In recent years the City of Dallas and organizations including Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together Dallas have begun revitalizing the area in an effort to make the area more attractive to homeowners and foster economic development.

The United States Postal Service operates the South Dallas Post Office.

[1] In 2001, the City of Dallas approved an economic development plan to help revitalize South Dallas and the Fair Park area, both of which suffer from a comparatively high level of poverty.

Priest Institute for Economic Development, a campus of El Centro College of the Dallas County Community College District,[6] is located in a brick campus in Old South Dallas.

Jim Schutze of the Dallas Observer described the building as "handsome.