Upcoming Events


BULK TRASH SET-OUT
who:
HH Residents
when: Thursday, Aug. 5
where: Hampton Hills

HHNA MEETING
who:
HH residents
when: Tuesday, Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m.
where: Rosemont Christian Church

LAST FRIDAY,
FIRST CALL
who:
HH Residents
when: Friday, Aug. 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
where: 1431 Montreal Ave.
RSVP: 214-331-8679 or e-mail Robbie Purcell.

housing the homeless

As you may have heard, the Dallas Housing Authority plans to open 100 apartments at its 180-unit Cliff Manor building on Fort Worth Avenue to longtime homeless people who have mental illnesses and addictions. The agency, which operates public housing throughout Dallas, has 52 vacant units ready at the building and will make the rest of [...]

town hall meeting

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and District 3 Councilman Dave Neumann will host a town hall meeting on June 21 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed use of Cliff Manor on Fort Worth Avenue as permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless. The meeting will be held in Methodist Dallas Hospital’s Hitt Auditorium. We urge you [...]

dogs day

The Dallas City Council approved a new ordinance making it illegal to keep or sell a loose dog without making an effort to find its owner. Under the new ordinance, you violate the law if you take possession of a stray dog and knowingly fail to make, within 72 hours, a reasonable effort to locate the [...]

too mulch of a good thing

Residents are invited to pick up free coarsely ground mulch from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the Bachman Transfer Station, 9500 Harry Hines Blvd., or 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the McCommas Bluff Landfill, 5100 Youngblood Road. Bring your own [...]

recycling roundup

Dallas goes green on Saturday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with its Spring Recycling Roundup. Simply bring items to one of four locations and they’ll be hauled off for recycling.

Recyclables include:

Electronic items such as televisions, video games, cellphones, computers, calculators and printers
Toys
Paper
Glass
Clothing
Hardback books
Scrap metal
Auto and alkaline batteries
Small appliances
Fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs
Tires
Plastics
Clean [...]

a second chance

If your trash or recyclables weren’t picked up today because you had your carts in the wrong place, don’t fret. Call 311. Mary Nix, Dallas’ director of Sanitation Services, says trucks will swing by tomorrow. For the next couple of weeks, the City is giving everyone a second chance [...]

response from the sanitation department

Mr. Garinn:

As follow-up to our phone conversation today, please be advised that the collection point for the 1300 and 1400 blocks for Hollywood will be collected in the alley. We will notify each affected customer on Monday, March 1 that both recycling and refuse will be collected in the alley. Just in time for their OneDAY [...]

president's letter to delia jasso

Dear Councilmember Jasso,

As president of the Hampton Hills Neighborhood Association, I have heard from many residents who are unhappy with the decision to move their trash pickup from the alley to the curb. They can’t understand why this should have to happen, especially since they have enjoyed alley pickup for many years. If the carts take [...]

curb your enthusiasm

If you want to protest the new trash and recycling pickup at the curb, call District 1 Councilwoman Delia Jasso’s office at 214-670-4052 or send her an e-mail. Remember, the sqeeky cart wheel gets [...]

census kicks off on april 1

The City of Dallas is asking every resident to take part on Census Day on Thursday, April 1.

Taken every 10 years, the census affects political representation and directs the allocation of billions of dollars in government funding.

The questionnaire asks 10 questions that take about 10 minutes to complete, but the answers will have an impact on [...]