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Speaker 3: 3, 2.
Speaker: Hi, I'm Candy Evans,
and this is Dallas Dirt.
Today, my very special guests
are this fabulous real estate
duo who specialize in Las Colinas
and Irving, but also in Dallas.
I'm welcoming Britt and
Zach of the Ewers team.
Now, this is Britt
Ewers and team, correct?
Speaker 5: Correct.
Speaker: Correct.
In Dallas.
And they are Dynamo real estate agents.
I mean, they're absolutely killing it.
So we're going to talk to them
about real estate, how they're
killing it, why they're killing
it, and how they're doing it.
how they do it basically.
So you can get a little information to
maybe take a few tidbits home on success.
Welcome to the show.
Thank you.
Yeah.
We're very excited to
Speaker 2: be here.
Speaker: Yes.
Well, obviously Irving and Las Colinas
is a, was a pasture at one time, a cow
pasture, and you guys started there.
Your background is been real
estate forever, correct?
Speaker 2: Yes.
I've been in real estate
since I was in college.
So actually right at 20
years is when I got my first.
Right.
Assistant job in real estate, and then
I've been a broker for the past 14 years.
Speaker: Oh, that's right.
And Zach, you were in medical sales, yes?
Yes.
And then during COVID you switched over
and kind of decided to be a married
couple and also married at work, yes?
Speaker 4: Yes!
Yes?
We literally do everything together now.
And
Speaker: you handle transactions?
Yeah.
And you handle the Yeah.
So I do a lot of the,
Speaker 2: the forward facing things.
So, Zach is very organized and kind of
make sure that everything I go out and
promise people we actually deliver on.
So it's kind of a nice little
a team that we have, I guess.
Speaker: It's very important to
have someone like that as a partner.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Very important.
That's probably why you
make such a great team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean,
we've kind of learned.
It definitely took a little time
to learn how to work together.
But I think now we've kind of got a good
groove and it works really well for us.
Now,
Speaker: why, how did you start
in Las Colinas and Irving?
Yeah,
Speaker 2: So Las Colinas was not even
intentional that we had originally, you
know, we were relocating from Houston
back to Dallas about seven years ago.
We kept looking at things and we
kept coming back across these new
construction townhomes out there
that a builder I had known and
worked with in Houston was selling.
And so we kept coming back to it
and ultimately we ended up buying
a house out there and then taking
over the sales for that community.
And so then it was kind of
like our clients became our
neighbors, became all of this.
And so we just kind of got really,
you know, involved in the Las
Colinas community of continued
to sell, you know, both resales
and new construction out there.
Speaker: It kind of blossomed then.
Yeah.
From that one building.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Tell
Speaker: us what we don't know
about Las Colinas and Irving.
I mean, it's a great place to live.
It's very close to the airport.
Yeah.
It's actually really close
to Dallas too, correct?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
I mean, I think a lot of people just,
you know, think it's something they
pass through going to the airport.
Right.
Or maybe it seems like it's further
away than it is, but it's actually,
you know, it only takes about 12
minutes to get, you know, from like
the Oak Lawn exit down to Las Colinas.
So it's a pretty quick.
You know, commute, I would say
is right in between the airports.
You know, it was kind of a master plan
community that started, you know, back
in the mid seventies and they kind
of had big plans for it and they had
a lot of businesses and things that
came in and then of course, in the mid
eighties, when things kind of stalled
out a little bit, that plan changed.
And then it was kind of a sleepy
area for, you know, a long time.
And so they kind of had the
infrastructure in, but there wasn't a
lot of the projects that had filled in.
And then I think as.
You know, time went on and everything
developed further and further outward.
There was this area where it's
like, Oh, we should develop 10
minutes, you know, outside of Dallas.
Why aren't we
Speaker: looking here?
Cause it's so close.
Yeah.
Now is Las Colinas in Irving, correct?
It is in Irving.
Yes.
Cause I remember I'm so old, you
know, I remember when they developed
the Mustang, that was like a
really big deal in the waterways.
Yeah.
And that was like so huge.
But then the eighties, I don't
know if y'all know that certainly
after the eighties, they used to
have t shirts saying, I survived
the eighties in real estate.
I can do anything.
I mean, it was like a, you
know, like we, we are invincible
if we survive the eighties.
It was bad.
It was really bad when I think back on it.
But It is a beautiful community.
And there are a lot of lakes too.
Why are there so many planned communities?
Is it because it was a ranch at one time?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
So it was a ranch at one time.
I think that Ben Carpenter, who
was the son of John Carpenter who
developed this from their ranch
land, he had kind of like this.
Slightly utopian view of like how he
wanted this community to be laid out.
And so when you go over there, there's
like interesting little, you know, like
they've got curbs around Lake Carolina
that are like made out of granite and
there's, you know, no utility lines
that are visible and a lot of things.
So, you know, they planned like a
lot of these little gated enclaves
and kind of a mix of business
and, you know, residential.
And so it's they say it's like
the headquarters of headquarters.
So there's just a lot of
businesses that are in that area.
And then you know, the kind of continue.
To relocate there.
So like right now, I know that Wells Fargo
is building a pretty huge campus there
by the music factory, and they're going
to be relocating, I think like 4, 000
or 3, 500 employees from San Francisco
to work in their their big campus there.
So that'll bring a lot of jobs
and kind of, you know, more
Speaker: headquartered there.
Yes.
Speaker 2: Yes, I believe they may
have moved one of their but I think
as far as I know, like Wells Fargo.
Microsoft and there's a couple others that
are pretty good size employers out there.
Speaker: I think that I've always
heard that Las Colinas and Irving
is a great place to live because
the taxes are a little bit lower
than they are in the city of Dallas.
Is that true?
Property taxes?
For the most part, I would
Speaker 2: say they're pretty comparable.
There are some additional taxes
like in the Lake Carolyn, Las
Colinas area, but most of the
businesses kind of subsidize that.
So you get a residential abatement.
So they end up about the same.
But you do get a lot of like, you know,
with the Las Colinas area, you've got
the 24 hour patrol and a lot of different
things that kind of make that area.
Kind of stay really nice
security and feel good.
Yeah.
Speaker: Yes.
That's good because that's what a lot
of buyers are looking for, is security.
And again, the proximity with the growth
of Fort Worth and the mid cities and
everything north of Dallas, I think
that Irving and Las Colinas is just
in a perfect geographical location.
Speaker 2: Yeah,
Speaker: absolutely.
And of course DFW airport.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
I mean, it's a very easy a
lot of our buyers and clients
who are moving out there.
You know, they tend to either
travel a lot or, you know, we have
a lot of people that work with
the airlines and things like that.
And so it is super convenient for them.
I
Speaker: don't know.
I'm, this is a side
note, but you know, Dr.
Phil is doing a new show here
and he's doing it in Roanoke.
And he said that he thinks it's
easier and better to be in Dallas
because it's easier to get guests
in than it is on at LA on the coast,
because you know, anyone coming from.
The East coast to LA is what?
Four or five hours, right?
And here it's a couple
of hours and you're here.
It's either way.
So we're so centrally located.
It's really wonderful.
Well, I love that you guys really did
so well in Las Colinas and Irving,
but I understand you're all now in
one of my favorite places and what
actually one of my favorite real
estate stories, the medical district,
because when we came here in the
eighties, there was nothing there.
I know.
And I had, I remember looking for
a place to rent, you know, cause my
husband was going to be a resident and
it was like, where are we going to live?
You know, there was nothing there and
it was, I mean, I do remember the fun
little restaurants, the dives that
we all used to go to hang out in, but
it has just transformed amazingly.
What do you think?
Was it the medical
district that drove that?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
I mean, I think when you look
at real estate, you know,
location is kind of everything.
And so, you know, even though
there are a lot of areas.
That are still in the process
of transitioning and getting new
construction and growth in them.
When you really look at some of these
areas that we've seen like East Dallas
and the Medical Center, it's like when
you look at everything that's around
you, whether that's the Medical Center,
Design District, Downtown, Proximity
that will always be a great location.
So it just is a matter of time for
the development to kind of catch up.
And so like with one of our,
communities were selling over there.
It's, you know, it's kind of one of those
where you still kind of have stuff that's
in the process of transitioning and
getting torn down, but the people who are
buying in there kind of see the vision,
they see how convenient it is for their
job and they kind of know, Hey, and You
know, another five years when I go to sell
this, my values have kind of gone up a
lot because this area continues to turn.
So,
Speaker: so tell us about this new town.
Come, what's where is it for?
Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's very close to like the
Market Diner off there off of Harry Hines
near the medical center intersection,
just kind of back there off of Hawthorne.
And so it's it's 115 townhomes
that the same builder we work with
in Las Colinas that we've worked
with for the last like 12 years.
Speaker: And what is their,
what is the pricing on it?
The
Speaker 2: price point on those is
going to be from about five 50 to seven
50 for most of the townhomes in there.
And those will be like two
and three bedroom floor plans.
I'll have really nice, you know, upgrades
and the big glass slider, you know,
sliding glass doors, covered patios.
It's a nice community with pools and.
And you know, some like spaces for
dog parks and things like that.
Speaker: And is it something that
you are seeing that people are
really liking, cause they like the
townhome aspect over the condo aspect?
Or what do you, what are you
seeing buyers gravitating towards?
I think
Speaker 2: townhomes
are a nice in between.
I think for a lot of people
townhomes are kind of a.
A stepping stone.
So you have different life transitions.
Like we see people that are
downsizing from larger homes.
The kids are gone.
They want something that's easy
to travel that appeals to them.
You see a lot of people, especially
by the medical center that are,
you know, buying their first place.
It's close to work.
They may keep it as an investment
property later when they move up to
another house and need something bigger.
So you kind of have those in between.
I think when you start looking at price
point and you look at like a single family
home in the area versus what you can get
with a townhome, you can get the You know,
newer features, nicer finishes, kind of a
space you want to live in a little more.
So I think it's popular in that
regard, but yet the HOAs are.
Low and you don't have some of
the same Things that you might
have with like more of a condo a
Speaker: Condo.
You're responsible for
everything Collectively exactly
now the single family homes.
I know in that area.
There aren't many there's that
little area around Maple That has
those really charming homes that are
very like almost like like little
pebble books know, they're adorable.
And and then I think there's been some
new construction there as well, which,
you know, we see everywhere, but but the
proliferation of most of the building
in the medical district has literally
been just clearing a warehouse or
clearing something, you know, something
that was just there, you know, and like
really not producing much and not very,
you know, And then they've created,
they've just built these buildings.
So I would imagine it's
been a developer's dream.
Is that what you're finding?
Speaker 2: I mean, I think so.
The developer that we primarily work a lot
with, I mean, he is based out of Houston
and has a history of kind of coming in
and buying up a lot of land, you know,
long time ago or over time and then
sort of creates these, you know, areas.
And a lot of times he is one of the first.
People maybe that's doing
a project like that.
And then, you know, most of those, you
know, you see it later and it's like
they've, they filled in and it turns
out to be like a really good thing.
So, they've got more
projects that are coming up.
We've got some in the Bishop arts
area kind of at the edge of Kessler
they've got some stuff in the
cedars, so there's definitely more
stuff coming over the next couple of
years with this particular builder.
And Hopefully us as well.
Oh, good.
Well, of course.
Yeah.
Speaker: Now, Candace Rubin, one
of my favorite commercial real
estate folks, says to me that, has
always told me to think this way.
She said, when there's seven doors,
there's a community, which means
that once you have seven people
living there, seven families in a
community, then you need the services.
So tell me about the services that
are starting to come in to the
medical district, because I don't
remember there being anything.
Except for a couple good Mexican
restaurants that we used to hang out
at, and great margaritas, of course.
Yeah.
Well, we
Speaker 2: love great margaritas, so
we're always on the hunt for those.
Speaker: Have you frequented
any of the establishments there?
Are you seeing some coming in?
Speaker 2: I there are some like where
Speaker 4: we,
Speaker 2: where Cedar branches, I
mean, there's still coming in, but I
mean, even just like right around the
corner, it's like, there's now, there's
a new Starbucks and a new Panera and a
new, like there's new things coming in.
Speaker: I'm Mockingbird
South of Love Field.
There's a big shopping
center that, Oh yeah.
What?
That's kind of new.
Yeah.
That whole
Speaker 2: area there, like where the
a loft and a couple of the things are,
I mean, there's definitely hotels,
Speaker 4: restaurants.
Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Yeah.
And you've got, you know, even
with where we're at, it's very easy
to get to like the whole foods.
It's very easy to get to grocery
store shops or just to kind of jump on
and be in the uptown, downtown area.
That's the thing.
I mean, you just got
Speaker: run over.
Is it maple?
Yeah.
And
Speaker 2: you can go down like maple
or even just like Harry Hines will take
you, you know, just a couple of minutes.
And it's like, and you've got
Speaker: all great, the great stores
and restaurants and stuff there.
That's true.
That is very close to uptown.
Now, what about going back to Las Colinas?
I meant to ask you that as well.
The amenities there.
That's one thing that, you know, people,
I hear when residents are looking for
homes in the suburbs, they go, Oh, but
we won't have, you know, the restaurants
and we don't have the nail, great nail
salons and the shops and all that.
So what did they have in Las Colinas
that, what is one that kind of
Speaker 4: drew us to the area was
just that, I mean, shortly after we
moved there, they finished development
on the Toyota music factory, which
had obviously entertainment, but
tons of restaurant options as well.
Shortly after that, they finished the
Irving water street development, which
is right across from Williams tower.
So, plenty of good restaurants
near the Mustangs, right across
from the Mustangs on Lake Carolyn.
And then beyond that you've got
really good access to trails.
So the Campion trail is there
for, you know, running, biking
Lake Carolyn is right there.
So if you're a runner or, you Just
want to walk with your dog, like
that's a great option for you.
The Levy Event Plaza is right
there on Lake Carolyn as well,
and they do some pretty cool
things there throughout the year.
So, so there's plenty going on.
So, you know, we always said what we
liked about it is if we want to get
into Dallas and you know, check out
some of the restaurants there, it only
took us 12 to 15 minutes to get there.
But if we wanted to go eat
somewhere great for dinner, And
we didn't want to go very far.
We just wanted to be
there in a couple minutes.
We had options as well.
So, so yeah, there's plenty.
Yeah.
I
Speaker 2: think the Lake Carolyn
area is kind of an in between
between like urban and suburban.
So, you know, for us, we
didn't necessarily ever need
to live in the suburbs per se,
nothing wrong with the suburbs.
We don't have kids,
Speaker 5: so it was kind of one of
those, but at the same time, it was
Speaker 2: It was kind of like you,
yeah, you were just removed enough that
it was, things were, felt a little quiet
out there but at the same time it was
kind of easy to get into anything you
want to and there were some great like
restaurants walking distance from like
where our community is that we sell.
Speaker: That's, and I remember years
ago, we used to actually drive to Irving
to a wonderful Mexican restaurant.
If I could, I can't think of the name of
it, but it's like just sitting on, you
know, one of those main streets there near
the, what used to be the Is it Villarreal?
Yes!
Villarreal!
Oh yes.
Fran is still there.
Fran is still there?
Oh my god.
Yeah, we love Fran.
Speaker 4: So
Speaker: very good friend.
You have to tell her that candy and
Walter Evans say hello because that
is a fabulous restaurant and the
best Mexican food ever via real.
And of course we did talk about this,
but the four seasons is now a Ritz
Carlton and that means that it's going
to have the same because you know,
that four seasons drew a lot of guests.
A lot of people wanted to stay
there and be there because of the
golf club, which is like, you know,
the Byron Nelson used to be there.
It's a.
terrific golf course.
And the spa there is also fabulous too.
So people wanted to stay there because
they had all those amenities at their
fingertips and they can still do it.
Except it's just a Ritz now.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Just a Ritz.
Just a Ritz.
It's not a
Speaker: Four Seasons.
Actually, I think they're
both absolutely comparable.
No, I'm excited to see that.
It's
Speaker 2: another, you know, another
high end hotel that's going in there.
Cause I think that will continue to draw.
Speaker: Yeah, a lot
Speaker 2: to the area.
And yeah, people love the golf courses
out there and it's, you know, again,
it's right in between the airport and
Dallas, so it's a pretty easy location.
And people
Speaker: love living on
the golf course as well.
In fact, so tell me, so some folks
are buying homes there to be close
to people who live in Preston Hall.
Yeah.
I mean, we've heard of some
Speaker 2: people, you know, there's a,
another community out there that my friend
and colleague, Nadine Meyer sells at
the and you know, there's a, those are.
Pretty good price point, you know, 7, I
think, is what they're selling those at.
Beautiful, low maintenance but a
lot of those buyers are people where
they're second homes, or I've even
heard of, yeah, people that are, you
know, maybe live in Dallas and just
want to kind of have a place that's
out closer to the, you know, home.
So the golf course, so, it's really
Speaker: surprising.
But I remember that when condos
downtown first kind of, you know,
really got glam and we always had
condos on turtle Creek, right?
But then, you know, the Ritz and then,
you know, one arts plaza, all these
erupt in the, some people were buying
them as second home so they could
have a place, you know, downtown.
And now the opposite is happening.
They're actually buying homes in
some of these beautiful areas like
Las Colinas and like at the Ritz.
Slash four seasons so they can
have access to the golf course.
And I just heard of someone buying a
home way North in McKinney on, in a
beautiful community that's on a golf
course, just because he wanted to
join the golf course and golf there.
So he just bought a home there.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Nice problem to have.
Speaker: It's a very nice problem to have.
And again, we are so thankful.
People are moving here and spending
their money here because it's giving us
all jobs and opportunity and letting us
actually put some dinero in the bank.
Yeah.
No,
Speaker 2: All these different companies
that are relocating their headquarters
and their people from, you know,
different cities in California to here.
I mean, it's continuing to happen
and so it's great for people.
It's great for us.
Yeah.
Speaker: Now I want to talk
to you about marketing because
you guys are so spectacular.
You're such a success story.
Can you give us a couple of
little tips that you have found
to share with our audience?
Like your marketing tips for
realtors, like marketing 101,
what is your, what do you think?
Speaker 4: I think we've been like
really fortunate just to sort of have
this ecosystem of business in the
Las Colinas area as a starting point.
So like Brit mentioned before, when
we moved into that community and
sold the rest of the development.
For the builder, we got to know a lot
of the our neighbors, so they were
clients and then they were neighbors and
then they often became clients again.
So, I think the most important thing for
us is that we've just really done a good
job of keeping in touch with our sphere.
I was going to
Speaker: say, stay in touch.
Yeah.
Just how do you do that?
What is the best, easiest,
most efficient way?
Speaker 2: I think we both have
different ways that we each do.
One thing is, and what I'm so lucky
to have him because he's, there's a
level of consistency that he brings.
And so aside from the fact that
he has really good handwriting.
So he does hand, he does
handwritten notes like every day.
So birthdays, home anniversaries,
just any kind of thing.
Like we're constantly.
Touching people different ways or through
mail and then personally through, you
know, phone calls checking in Events,
I mean we kind of hit them in different
ways, but I think handwritten notes
are like a nice little touch I like
to send people Video texts like for
their birthdays or different things and
sometimes you'll talk to people and it's
a simple thing It doesn't cost anything
but you just shoot a little video you're
sitting in your car and you text it to
him Happy birthday was thinking of you And
it's like, there's so many people that'll
come back and say like, you guys are the
only video I got today on my birthday.
I love this.
And you just put something personal in it.
And I think like that
real, you know what I mean?
I don't think it's anything like,
I think people pick up on sales
salesmen, you know what I mean?
But I think just like focusing on
relationships And just being real
and having these people like that you
connect with that you like that are
your people and then they advocate
for you and they send you business.
Speaker: So that person is going to think
of you next time because they've seen
they've connected not just through reading
something but visually and audibly.
Yeah.
Through the video.
That is a brilliant tip.
Okay guys, that is a definite takeaway.
I love that.
And, you know, the staying in touch
with everyone, it's kind of like then
it grows because those people you
stay in touch with, they tell someone
else and they tell someone else.
And so you've got, you have
this network then that grows.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
I think we believe.
Very strongly and not necessarily
casting a super wide net, but just
really cultivating the relationships
that are easy to cultivate, right?
And those are the people that are
gonna not only come back to you when
they're looking to buy again, but
They'll be the ones that refer you
to their family and friends as well.
Speaker 2: So we also try to
create relationships with all
of our people that buy houses.
And then, you know, cause
eventually people do.
You know move or their family wants
to move and so we try to you know
Use the incoming people that we're
meeting on these projects to then have
future relationships with I mean Can
Speaker: you put a number
to how many people you think
you have in your network now?
Speaker 4: Gosh
I think the easiest thing.
Yeah.
It's not an insane amount.
I think, you know, we do an annual
like holiday party and usually that
the guest list is somewhere around 150
people that we include that are, you
know, I would consider to be sort of in
our, like our people, like our network.
Yeah.
So some of them we haven't necessarily
done business with yet, but you know,
obviously they're in our, you know, in
our network and we hope to at some point.
You know, whenever they're ready, but
but it's a pretty it's been a pretty
good network of people that we've
developed over the last several years.
So
Speaker: now you live together,
your husband and husband and wife,
whatever, a couple, does that help?
Because If you work together, like I
know with my husband and I, like when
I was helping him in his practice, it's
easier to be at home and you're like, oh
my God, I forgot to tell you this today.
You know?
Yeah.
You don't have to pick up the phone
or something, but is that great?
Does that work?
Does that help?
Or is it kind of annoying?
Yeah.
Speaker 2: Oh, you probably
A little bit of all of it.
, it can be both for sure.
I would say we've had
to learn sort of how to.
Create the space or to, you know, okay.
Like we're turning that off
or we're going to watch our
Bravo housewives now instead of
Speaker: I'm so excited.
I'm obsessed.
So I'm so,
I can totally watch that for hours.
I know our Bravo.
Yeah, I
Speaker 2: think I think for
us though, it works well.
I think there's like an authenticity
that's kind of come from it where
a lot of our clients and people,
it's like, they know that we're, you
know, that we're We work together.
I mean, it just kind of makes things
feel kind of a little more organic
I feel like it's easier when we're
hosting client events and different
things like that or if we want to go
out to dinner with you know people
that are our clients and friends it all
just kind of You're both interested.
It's not
Speaker: like the one spouse is kind
of going, Oh, you know, this is great.
You know, but you're both into it.
Yeah.
And like things
Speaker 4: like networking
are a little bit easier too.
When you always have a wingman, you
know, rather than kind of having to do
these, some of these events on your own.
Right.
So for us, it works really well, I think.
Speaker: Oh, I'm so glad to hear that.
Cause I think it's a real positive too.
I mean, it really, it is
working 24 seven, but.
But like you guys sound like you have
found a way to like say, okay, guess what?
We're going to relax now.
Right?
Yeah.
No, it's really
Speaker 2: nice.
And we we've been, you know, now
trying to expand a little bit.
And so we brought on our
first team member recently.
And so that's actually been
really nice as well because he's
you know, a really sharp guy.
I think he's gonna do really well
in real estate, but even just kind
of having somebody who can like
hold down the fort if we want to go
out of town every once in a while.
It's like nice having that To rely
on and so I think as we continue to
try to take on more projects with
the builder We're with we'll probably
obviously try to bring on organically
kind of more people that align with
our You know, kind of what we're about.
So,
Speaker: and tell me what
you do in your personal life.
I understand that Zach is
in the Turtle Creek corral.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Oh
Speaker: my God, that's fabulous.
Yeah, I
Speaker 4: just joined this past year.
Okay.
So I just completed my first season.
With them.
But really great.
And a really nice thing to be a part of.
Speaker: That's fabulous.
I love singing.
I think music is amazing.
And you're new, you're on
the Oak Lawn committee?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I
just joined that actually.
So, I live on it.
We are the street we like live on.
There's actually a few people that
are In the Oakland committee or
they're very like you involved
with what's going on all the time.
And so, yeah, one of my, our
neighbors invited us to it.
And then I got there and I
was like, Oh, this is so cool.
Cause it's like, you know, all these
people talking about what's going on.
And you kind of get to see like how the
sausage is made a little bit with these
like proposals and things from developers.
And so it's it's been great
for real estate so far.
I'm excited to get into it, but just
to kind of know what's going on.
Speaker: Let's, can you just kind of
describe what the Oaklawn committee
is for folks who may not be aware?
Cause it's an amazing, it's
one of the most powerful
committees in the city of Dallas.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
No, I had no idea like before you
know, I went to one of the meetings,
but obviously it's a district and they
Speaker: encompasses uptown,
Speaker 2: correct.
It's like mostly the Oakland area their
website kind of has the overall area, but
they essentially like when people want to.
Get variances or they want to you know,
bring in new developments and projects
and things in that general area.
They kind of go to the Oakland committee
and they kind of, you know, present it
and they'll get notes and they'll sort
of make sure that what is coming in is
like the best thing for the community
or that they've kind of thought about,
You know, not just what's good for the,
that person who's developing that, but
also like for the neighbors and for the
long term, you know, growth of the area.
So it's a great
Speaker: way to integrate development
into the community naturally, organically.
They want growth, but they also
don't want it to be disruptive
to, you know, absolutely.
And so there's actually
Speaker 2: like a It's going to be
like a senior living development that's
very close to our house where we live.
And so that's been a process where
the neighbors and the Oaklawn
committee have gotten involved.
And so, you know, where maybe a area
with a dumpster and the trucks were
going to be coming by, you know,
someone's house, it's like, now
that got moved to the other side.
And so it definitely is a process.
Is a positive thing.
And then we're also getting to know, you
know, different realtors and different
people in the city city council members.
I believe you have to live in
Speaker: the area to be on.
Speaker 2: You do.
So yeah, we're just kind of right
on the edge of the line there.
So that is
Speaker: awesome.
And we're going to talk some more
about that in another Dallast dirt
program, and I'm going to be talking
to you a lot more about that for
candy start our wonderful website.
We have to finish.
I thank you so much for coming.
I mean, I think we could
talk for another hour.
You guys are exciting and you're.
Full of information and it's great
information and thank you for
all the tips you've shared and I
hope you guys continued success
and we want to be a part of it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, thank you so much and
we look forward to coming back sometime.
Yeah, thanks so much for having us.
Oh my gosh, thank
Speaker: you.
Thank you so much for being with us.
We'll see you on the next
episode of Dallas Dirt.