“This is the beginning, the start. Business owners are upset, you know, but the main ones upset only been here two or three years,” said Jackson.
Neil Goldberg is General Manager of two industrial sites. He said businesses are being punished for one bad actor.
“It's a shame that the city council and this
whole process has put citizens of Dallas against each other,” Goldberg said.
He also said rezoning limits business growth and expansion.
“New business coming in here for these natural places, for industrial uses, they're going to think differently,” he said.
However, Narvaez said it is a compromise since
current businesses are grandfathered in to legally run despite zoning regulations.
“If you knew that you were going to grow, you probably would have that plan going and you would have shown it to us, so we could see it. If you didn't have that plan, then you probably didn't have the plan to do it or you maybe had the dream to do it. We can’t base policy on a thought and a dream,” said Narvaez.
Jackson and other residents are committed to continue the fight no matter how far the battle takes them.
“Like they say, the only thing they want to do is make money, the only thing we want to do is continue living a healthy life,” Jackson said.
