WOCAP does not include all of Oak Cliff, it just affects 5.01 square miles of it. Here, we take a look at the final draft of WOCAP, break it down and filter through the rumor mill. Is WOCAP the end of Oak Cliff as we know it? “Now that the city is trying to be involved more and wanting to, kind of, dictate what people are going to do, and what the place should look like, I think that’s harming us more than helping us even though it can look good on paper.” “Oak Cliff used to be more left alone, by city oversight, which allowed district one, or local communities in this area, to do what they wanted without too much city involvement and that in itself created a culture,” Karina Moreno, newly appointed Polk-Vernon Neighborhood Association president, says. We even asked ourselves, “What the heck is going on and what does WOCAP really mean?” Oak Cliff residents were equally as confused. When claims of gentrification, predatory buying and West Oak Cliff becoming the next Bishop Arts began to swirl online, hearts began to crack. We even introduced you to “La Toxica.” And don’t get us started on our devotion to the Texas Theatre. We took you behind the lens with Oak Cliff’s boudoir photographer Cinthia Jaimes. W e’ve highlighted the badass Latina entrepreneurs of Malcriadas Collective. Oak Cliff contributes highly to DFW’s arts and culture thanks to its close-knit residents - some of whom we’ve written about before. If you didn’t know, love for Oak Cliff runs deep. Like most, we shrugged our shoulders at the 172-page draft, full of jargon and acronyms that can be challenging to understand, at first, b ut we weren’t about to just let it slide. Here’s What It Means For Our Favorite Neighborhood.Įarlier this year, we began hearing murmurs of a West Oak Cliff Area Plan (WOCAP) initiated by District 1 council member Chad West. WTF Is Going On In Oak Cliff?! The West Oak Cliff Area Plan Is Nearing The City Adoption Deadline.
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