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A new dessert option is headed to Lakewood Shopping Center. Lakewood neighbor Chrissy Kuo quit her job in August 2016 to start Snow Baby after trying Taiwanese shaved ice overseas. It will also partner with Unrefined Bakery for gluten-free options, White Rock Coffee for their coffee flavor and local farmers markets for their fresh fruit.

Moving to Lower Greenville, the old Crown and Harp and Daddy Jack’s spaces have been combined and redone by the owners of Lower Greenville’s bourbon lounge and restaurant Feed Company into two concepts. Leela’s Raw Bar will be on the first floor and ABV Establishment will be above. On the lower level, Leela’s Raw Bar will serve seasonal plates and oysters and include a meat slicing counter with a wine bar. ABV Establishment will have more of a speakeasy feel, and will serve old-school cocktails and bar food. Across the street, in the old pawn shop space, a Wells Fargo is on the way as well as another dessert option. Creamistry is a California transplant that makes ice cream with liquid nitrogen.

What used to be Plum Yoga on Lower Greenville is now a bright space for coffee, books and gifts. The Merchant is now open at 1924 Greenville Ave., unique because everything in the store is for sale. The vintage furniture, decorations and signage throughout is all priced to move, as are the gifts that rest on top of them. The Merchant sells Portland’s Stumptown coffee, cold brew cans and novelty drinks as well as pastries from Dallas’ Empire Bakery. There are several tables, free wifi and plugs for those who need a quiet workspace on the busy street.

Staying Fit

City Crew, a new rowing-centric workout space, arrived in the neighborhood last month. The business converted what was Yoga Mart on Oram into a streamlined rowing room. Co-founder Molly Setnick, a Lakewood neighbor who used to run Crowbar Cardio, says the workouts will be focused on rowing, but will include yoga and circuit training as well.

Dallas Marathon Brings

BACK WHITE ROCK LAKE LOOP

Tens of thousands of runners will fill Dallas streets Sunday, Dec. 10, as they tackle the BMW Dallas Marathon, formerly the White Rock Marathon. The inaugural 1971 race included two loops around its namesake pond, but the course evolved to accommodate a boom in participation. By 2012, when the name changed, Dallas marathoners ran but a few miles along the shores of White Rock Lake. Participants have subsequently complained about long uphill miles and a departure from the event’s historic origins.

Organizers announced recently that a large portion of the 2017 marathon route returns to White Rock Lake with a full 9.3-mile orbit.

“As one of Dallas’ most popular training spots, the lake will deliver a home field advantage for local runners and give our out-of-town participants a chance to see one of our city’s most stunning views,” notes marathon president Paul Lambert.

After a start at Dallas City Hall, contenders traverse Downtown Dallas, Victory Park, Uptown, Highland Park, Lower Greenville, Turtle Creek, Lakewood, Swiss Avenue and Deep Ellum, offering fans and spectators plenty of options for revelry and cheering.

Residents who deem the event an annoyance retain ample cause for customary grumblings about street closures, crowds and noise. Since 1997, the Dallas Marathon has benefitted Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, to which it has donated more than $3.9 million.

Getting Around

After numerous crashes along Abrams Road, the city performed a speed study, ticketing 151 people in four days along the way. City Councilman Mark Clayton says that there will soon be additional lights and radar signs along the East Dallas thoroughfare, so everyone will know just how fast they are going.

The Katy Trail extension bridge is now complete over Mockingbird Lane. The bridge, which helps connect the Katy Trail to Ridgewood Trail, will allow cyclists and runners to travel from White Rock Lake to Victory Plaza by trail. The bridge also will be a part of a larger project called The Loop, which is more than 50 miles of trail connecting White Rock Lake, the Great Trinity Forest and Downtown, partially funded by the Circuit Trial Conservancy

Crime

A J.L. Long custodian was attacked near the portables one night last month. When the victim was able to escape, authorities were called and police scoured the area, while the Dallas Police Department AirOne helicopter searched the area via spotlight. The suspect was described as a black man but was not found. The custodian is in stable condition.

Dallas police also responded to a stabbing at the intersection of Apple Street and Swiss Avenue near Dallas Theological Seminary in Old East Dallas. The victi told police she was in a verbal fight with the attacker, whom she knew.

A night of drinking ended in tragedy near Casa View in East Dallas, when a man accidentally shot and killed his friend. Nuno Guillermo, 26, was shot as he approached a home in the 10100 block of San Juan Ave. The shooter said he didn’t recognize his friend Guillermo, and as he pulled a revolver from his pocket, the gun went off, according to a police report.

A woman was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the Villa Bonita Apartments near La Prada and I-30. Officers found her in the breezeway of the apartment complex, and she was transported to Baylor Hospital where she died of her wound.

What appears to be the same man was twice caught on video breaking into Lotus Yoga Dallas in Lakewood and Rainbow Land, a childcare center in Junius Heights

Abut $500 worth of property was stolen from Lotus, according to owner Jennifer Hensley, including a laptop and a small amount of cash, and almost nothing was available to steal from the childcare center. Employees take the laptop home every night after previous break-ins.

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Education Guide

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