Kids’ Coding Franchise Lands in Preston Hollow
Code Ninjas’ innovative approach teaches children coding through fun activities like video games, robotics, and drones.
By
Mariah Terry
Published in
Business & Economy
May 4, 2021
9:00 am
Founded in 2016, the educational gaming franchise Code Ninjas sets the stage for revitalizing STEM education by teaching children computer coding and problem-solving skills as they learn to build their own video games. And Preston Hollow has become its newest home.
“Code Ninjas provides kids with the opportunity to learn how to code and build video games while learning life skills and having fun,” said Dallas franchisor Jimmy Tran.
After seven years of planning and delays, dirt is moving at The District site on the Downtown Southbank.
Developer Preston Hollow Capital LLC plans a May 25 groundbreaking that could include a project name change.
“In mid-to-late May, a lot of activity is going to start being evident on the site and we’ll be coming out May 25 with an update on all fronts as it relates to the property (and) the timing,” said Ramiro Albarran, Preston Hollow managing director of origination and structuring.
“There may be a name change but I’m not ready to release that yet.”
In an April 23 interview, Albarran said the Dallas-based real estate capital firm will not be a vertical developer on the project and will market the individual property parcels at the 32-acre site to other developers.
Dallas County elections official promises full review after problems closed some polling places for hours Saturday
Six sites had issues with voting, including three in an area where there was a hotly contested race for the District 7 City Council seat.
After volunteers at one of the busiest polling places in South Dallas had to turn voters away for nearly four hours Saturday when voting machines stopped working, Dallas County’s top elections official is vowing to review what happened.
The issues occurred during municipal elections when 14 seats for the Dallas City Council were on the ballot, including a hotly contested race in District 7, which is in South Dallas.
Polling Hiccups, the Mayor’s Bad Bets, and More to Know From Dallas Elections
Three incumbents head to the runoff, the mayor s preferred candidates underperformed, and there were more places to vote than ever before. Let s talk about the election.
By Matt Goodman
Published in
FrontBurner
May 3, 2021
10:23 am
At about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, we learned the results of a typically low-energy municipal election. Fewer than 10 percent of Dallas County voters cast their ballots, which is pretty close to what we saw in May 2019. Of course, the mayor wasn’t on the ballot this time, so maybe this is a small win. In 2018, the national rate for municipal elections was 27 percent, according to the
DART’s New Bus Network Hints at the Future of Public Transit in North Texas
It s not as flashy as a light rail extension, but creating a more efficient bus system signals that DART is finally focusing on the people who actually use public transit.
By Alex Macon
Published in
FrontBurner
April 27, 2021
11:51 am
In the fall of 2019, DART ran a simple little experiment. The transit agency would run more buses on seven routes and see what happened. Would higher frequency defined here as a bus arriving at a given stop at least every 15 to 20 minutes midday, if not faster motivate more people to get on board?