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Vital Dallas center helps women break the chains of addiction

Nexus Recovery Center has helped more than 20,000 women, children, and adolescents rebuild from addiction.

“I have been an addict since the age of 17,” says Kim, a client of Nexus Recovery Center. “After about one week of sharing with other women and counselors, my mind started opening up to the possibility of change and looking at what got me here to begin with.”

Through programs like the Intensive Outpatient, Supportive Outpatient, and Aftercare, as well as live-in options, Nexus provides multiple levels of care for every situation. For Kim, it has created a new sense of community.

“I truly love this program and my Aftercare family,” she says.

At Nexus Recovery Center, dedicated professionals work to rehabilitate women caught in addiction. Through multiple programs, including parenting classes, counseling, and life skills training, women at Nexus are able to find healing and opportunity.

Since 1971, Nexus has assisted more than 20,000 women, adolescents, and children. The 12-acre campus in East Dallas includes dormitories, a childcare center, outdoor recreation facilities, classrooms, and more. Funded through donations, this nonprofit organization is dedicated to rebuilding lives through compassion and care.

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Dallas narrows down field for new city manager to 4 candidates

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After six months without a city manager, the city of Dallas has narrowed down the field of replacements to four semifinalists including one serving as current interim city manager, plus candidates from Fort Worth, Michigan, and Georgia.

Dallas has been without a city manager since May, when previous city manager T.C. Broadnax left to take a job with the city of Austin. Since that time, Broadnax's former chief of staff Kimberly Bizor Tolbert has served as interim city manager.

The city retained Baker Tilly, a consulting firm, to recruit and compile candidates. (Baker Tilly famously erred in the brochure it created for the position by featuring a photo of the Houston skyline instead of Dallas; they've since replaced it with Dallas.)

A spokesperson for Baker Tilly did not respond to inquiries but according to D Magazine, an email listing the candidates has been sent to the Dallas City Council.

The semifinalists include:

Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, Dallas’ current interim city manager
William Johnson, an assistant city manager in Fort Worth
Mark Washington, the city manager of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Zachary Williams, a county chief operating officer in Georgia

All have more than 25 years' of public administration experience and have worked in similar capacities in their respective cities.

Before working in Fort Worth, Johnson was Baltimore’s transportation director and Atlanta’s deputy chief operating officer and public works commissioner.

Washington worked in Fort Worth and Austin before becoming Grand Rapids’ city manager.

Williams has mostly worked in Georgia at the county level, including serving as county manager in Fulton County and chief operating officer in DeKalb County.

Tolbert began working for the city in 1998, first as the city manager’s assistant and later in the aviation department. Broadnax hired her as his chief of staff in 2017.

Unlike the Mayor and the Dallas City Council, the city manager position in Dallas is not elected but is instead appointed by the city council, and is tasked with executing policies, overseeing the annual budget, and managing staff at city hall.

The council’s Ad Hoc Committee will choose finalists, introduce them to the public, and make an offer in early 2025.

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