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1. New D2 downtown subway line could wipe out Dallas' top-selling bar. Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has hit a milestone in its development of a second subway in downtown Dallas — and if all goes according to plan, it'll be curtains for the Deep Ellum bar that earns more in liquor sales than any other bar in Dallas.
2. 7 Dallas stores to shop from your couch during the April quarantine. This is a strange list; however, these are strange times. While most retail stores are closed to curb the spread of COVID-19, we rounded up some companies that are doing the most to serve others, even in a virtual space.
3. Dallas County adds new COVID-19 rule: cloth coverings for your face. We'll all be wearing some kind of mask, starting Saturday, April 18, per a new directive from Dallas County. The county is requiring anyone who visits essential businesses, essential business employees, or rides public transportation to wear a cloth covering.
4. Dallas' top salvage store gets us through COVID-19 with crafty DIY kits. Hardware stores are considered an essential business, and so Orr-Reed Architectural Co. was allowed to stay open during Dallas County's current shelter-in-place order. But owner Hannah Hargrove knew they could not live on shiplap alone. Enter her life preserver, aka the "DIY kit," a new series of crafty home projects using Orr-Reed's vast stockade of vintage materials.
5. Fancy fundraisers morph into virtual benefits amid coronavirus in Dallas-Fort Worth. While most of Dallas-Fort Worth’s charitable luncheons and galas canceled their events or moved them to the fall, a handful of intrepid organizations have embraced technology to go digital. So-called online “un-galas” were already an emerging fundraising trend, and the coronavirus pandemic has seemingly spurred them on.
These good times could come to an end.
Crystal Charity Ball 2024 chairman Cheryl Joyner and Richard Joyner.
Photo by Ashley Gongora