by admin | Oct 4, 2023 | Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP), TREC Community Investors News
In early November, TREC members will vote to select the next Dallas Catalyst Project partnership from 2-3 finalist teams comprised of nonprofit and community organizations representing their target neighborhoods. All TREC members are eligible to participate, and the...
by admin | Aug 26, 2023 | Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP), Press Releases, TREC Community Investors News
A first-of-its-kind commercial kitchen targeted at supporting local entrepreneurs in launching and growing their operations opened with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Friday, August 25 at 2839 S. Ervay Street in The Crossing in South Dallas’ historic Forest District....
by admin | Jul 5, 2023 | Dallas Collaborative for Equitable Development (DCED), TREC Community Investors News
Across Dallas, skyrocketing home prices are keeping low-income renters from purchasing homes, and rising property taxes are forcing long-time residents to leave. To address these issues, many nonprofits are starting Community Land Trusts to protect affordable housing...
by admin | Jul 5, 2023 | Dallas Collaborative for Equitable Development (DCED), TREC Community Investors News
Monisha Clifton launched Moe’s Delights, a bakery specializing in pies, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She first sold pies from her home, then moved on to baking in Cornerstone Baptist Church’s commercial kitchen as her business’s popularity grew. Unsure of...
by admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP), TREC Community Investors News
On Friday, June 9, TREC’s Young Guns joined St. Philip’s School & Community Center in cutting the ribbon on their 2022 TREC Community Investors Project, which was a renovation of two quadplex apartment buildings located in the Forest District. The renovation was...
by admin | May 31, 2023 | Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP), TREC Community Investors News
For their 2023 community investment project, TREC’s Young Guns will redevelop a storefront on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard into a community engagement center and pop-up space that will also be used by patrolling Dallas police officers. The development will be...