A group of neighborhood advocates in Southern Dallas said they couldn’t wait for the city to bring much-needed lighting to their neighborhoods — so they took matters into their own hands.
Yafeuh Balogun, a coordinator with the Dallas chapter of Community Movement Builders, said he tried to go through the proper channels with the city to bring more lighting to a neighborhood that gets pitch black after dark.
“We feel like the safety of the community is very important,” Balogun said. “When you look at the demographic neighborhood of this community, a lot of them is older people. They were very concerned.”…