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Urban Renewal Agency updates grant guidelines, tables $20,000 hotel market study until September

City of Dallas City Council and Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors · April 21, 2026
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Summary

The Urban Renewal Agency approved revised grant guidelines that tighten structural‑safety and scoring requirements and tabled a proposed $20,000 hotel market study by HVS until the third Monday in September 2026 after councilors raised timing and relevancy concerns; the agency voted unanimously to table.

The Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors unanimously approved revisions to the agency’s grant program and agreed to table consideration of a proposed market study for a new hotel.

Tyler Ferrari, the city’s economic development specialist, summarized changes to the grant guidelines: structural-safety work must be verified by a city building official or a state‑licensed professional; the minimum project cost table was clarified; the scoring…

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