Community
Henda Salmeron of Lakewood succeeded in getting a bill she had been pushing since January turned into a law. “Henda’s Law” requires mammography clinics to notify patients about the risks of dense breast tissue.
Dallas City Plan Commission recently approved plans for 348 high-end Tradition Senior Living apartments on the 12.8-acre site of the former Signature Point apartments on the southeast corner of Lovers Lane at Matilda. Also approved were plans for a smaller assisted living facility and a 50,000-square-foot retail pad, plus a separate 336-unit apartment complex with an underground parking garage. Another developer, Richardson-based Carbon Landmark Development, is on board to build the second apartment complex, which would not be exclusively for seniors. Plans for both apartment complexes allow for as many as four stories — 54 feet for the senior living complex and almost 57 feet for the other apartments. Setbacks, the minimum distance a building must be from the curb, are 25 feet at Lovers, 15 feet at Amesbury and 20 feet at Milton.
Education
Ruth Vail, Woodrow Wilson High School principal, has resigned to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin. Vail is a legacy Wildcat, having graduated from Woodrow herself. She has spent 15 years with Dallas ISD and was instrumental in bringing the International Baccalaureate (IB) program to Woodrow.
