A campaign spearheaded by former mayor Mike Rawlings to build support for relocating City Hall from 1500 Marilla St. launched Thursday, with a website and advertising promoting redevelopment of the area.
“Say Yes to Downtown” bills itself as an advocacy group of residents, business owners, and other stakeholders who see relocating the decades-old I.M. Pei building as a way to jumpstart redevelopment in downtown’s southern sector. Rawlings, who served as mayor from 2011-2019, is funding the campaign himself, according to The Dallas Morning News.
While the former mayor and other local figures have expressed their position in op-eds and at public hearings, this new campaign marks the first organized effort to build public support for relocation…