Dallas selected to host International Economic Development Conference

Dallas will be the host the 2020 International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Annual Conference from Oct. 11 – 14 at The Hilton Anatole.

The three-day conference is expected to attract more than 1,500 economic developers, consultants, university-based economic developers and thought leaders from around the world to learn from the City of Dallas’ effective economic development tools and strategies.

“I’m thrilled by this international recognition that Dallas is the heart of economic development in the United States,” said Dallas Mayor Michael Rawlings. “There is no more appropriate place to host this convening because of the tremendous growth we have had over the past eight years. I can’t wait for our city to show the attendees all that we have to offer and all that we’ve accomplished.”

Event Information:

What: IEDC 2020 Annual Conference

When: October 11 – 14, 2020

Where: The Hilton Anatole: 2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207

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Dallas Public Library to collect oral histories of west Dallas, south neighborhoods

Long-time residents of Dallas’ western and southern neighborhoods can preserve their photographs, letters and other document through a new collaboration between Dallas Public Library and buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, a local community design center.

The first “History Harvest” will take place at the Dallas West Branch from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. Participants can bring up to five items about the history of their neighborhood to have digitized and added to the library’s archives. Oral histories will also be recorded for a series of short films about the neighborhood. All participants will receive digital copies of their contributions.

Additional History Harvest events will take place at the Polk-Wisdom Branch and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch later this year. Exhibits of the digitized materials will be shown at the respective branch libraries in fall 2019 and winter/spring 2020, including a final show in June 2020 at the Central Library featuring stories collected from all three neighborhoods.

“We’re excited to expand our Neighborhood Stories work through this partnership with the Dallas Public Library. The goal of this work is to amplify the stories of residents across the city; working with the Library will enable a level of preservation and future access that we’ve never been able to achieve before,” said Lizzie MacWillie, Associate Director of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP.

For more information, contact Lizzie MacWillie, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP Associate Director, at 214-252-2900 or lizzie@bcworkshop.org

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Ed Panel Lauds HB3 as First Major School Finance Reform in Three Decades

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City Council to hold public hearing on proposed changes to the Dallas Fire Code

The following item will be on the May 8, 2019 City Council voting agenda:

A public hearing to receive comments and an ordinance granting an amendment to Chapter 16, “Dallas Fire Code,” of the Dallas City Code; providing a definition of alternative standby personnel; allowing alternative standby personnel to conduct fire watch duties; requiring standby personnel and alternative standby personnel to have a minimum of two means of contact the fire department; providing minimum qualifications of alternative standby personnel.

To read the text of the ordinance, click here.

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Dallas Marshals need help locating person of interest

The Dallas City Marshals are asking for the public’s help in locating a person of interest associated with alleged injury to an animal in the 4200 block of Bailey Avenue. Surveillance cameras captured the incident on Sunday, March 31, just around 8:20 a.m.

The individual appears to have been driving a black Nissan, with an aftermarket body kit and distinctive markings. The driver is seen on Bailey Avenue, pulls the dog out of the passenger seat, and drives away. The Marshals believe the dog is a pit bull or pit mix.

The surveillance video can be seen here: 

 

Anyone with information related to this incident who can identify the car or the driver is encouraged to contact the Dallas Marshal’s Office Environmental Crimes Unit at dallasenvironmentalcrimes@dallascityhall.com, or remain anonymous by contacting North Texas Crime Stoppers at 877-373-TIPS (8477). Information leading to an arrest can receive a reward of up to $1,500.

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Dallas Public Library exhibit spotlights black activism of 1960s, 1970s

Dallas Public Library has partnered with the newly-organized Dallas Black Power Legacy Project to collect, preserve and display artifacts from the city’s black power and black consciousness movements in a new exhibit on display April 1 to June 1 in the Dallas History & Archives division of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.

The exhibit includes photos, documents and other original material from the Al & Lovie Lipscomb Collection, the Dallas Black Power Legacy Project Collection, and the Fahim Minkah Collection. Al Lipscomb was instrumental in changing how Dallas City Council members were elected, and Fahim Minkah cofounded the Dallas Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.

The exhibit will debut at a special event, The Dallas Black Power Experience, on April 6 at 3 p.m., featuring performances by Soul Rep Theatre Company and drummer Len Barnett with a panel discussion about the history of the local chapters of black power groups like the Black Panther Party, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Women’s United Front. The event is cosponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library and Remembering Black Dallas, Inc.

“These movements were an important part of Dallas’ rich history. We hope that with increased public awareness, community involvement and philanthropic partnerships we can continue to collect and preserve the stories of diverse communities for future generations,” said Sultana Vest, the librarian overseeing the project for the library.

A digital timeline of black activism in Dallas in 1965-1975 will be featured in the Dallas History & Archives division’s Digital Image Gallery. Full cataloging and digitizing of the collection will take more than a year to complete.

The Dallas Black Power Legacy Project is a group of local people who were active in the black power movements of the past and want to see that history celebrated and preserved for the future. Depositing their collection at Dallas Public Library ensures that the history can be freely accessed by students and other local history scholars.

“But this is also a call to action, for forging understanding, for connecting the dots between the past and the present,” said Ernest McMillan, a member of the Dallas Black Power Legacy Project’s steering committee. “It’s a sacred remembrance of all those who came before us, who toiled and sacrificed to uplift our community.” McMillan was Chairman of Dallas’ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1967-1969. He helped forge the partnership with Dallas Public Library after he spotted his mother, activist Eva McMillan, in a photo from the Marion Butts Collection, also housed in the Dallas History & Archives division.

For more information on the Dallas Black Power Legacy Project, contact Marilyn Clark at 214-671-1998.

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DRC Insight Series Kicks Off With ‘Preeminence’ Author Glen Jackson

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