🌱 Will DFW Home Prices Keep Rising? + Dallas ISD Toddler Program

Nicole Fallon-Peek
·3 min read

Happy Monday, people of Dallas! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Dallas today.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Dallas today:

  1. Like many areas of the country, Dallas-Fort Worth has seen a steady rise in home prices over the last two years, and experts say that's not going to change in 2022. While economists are calling for smaller year-over-year home price gains in the year ahead, sale prices are expected to continue rising in the new year as the North Texas market sees low inventory and high demand. Over the last five years, area home prices have risen about 50 percent. (Free: Newsbreak; Subscription: Denton Record Chronicle)

  2. Dallas ISD recently announced plans to expand its pre-kindergarten program to include babies and toddlers. The Start Strong Dallas program does not yet have an official timeline but is expected to include the development of language and social skills. According to the school district, most of a child’s brain develops before they turn 5 years old, and many children already have learning gaps by the time they arrive in Dallas ISD’s existing pre-K program. (FOX 4 Dallas)

  3. For the ninth holiday season in a row, the Give a Leg Up Foundation traveled across Dallas handing out donations of clothes, shoes, bags, and more to local residents in need. Don Kaye, a local sporting goods store owner, loaded up his truck and stopped at several parking lots with his family to hand out the donated goods. "It's good to show [my family] how to give back to people," said Kaye, who started the Foundation to carry on this holiday giving tradition. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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Today in Dallas:

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From my notebook:

  • Last week, the Dallas Mavericks closed out the season of giving by distributing tons of presents to over 50 kids experiencing homelessness. (Instagram)

  • There's still time to visit Holiday at the Arboretum display through December 31! Tickets must be reserved at www.dallasarboretum.org. (Instagram)

  • Over the holiday weekend, the Dallas Museum of Art's Center for Creative Connections opened a new free exhibition called "Rooted," which explores the relationship between humans and the environment. (Instagram)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.

This article originally appeared on the Dallas Patch