08/23/05  WE WON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HARRY HINES.

Tuesday morning in Austin, God helped Northwest Dallas.  The money was approved for the Intergenerational Affordable Housing at the old hotel (Harry Hines & Mockingbird) -- Providence at Mockingbird. 

This $20 million project will be the first of its kind in Texas -- housing where senior citizens and young families live near each other.  We look forward to the completion of this project.  Several of us feel that it will inspire other developers to invest around the NW area that desperately needs it.

Thank you to each of you who sent letters, called and prayed.  Without the joint effort of EVERYBODY, it would not have happened.  This is one more property that we do not have to worry about.

I thank God that in spite of Senator Royce West's influence, what the surrounding neighborhoods wanted prevailed over his agenda.  I was unable to attend the last hearing, but Wilma Avalos called after the hearing to report the project had been approved 100%.  She said Senator West was still lobbying against the project up to the last minute. 

Still not sure WHY he is so against this project.  Time will tell. **

Mary Lou Montes Zijderveld


** Editor's comments:  Mary Lou was prophetic.

More names surface in City Hall probe: Exclusive: Subpoena in FBI probe lists Sen. West, Rep. Hodge, DISD's Price (10:26 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 by EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News)