Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and local businesses
deliver beauty to DISD's "Front Doors"
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert opened
- and beautified - Dallas ISD doors today by announcing "Operation Front Door," his fourth education initiative to roll out in less than a year.
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Mayor Signs Important Agreement With Chinese City
Mayor Tom Leppert today signed a "Friendship City Agreement" between Dallas and Qingdao, China. The pact is considered a key step to increasing trade and business ties between the two cities.
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Convention Center Hotel is a Sound Investment
Mayor Tom Leppert and Dallas City Council members received an independent market study this week concluding that a proposed convention center hotel is a sound and necessary financial investment for Dallas to regain its spot as a top-tier convention center city.
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A Visitor from AFI Dallas
Mickey Rooney and wife Jan visiting Mayor Tom Leppert during AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
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A Convention Center Hotel - Right move for Dallas
Requesting communitywide support, Mayor Tom Leppert called a convention center hotel a vital economic component of Dallas' future success as a convention destination.
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Mayor Leppert Kicks Off Second Education Initiative
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert read from his favorite "philosophy" book Wednesday after unveiling his second education initiative, Ready to Read @ Dallas, a preschool program expected to impact 10,000 children the first year.
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Location, Location, Location
Taking an innovative approach, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, along with the City Council, eliminated barriers between city government and residents by relocating the monthly meeting from City Hall to a South Dallas neighborhood.
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Happy New Year from Tom Leppert
With 2007 a memory, Dallas should look to the New Year with optimism.
While there will always be pressing challenges, there is a real sense of hope and excitement with the positive steps being taken all over our city.
So join me on a tour, a very small sample of the promising things happening right before our eyes.
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The Mayor's Chesapeake Energy Scholarship Fund
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert followed through on campaign promises Thursday morning by announcing the first of several education initiatives aimed at making college education a reality for
hundreds of at-risk Dallas students.
Unveiled outside Madison High School, low temperatures could not cool the excitement surrounding the groundbreaking and life-changing "Mayor's Chesapeake Energy Scholarship Fund," which pledges to
assist students who fall financially short of paying for college.
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Homeless Alliance Press Conference
Mayor Tom Leppert and the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance gratefully accepted the largest local financial contribution ever earmarked exclusively to end homelessness during a press conference Monday.
"I'm excited, because what you are seeing is a city coming together," said Mayor Leppert, who also officially proclaimed Nov. 12-16 "Help the Homeless Week."
"I am proud of what's happening in this city."
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Dallas voters endorse Trinity toll road
07:34 AM CST on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
By BRUCE TOMASO, DAVE LEVINTHAL and RUDOLPH BUSH | The Dallas Morning News
The Trinity toll road lives.
Dallas voters on Tuesday rejected a plan to kill the highway, a key element of the city's ambitious effort to transform the Trinity River corridor.
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THINK interviews Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert
What does the future hold for Dallas and where is the city headed? KERA discusses the state of things with recently-elected Mayor Tom Leppert.
[via Pegasus News]
Thank you for your vote and support
On behalf of my family, volunteers and campaign team, thank you for your confidence and for electing me your next mayor.
Together, we can make Dallas the greatest American city in which to live and work.
Please join me in making that vision a reality.
