Fort Worth Avenue Development Group — Supporting Life and Development in Oak Cliff and Dallas

A Letter from the President

There seems to be some confusion in the community as to the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group’s position on the Sylvan/Thirty development, which we all as a community are eager to see launched. The Sylvan/Thirty project has the potential to be a flagship development for our neighborhoods, and FWADG has worked very hard alongside the [...]

Thank you, our Sponsors

On behalf of everyone at FWADG we would like to thank you for your very generous sponsorship of our organization.

Sylvan Thirty moves ahead with plans

Oaxaca Interests is proceeding with its plans to develop the block along Sylvan Avenue between I30 and Fort Worth Avenue. Demolition of the properties began on Tuesday, Dec. 14th at 4 pm. The first property to be demolished was the county maintenance facility at the intersection of Sylvan and Fort Worth Avenue. Oaxaca plans to [...]

Beckley for the better

The redesign of the Commerce Street/Beckley Avenue intersection continues. Community meetings have taken place with the City Design Studio presenting the WRT design to local stakeholders. A couple of obstacles remain before final redesign plans and construction can take place. The steel plant, Blanks Printing, and the auto repair garage (property owned by West Dallas [...]

Continental Gateway

Once the first Calatrava bridge is complete (expected to be October 2011), the Continental Bridge will be closed for improvement and revitalization. While this renovation is taking place, the City hopes to begin construction on a gateway project linking the refurbished Continental pedestrian bridge to the La Bajada neighborhood. City funds will be used to [...]

Changing Our Neighborhood

The Fort Worth Avenue Development Group is a group of committed volunteers from the neighboring community that are interested in developing existing businesses and bringing new businesses and residents to the West Commerce/Fort Worth Avenue corridor.