Followers of the unfolding City Hall relocation saga learned earlier this month that there’s been some tension between the City Manager’s Office and the Dallas Economic Development Corporation. As it turns out, a good deal of readers are not very familiar with the latter, so it’s as good a time as any for a refresher on this quasi-governmental entity.
Talk about eating your vegetables…
The Dallas Economic Development Corporation has been in the news recently regarding the ongoing debate over the future of Dallas City Hall and the role the organization could play in major development projects. But what is the Dallas EDC, how does it operate, and why did the city create it in the first place? So before we get further into the politics and the projects, it’s worth taking a step back to understand how we got here.
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