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Growing Oak Cliff

There are plans for 57 new homes to be built on an 8-acre lot near Stevens Park Golf Course The site of the former Stevens Village apartment complex will contain what David Weekly Homes is calling Kessler Heights, with prices in the $400,000 range. David Weekly also is building 53 new homes on Stevens Forest Drive, behind St. Cecilia Catholic Church.

The Momentous Institute , a charter school that serves children at risk for poverty, is building a park on Beckley, in the space that once housed a 1922 retail strip and a 1950s service station. When the school heard that a Sonic was considering that location, they bought the land to create something more in line with their mission.

After years buried under construction, the City of Dallas located the spring at Kidd Springs Park, and plans are in the works to make it flow into the pond via a visible rill coming off the hill.

Food News

Garnish Kitchen will begin offering cooking classes starting as early as August on West Davis. Aaron Hubbard, a former instructor for Le Cordon Bleu cooking schools, will be running the new project. Garnish will offer culinary, baking and pastry classes, from basics to advanced techniques, as well as wine-pairing instruction. Classes will cost $50-$100.

Lockhart Smokehouse has been named to Texas Monthly’s “Top 50 best barbecue joints in Texas.” It is one of just three places in Dallas to make the list, along with Cattleack Barbecue and Pecan Lodge.

students at Dallas ISD magnet schools live outside of the district