City Lighting Survey Completed

In January, the city was working on a survey of residential street lighting due to the neighborhood’s high number of car break-ins. Every block in the neighborhood was assessed to determine if additional lighting was required, was warranted or was even possible. The results are in.   Of 104 blocks surveyed, 50 were rated as needing additional lighting. Twenty-one did not qualify. (Either a light was already in place or was simply not needed.) Another 33 blocks were rated as “not recommended” mainly due to tree canopies which would block out any lighting. 

 Click to download the City Lighting Survey Results

There is a process in place to add street lighting for the 50 blocks where the request is justified. If your block is one of the 50 that needs additional lighting and you would like more information on the process for adding lighting, contact us via the crime watch coordinator at CrimeWatch@LGNA.net.

Marathon Kudos!

A list of all the White Rock Marathon participants from our neighborhood is not possible, but here are kudos to two LGNA volunteers who ran the full marathon.  Newsletter Coordinator Diane Evans ran an excellent time of 4:36:49 and finished #2113 overall.  Board member Alan Schonborn ran 3:35:03 and placed an astounding #347 overall.  Good work!

Form Based Zoning Primer

Neighborhoods and Developers agree, but City Staff does not.   
Where are the hundreds of thousands of people slated to move into the Dallas area over the next 25 years going to live?  Up until now, the approach has been to build new housing developments at the growing edges of the city.  While shopping and schools generally followed, automobile travel was a necessity.  Now, the edges of town are further away.  Commutes grow longer and more expensive.  And lots more people are coming. With the at least two potential redevelopment sites on Greenville Ave, the Arcadia site and the Whole Foods site, this matter is of great importance to our neighborhood. Continue reading “Form Based Zoning Primer”