Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP) News

Spring Plaza Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Caps First Completed Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City Investment
On Friday, June 27, our 2024 Young Guns Community Investors project team joined officials from South Dallas Fair Park Innercity Community Development Corporation (ICDC) in cutting the ribbon on the organization’s renovated Spring Plaza headquarters. Led by project...

TREC Young Guns to Cut Ribbon on Spring Plaza Renovation, Announce Next DCP: Mill City Investment
The Real Estate Council's (TREC) Young Guns, a young professional development program for commercial real estate industry professionals, announces its 2025 community investors project, the renovation of the Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center’s STEM Lab located in the Mill...

Podcast: An Inside Look at the 2024 Young Guns Project With South Dallas/Fair Park ICDC
On this episode of TRECcast, we chat with South Dallas/Fair Park Innercity Community Development Corporation (ICDC) Founder Diane Ragsdale and Executive Director Billy Lane! For their 2024 community investment project, TREC’s Young Guns are renovating ICDC’s 15,000...

Looking Back on Year One of Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City
Last November, TREC members voted to name Mill City the next focus neighborhood of the Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP). A previous success in South Dallas’ Forest District community over the last six years, the collaborative neighborhood revitalization initiative sought...

Podcast: Inside the 2024 ALC Project With Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center
On this episode of TRECcast, we chat with Frances Smith-Dean, Executive Director of the nonprofit Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center, which offers education, workforce training, and job placement programs to help lift young people and families out of...

ALC Class of 2024 Announces Annual Project, Building Renovation of Neighborhood Resource Center
The Associate Leadership Council (ALC), The Real Estate Council’s (TREC) premier professional leadership development program, announces its 2024 class project, the renovation of the former St. Luke Community United Methodist Church building into a permanent home for...