Re:Vision Dallas makes Observer's cover!

Here's the latest on the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation's Re:Vision Dallas project--cover story in this week's edition of The Dallas Observer!

Big, big news!

Definitely worth your time.

Reactions would be appreciated.

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Update on Re:Vision Dallas

You may recall my earlier report here (December 8, 2008) on the efforts of John Greenan, Brent Brown and our team at the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation to see an entire city block behind the Dallas City Hall redeveloped in a totally green, mixed-use and sustainable manner.

Working with Re:Vision, we created an architectural competition to come up with a winning design for the development.

Well, get this. One hundred seventy-five (175) architectural firms registered for the Re:Vision Dallas competition, and one hundred (100) firms from fourteen countries submitted entries. I find that to be an amazing outcome!

Here's the link to the winning designs.

You can find more detailed information here.

And, then, check out the video below that gets at the basic concept in community re-design and development.

Exciting stuff!

And, for one more report on the effort, take a quick look here.

John's gotta blog!

John Greenan, my good friend and partner here at Central Dallas, opened a new weblog not long ago.

I expect that those of you who know John will rush to the site because you know something of his quick wit, native intelligence and great communication skills.

Everyone else, take it from me, you'll want to read his words. He posts something just about daily.

John helped found our public interest law firm, the Legal Action Works Center, in 1999. By 2002, he had created the Central Dallas Community Development Corporation to assist us in the production of high-quality, affordable housing here in inner city Dallas. He serves as the Executive Director.

John loves canoeing, basketball, cooking (great skills here!), literature (masters degree from the University of Iowa in comparative lit), chess, opera (did you realize that in 2007 22 million people attended NFL football games and 20 million attended operas?) and designing and figuring out terribly complex real estate deals.

We are most fortunate to have him on the team. Check out his blog here.

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More on our Urban RE:Vision Dallas dream

Watch local news reports on our RE:Vision Dallas dream here.

One thing my experience at Central Dallas Ministries has taught me is that nothing new, significant or world-changing ever happens without vision and large dreams.

John Greenan and Brent Brown have provided our community both in this project.

Stay tuned for outcomes!
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