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How to benefit 6 deserving Dallas charities in the CultureMap Amazing Give-backGiveaway

Baby Bliss and Mini Me are offering a discounted shopping spree through December25. Buy it and support a Dallas charity in its mission.
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With every purchase, Roma Boots donates a pair of all-weather boots to kids inneed. Plus, a portion of the proceeds during our giveaway also benefits our sixselected charities.
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Muse the Salon is offering a discounted Holiday Spa and Spirits packagethroughout the giveaway. A portion of that will go toward the charity youchoose.
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Equinox is offering discounts on three-day passes through December 25. A portionof that purchase benefits one of six local charities.
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By now you surely have entered to win at least one of the 31 exclusive gifts in the CultureMap Amazing Give-back Giveaway. We have partnered with MackBoost and Dallas’ premier retailers to bring you a fabulous sweepstakes that culminates in a grand-prize drawing on Christmas Day.

But perhaps more important, six deserving Dallas nonprofits benefit from the holiday excitement. In addition to each day’s gift, there are 31 companion offers available to entrants, and a portion of those proceeds benefits our selected charities:

Captain Hope’s Kids, which meets the critical needs of homeless children.
North Texas Food Bank, a Dallas nonprofit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of more than 340 food assistance partners in 13 counties.
Operation Kindness, the oldest and largest no-kill animal shelter in North Texas.
Rainbow Days, which inspires and prepares children to live a life filled with hope and promise.
Resource Center Dallas, the primary lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and HIV/AIDS service organization in North Texas.
The Family Place, the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas.

Here’s the best part: Even if you have missed a day’s giveaway, all of the companion offers are available throughout the duration of the promotion. So visit the Amazing Give-back Giveaway page, and click on any day to purchase one of these deals, which are available until December 25.

Some of the deals include discounts on rain boots from Roma, packages at Muse the Salon, passes to Equinox, a getaway at Park Cities Hilton, a shopping spree at Timothy Oulton and a Gold membership at Hiatus Spa & Retreat. Not only do you save money, but you also support a deserving charity in its mission.

So visit the Amazing Give-back Giveaway and purchase a gift that gives twice.

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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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