Real estate transformation expert to kick off TCOG economic recovery & resiliency workshops
Sherman, Texas – Disasters large and small threaten the financial well-being of residents, businesses, and their communities. More floods, frosts, pandemics or recessions could be next.
But local and incremental investments in businesses and buildings for resilience and partnerships with local governments make communities more likely to meet the next challenges and continue to thrive.
For this reason, Monte Anderson, President of Options Real Estate from Duncanville, will attend a workshop 08:00 08/18/2021, the first of four public workshops organized by the Texoma Council of Governments on various methods of building personal and community prosperity in the TCOG region.
Anyone interested in small real estate investments, starting a small business, or encouraging private investment in local communities are welcome to attend.
The two-hour presentation Incremental Development ?? How to Start Small & Building Wealth and Local Resilience, takes place at The Finley 502, 500 N. Elm St., Sherman, TX 75090 and begins an update of the status of the Economic Disaster Containment Plan funded by the US Economic Development Agency’s CARES Act Recovery Assistance program.
About Monte Anderson
Anderson is a 25 year old real estate veteran working in sales, rentals, property management, development, and construction in Counties Dallas and Ellis. In Dallas, he converted Tyler Station, a dilapidated 1930s manufacturing facility, into a local co-working facility. He is responsible for the renovation of the 1940s Belmont Hotel and surrounding neighborhood development in Dallas. He has also used incremental development and promoted small businesses through projects such as Main Street Duncanville, Mid-Towne Midlothian, No. 15 Fire Station at Bishop Arts, Historic Texas Theater, and Thorntree Country Club. Anderson is also a former member of the Duncanville City Council and a co-founder of the Incremental Development Alliance, a group dedicated to training small developers nationwide to empower their own neighborhoods. He has chaired the Oak Cliff, Cedar Hill, and DeSoto Chambers of Commerce, the Oak Cliff Foundation, and the Best Southwest Partnership, and was founding president of the North Texas Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
About the US Economic Development Agency (www.eda.gov)
The US Economic Development Agency’s (EDA) mission is to guide the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the country’s regions for growth and success in the global economy. As an agency of the US Department of Commerce, EDA invests in economically distressed communities to create jobs for US workers, fuel American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.
About the Texoma Governing Council
The Texoma Council of Governments is a voluntary association of local governments in Cooke, Fannin and Grayson Counties. The Texoma Council of Governments, founded in 1968, promotes economy and efficiency in the coordinated planning and development of the three-circle region through its activities for municipal and economic development. Both directly and through contractors, the Council provides housing, utility and weather services to low-income citizens in the region, and supports the elderly through a variety of programs from the Area Agency for Aging. The Council also facilitates the provision of homeland security and criminal justice grants.
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