Neighbors say mystery surrounds a weathy North Dallas church rezoning request for an old South Dallas middle school.
The Pearl C. Anderson Middle School was a 9-acre campus with athletic fields in addition to the building that opened in 1963. It closed in 2014.
Pastors of other South Dallas churches who had been serving the neighborhood years before Watermark were critical of the North Dallas megachurch entrance in their part of the city from the start. “Are we talking about just things in the building? Are we talking about things on the whole property? That is our fear. Let us dive down in detail. And then what is the community going to get out of it?” Atkins said. “This is going to be a permanent zoning change and with something of that magnitude, there must be extreme transparency and every member of that community needs to know exactly what’s going to happen.
“I think they need to get more involved in the community here and be straightforward with what they're trying to do and what they're doing,” he said.Watermark paid $211,000 for the site which is now valued at nearly $5 million on the Dallas County Appraisal District website. In addition to services on Sunday, here is a snapshot of what happens on our campus throughout the week:
• In partnership with Dallas College, we are piloting a vocational training program focused on technology skills.• Watermark South Dallas has hosted several neighborhood clean-up days, community outreach events, and a summer day camp for local children.
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