PEOPLE

Police Chief DAVID O. BROWN serves his last day with the Dallas Police Department on Oct. 22. After 33 years of service, he announced his resignation this past month. Brown, whose career began in 1983, gained support from members of both the department and the community while serving as the commander of the northeast division, which includes Preston Hollow. In July, he received nationwide media attention for his leadership after five police officers were killed by a lone shooter downtown. “Their memory will remain with all of us forever,” Brown says.

Philanthropist Nancy Shutt hopes to protect her Preston Hollow home so that it can be admired for generations to come. She applied to the Landmark Commission seeking a historic overlay district for the property at 5310 Park Lane, which was designed by well-known Dallas architect Charles Dilbeck and constructed in 1939.

Education

Despite support from Preston Hollow representative Dustin Marshall and North Dallas representative Erwin Flores, a 13-CENT TAX RATIFICATION HIKE benefitting Dallas ISD will not be on the ballot this November. Only five of the six trustees needed voted in favor of the tax, which would have raised the state’s cap on operational expenditures from $1.04 to $1.17 in Dallas. The $100 million generated from the tax would have been used to fund collegiate academies, prekindergarten and Accelerating Campus Excellence programs.

City

After Dallas City Council scrapped a plan to build a sky bridge between a city-owned garage and a retail building at Preston Center, councilwoman JENNIFER STAUBACH GATES says an underground parking garage may be a better option, perhaps one topped by a park.