that are now straining life in booming Collin County
By Peter Simek
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North Texas Giving Day Is Upon Us!

Time to give, folks. Fire up those credit cards.
By Tim Rogers