A few of us over here at DDI were treated to a little hint of the following project in a meeting with Brent Brown, David Whitley and the Dallas City Design Studio team earlier this week. Now it’s official…all you City Hall Plaza haters, rejoice! In a flash-mob-Oak-Cliff-Better-Blocks- William-Whyte-style initiative called “Living Plaza”, City Hall Plaza will be transformed with […]
In addition to launching Downtown Dallas 360, DDI also inducted the 2011 Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting and Luncheon, including new Chairman David Lind, Corgan. Larry Good, Good Fulton & Farrell received the Chair’s award. “This year’s Annual Meeting was a huge success, both in the outpouring of support from the Downtown community […]
Earlier this month, some 200 people attended the Downtown Dallas 360 Community Forum. For the last year, Downtown Dallas, Inc. and the City of Dallas have been working in partnership to create Downtown Dallas 360, an action-oriented development plan to guide the next phase of revitalization of our city center. 360 will guide future investment, […]
Here at the DDI World Headquarters, after 18 months of gestation, we are celebrating the birth of our golden child. Just an hour ago the Dallas City Council adopted the Downtown Dallas 360 plan. Councilmember Pauline Medrano expressed great support for the plan, and DDI’s efforts (if I do say so). The motion for approval was made by Councilmember […]
Downtown Dallas Inc. is touting quick wins and bold ideas for a new and improved Downtown. DDI President & CEO John Crawford, DDI Board Chair Shelle Sills and Downtown Dallas 360 consultants Daniel Iacofano and Chris Beynon gave a sold out crowd a sneak peek of an action plan that will provide a blueprint for Downtown revitalization at the DDI Annual Meeting […]