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TexasTowelie

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Thu May 9, 2019, 01:44 AM May 2019

Salvation Army's 20-acre NW Dallas campus for homeless wins council's approval -- and cheers

The bleachers of the Kleberg-Rylie rec-center gym erupted in cheers Wednesday evening after the City Council approved zoning the Salvation Army needs to build a $95 million, 20-acre campus in Northwest Dallas.

And the moment all the council members said aye at the off-site meeting in the gym, hundreds of Salvation Army supporters — most dressed in red, almost all sporting stickers bearing the nonprofit's iconic red shield — whooped and hollered as though their team had just sunk a winning buzzer-beater.

And maybe they had. Because in the months leading up to Wednesday's vote, it was unclear whether the campus would get the council's approval — in large part because some surrounding property owners were concerned about an increase in crime and a downturn in property values.

But in the end, the vote became "a celebration rather than a contentious debate," said downtown council member Philip Kingston.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-council/2019/05/08/salvation-armys-20-acre-nw-dallas-campus-homeless-wins-councils-approval-cheers

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