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July 8, 2011
Dollars, Taxes: As City Manager Finishes Work on New Budget, the Comptroller's Good News
Via.Click to embiggenOn Monday, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs will cut the city of Dallas a sales-tax revenue check for $16,658,081.23, as you can see above; City Manager Mary Suhm says that's 13 straight months the city has seen a "slight increase" in tax revenue, among the "slight, slow signs o ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
The Census Taketh, and the Census Giveth
Illustration by Curt MerloMore illegals! More illegals over here, please! Ah, you'll have to excuse me. I have been away from my column for weeks with my nose in numbers for an immigration story that appears in this week's paper version of Unfair Park. I may be a little stat-blind. The Census re ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Boeing Boeing: Today at City Hall, the Future of the City That Missed Landing The Big One
Peter HarnikAbout a month ago we gave you the heads-up that Dallas City Hall would be overrun all day today with planners and politicians looking for a home in the heart of the 21st Century city. Fingers crossed a few of us'll have time enough to slip in and out during the day to report on what J ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Liveblogging the 21st Century City Conference
Andrea GrimesFeliz morning, Unfair Amigos! I rolled into City Hall a few minutes ago and found myself standing amid many trendily slacks-ed, bottle-rim bespectacled folks up here in the sixth-floor council chambers. Those New Urbanists, they are a good-looking, if easily spotted, bunch. We're her ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Lookin' for a Home in the Heart of the 21st Century City at Dallas City Hall Next Month
Joel KotkinWe -- meaning, you -- just got the nicest invitation to Dallas City Hall on November 12. It's for a little get-together called the 21st Century City Conference, which is being staged by The Trinity Trust, The Dallas Institute and the CityDesign Studio. There's some info on the website ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Kotkin: Dallas Is More Than Just a "Rodney Dangerfield of Urban America"
Joel KotkinSo writes new geographist Joel Kotkin on Forbes's Web site today, a week after his visit to Dallas to speak to the regional chamber. Kotkin, who's already branded Dallas a World Capital of the Future, writes today that the significant bump in new DFW residents noted by the Census Burea ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Joel Kotkin's Coming to Town to Explain Why We're a "World Capital of the Future"
Los Angeles-based new geographist Joel Kotkin has long been high on Texas -- and Dallas in particular. Maybe you saw, most recently: Back in September, he included Dallas and Houston on his list of World Capitals of the Future. Among the reasons, "these energy-rich cities have actually added jobs ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Now, For the Good News: The DFW Is Still One of Best Big Cities For Job Growth in U.S.
Earlier this week, Michael Shires, associate professor in public policy at Pepperdine University, and Joel Kotkin posted on Forbes and New Geography their annual list of the best cities for job growth in the country -- though Kotkin adds the caveat that given the state of things, "perhaps we should ... More >>
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July 18, 2008
Ever Been to the "Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division"?
Earlier this week, Michael Shires, associate professor in public policy at Pepperdine University, and Joel Kotkin posted on Forbes and New Geography their annual list of the best cities for job growth in the country -- though Kotkin adds the caveat that given the state of things, "perhaps we should ... More >>
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November 27, 2007
Down on Downtown
Earlier this week, Michael Shires, associate professor in public policy at Pepperdine University, and Joel Kotkin posted on Forbes and New Geography their annual list of the best cities for job growth in the country -- though Kotkin adds the caveat that given the state of things, "perhaps we should ... More >>
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June 8, 2007
Dallas, You're an "Opportunity City"
Earlier this week, Michael Shires, associate professor in public policy at Pepperdine University, and Joel Kotkin posted on Forbes and New Geography their annual list of the best cities for job growth in the country -- though Kotkin adds the caveat that given the state of things, "perhaps we should ... More >>

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Dollars, Taxes: As City Manager Finishes Work on New Budget, the Comptroller's Good News

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The Census Taketh, and the Census Giveth

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Boeing Boeing: Today at City Hall, the Future of the City That Missed Landing The Big One

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Liveblogging the 21st Century City Conference

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Lookin' for a Home in the Heart of the 21st Century City at Dallas City Hall Next Month

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Kotkin: Dallas Is More Than Just a "Rodney Dangerfield of Urban America"

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Joel Kotkin's Coming to Town to Explain Why We're a "World Capital of the Future"

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Now, For the Good News: The DFW Is Still One of Best Big Cities For Job Growth in U.S.

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Ever Been to the "Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division"?

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Down on Downtown

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