[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Board Meeting on August 28, 2023. ]
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I'M NOW ON THIS MEETING AT THE SOUTH HOUSE SHERIFF PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND OR BOARD.
THE TIME IS 6:26 PM UH, MR. VIRGINIA, WE START OFF WITH ROCK CALL, PLEASE.
WE HAVE PARDON NAME? MR. REGINA.
I SHOULD RECEIVE THE MINUTES, UH, FROM LAST WEEK.
ARE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES? IF NOT, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOON? MOVE BY MR. DOCK.
MS. PBE? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? UH, OPPOSED? AYE.
NEXT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
DO WE HAVE ANY? I SIGNED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MR. G? WE DO, UH, WE HAVE BRIAN BETHEL AND TREVOR SEALEY.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM FIRST.
THESE ARE THE GENTLEMEN FROM WHITE PANTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR BEING FUNDED IN THE F FAIR PARK AREA FOR A LOAN.
SINCE, SINCE THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA.
TO SPEAK BEFORE THAT PART OF THE, THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT.
SET THE RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC.
JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, UM, WE VOTED, UH, DURING OUR LAST MEETING TO TRY TO OPEN UP THE NOFO PROCESS AND HAVE IT MORE THAN ONCE PER YEAR.
UH, I'LL LET MS. REGINA UPDATE US ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT.
THEN I'M ALSO GONNA A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, OF THINGS THAT I WANT US TO CONSIDER AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
SO, UH, MR. VIRGINIA, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT PROCESS IS BASED ON OUR LAST CONVERSATION? OKAY.
SO, IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET IT OUT FOR A SECOND TIME FOR THE 2023 BECAUSE WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 123, $120,000 THAT WE DID NOT, UM, GIVE OUT FOR THE INITIAL NOFA.
THAT RELEASE NOW IS STILL ACTIVE, STARTED AUGUST 11TH.
IT'S GONNA END ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GREAT QUESTIONS AND, UM, FOLKS ARE EXCITED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EVERY TIME WE DO IT, PEOPLE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS.
AND SO WE'LL SEE AFTER SEPTEMBER 14TH HOW THAT GOES, HOW THAT GOES THIS ROUND.
IS THIS FOR, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SECOND RELEASE OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE RELEASE? NO, NO.
THIS IS THE SECOND RELEASE OF THE 2023 NOFA.
REMEMBER WE HAD, UM, TWO THAT WENT THROUGH AND THEN WE HAD 120,000 THAT ACTUALLY THERE WERE THREE.
BUT AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF ONE OF THEM, UM, THE PROGRAM, THE PILOT PROGRAM, THAT WAS, THAT SHE WAS, UM, TRYING TO DO IT, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH 120,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
UM, 'CAUSE HERS WAS FOR 15,000 AND THAT DIDN'T, UM, WORK OUT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T, SHE DIDN'T, AFTER WE DID OUR RESEARCH, THE THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HAD HAPPENED.
BUT, BUT JUST TO BACK UP, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE VOTED TO HAVE A SECOND NOVA AND THERE WAS SOME CHANGES THAT WE WERE GONNA MAKE TO THE APPLICATION, AND I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THOSE CHANGES.
AND THEN DECIDE ON A SECOND RELEASE DATE.
NO, I MEAN, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND RELEASE DATE, BUT OUR COMING BACK, UM, IN THE MINUTES IT SHOWS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES HAPPENING FOR THE 2024 RELEASE.
IT WAS NO WAY THAT WE COULD, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE DIDN'T, WE THEN WE DIDN'T MEET IN JULY ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS
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NO WAY IF WE WERE GONNA GET IT OUT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE COULD GET, UM, WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE CHANGES.AND THEN, I APOLOGIZE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT I WAS SAYING.
I WAS SAYING THE 2024 FOR, FOR OUR 2024 RELEASE, UH, MAKE ALL THE CHANGES FOR THE 2024 RELEASE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN A MINUTE.
I JUST DIDN'T RECALL, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SOMEBODY ON BOARD.
I, I DIDN'T, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED HAVING A SECOND RELEASE MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE WEREN'T HERE FOR JULY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A JULY MEETING.
AND, UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND, AND PROCUREMENT, UM, THE DATES THAT, THAT WAS JUST A DATE THAT PROCUREMENT HAD SAID THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT OUT IF WE WERE GONNA GET IT OUT TO GET TO, TO RELEASE IT.
WE CAN'T ACCEPT ANYTHING IN THIS YEAR UNTIL AFTER IT IS, IT GOES TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT HASN'T GONE TO COUNCIL YET.
BUT, UM, THE DATE FOR, SO DID WE, DID WE JUST RELEASE IT AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT? IS THAT KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED? BASICALLY, I GUESS THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT I, AND WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING WAS GOING TO HEAD AND GETTING THE SECOND RELEASE OUT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN ALL THE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING WAS FOR THE 2024 RELEASE WITH REDOING THE APP AND NOT THE APP.
REDOING THE APPLICATION AND IN THE PROCESS OF IT ALL.
SORRY, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW WHAT I REMEMBER, AND I'M HAPPY TO RE-GO THROUGH THE NOTES, BUT I JUST REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT HOW QUICK THE TIMELINE WAS AND THAT WE REALLY WERE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO RELEASE THIS A SECOND TIME TO LIKE, BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR ME, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT HAVING GONE OUT, I FEEL LIKE.
I'M HA REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE HEARING BACK AND HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE EDITS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT THOSE WERE LIKE, I FELT LIKE THOSE WERE TINY TWEAKS, NOT LIKE LARGE CHANGES THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WERE, WERE IMPORTANT TO THE FOUNDATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE A SECOND, UM, ROUND THIS YEAR.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? UM, MR. CHAIR, SO THAT I'M CLEAR.
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, STEVE.
FIRST OF ALL, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T WANT, YEAH.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, MY COMMENT MAY ACTUALLY END UP BEING IN ACTION.
UM, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE HEADED, MR. CHAIR.
SO I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT A SCHEDULE OUT THAT EVERYBODY AGREES TO SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE CHANGES INTO THE APPLICATION.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS KIND OF HEAVY.
UM, SO PERHAPS WE CAN PUT A SCHEDULE IN PLACE THAT EVERYBODY AGREES TO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW TO GET THOSE, UH, UPDATES INTO THE APPLICATION.
SO I ACTUALLY SEE THAT AS AN ACTION OH YEAH, TOTALLY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SCHEDULE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THE, I THINK THE, THE ACTION IS REALLY THE SCHEDULE.
LIKE WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE THE CHANGES IN THE NEXT MEETING? WHAT'S THE DATE?
SO WAY, THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT IS WHAT CONVENE AS THE BOARD AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENOUGH RELEASE, RIGHT.
WE JUST DISCUSSED FOR THE FIRST TIME RELEASING IT FOR A SECOND TIME.
SO I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US RELEASING IT THE SECOND TIME.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RELEASING STUFF AND THE BOARD DOESN'T KNOW, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RELEASE, WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL LITERALLY JUST THIS SECOND THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN RELEASED AND IT IS LIVE.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT AND TELL PEOPLE, HEY, GO APPLY.
UH, BUT THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS OPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUTREACH EFFORTS WE DID IN BETWEEN THIS RELEASE ON AUGUST THE 11TH LOOKS LIKE WENT OUT.
SO THE, THE WAY THE NOFA WORKS, WHEN, WHEN WE PUT IT INTO BONFIRE ALL THE COMMODITY CODES THAT ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY, IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THEM.
WE PUT IT IN THE LOCAL, UM, NEWSPAPERS AS WELL.
AND IT'LL BE RUNNING THROUGH, UH, NEXT FRIDAY, I BELIEVE, IF THAT THE, THE WEEK BEFORE THE NOFA IS OVER.
AND, UH, JUST WORD OF MOUTH AND SENDING IT TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAD, UM, PUT APPLICATIONS IN BEFORE THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.
WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WE SENT IT ALL TO THEM AGAIN TO REAPPLY.
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NO.THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANYTHING RELEASED WITHOUT THE BOARD AGREEING TO A RELEASE DATE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS COORDINATED.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR RELEASE, NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT EXCEPT YOU GUYS.
I DON'T REMEMBER EVEN HAVING CORRESPONDENCE GO OUT SAYING, HEY, THE SECOND NOTE FROM RELEASE OF GOING OUT AUGUST 11TH, GUYS FROM AUGUST 11TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14TH.
SO, UH, SO IN THE FUTURE, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE RELEASE ANYTHING, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AS A BOARD.
WE'VE AGREED ON THE DATES, WE'VE PUT A PLAN OF ACTION IN PLACE IN TERMS OF OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL COLLECTIVELY ARE ABLE TO, TO GO OUT AND CHAMPION THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO APPLY.
SO WE GET BACK PARTICIPATION, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE WE'RE LEARNING A MEETING THAT A SECOND NOTE FOR RELEASE THAT WE HAD POSED THAT IS, IS A GOOD SUGGESTION, HASN'T BEEN DONE WITHOUT US HAVING SET A DATE IN PLACE.
WE, WE DID APPROVE A SECOND ONE FOR THIS YEAR.
WE DIDN'T, THE ONLY THING THAT WE DIDN'T DO WAS THE DATE WE DID APPROVE A, A RELEASE FOR THE SECOND NOVA.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M SAYING THE END OF THE YEAR IS SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, AND TODAY'S AUGUST THE 28TH, IF WE WOULD'VE WAITED TO CONVENE AGAIN, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TIME TO GET TO DO THE ADDITIONAL ONE.
AND I, LIKE I SAY, I APOLOGIZE, I'M THINKING AUGUST 20, UH, NO FOR 2024 IS WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON WITH MAKING ALL THE CHANGES BECAUSE THE, UM, CHANGES IN EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE 2024, NOT THIS ONE THAT WOULD'VE HAD TO TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND AND BE RELEASED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF NOT NECESSARILY THE CHANGES TO THE KNOW ITSELF, BUT THE COMMUNICATION OF THE RELEASE DATE.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE A DISCONNECT HERE.
AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN MY OWN SITUATION THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT, IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAPPENED, BUT I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.
SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT? SO NEXT TIME WE CONVENE, UH, AND I SEE MR. KINS, SO NEXT TIME WE CONVENE, WE'LL DISCUSS SOME CHANGES, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE 2024 RELEASE.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS SOME DATES, SOME ACTUAL RELEASE DATES, UH, THAT, THAT CAN RUN THAT, THAT CAN COINCIDE WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
THIS PARTICULAR RELEASE, UH, ENDING SEPTEMBER 14 MM-HMM.
WE WON'T BE ACCEPTING UNTIL IT DOES GO TO COUNCIL.
SO THEY'RE RELEASED TO SEE IF THE FUNDS CAN BE ENCUMBERED.
WE JUST NEED TO DO THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THOSE APPLICANTS WILL BE KNOWN AS 2023 APPLICANT.
MR. KINS, DID WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE, UH, WITH ANY FEEDBACK? YES.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK BEFORE WE ENTER A MEETING WITH THE UPDATES TO THE APPLICATION, ARE WE GONNA GET A PRE-READ? 'CAUSE I THINK I, I'M, I WOULD JUST LIKE, AS A BOARD MEMBER TO SEE WHAT THE NEW APPLICATION WILL BE BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO ME IN A MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS REALLY HEADED WITH THE PLANNING.
I THINK THAT IS A PLANNING DATE, RIGHT? THE SENDING OUT THE THING BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING,
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AFTER.
SO, BUT FOR 2024, YOU KNOW, UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME EVER DOING A SECOND RELEASE.
SO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT WE DO GO THROUGH, WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS OF EVERYTHING AND BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS.
IT WAS JUST THAT WE ARE SO LATE IN THE YEAR IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT.
WE COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING.
BUT, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THE PROCESS, DOES THAT PROCESS ALSO INCLUDE US GETTING A PRE-READ? IS THAT, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LANGUAGE IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S SO, SO, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO, THAT WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING YEAH.
WE HAVE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS PREPARED SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH IT AS A BOARD AND THEN MAKE TWEAKS AS NECESSARY.
UH, UH, AND THEN THAT'LL BE OUR TIME TO DISCUSS, UH, WHAT IT IS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO NOTHING, YEAH, NOTHING ELSE GOING FORWARD IS GONNA BE RELEASED WITHOUT IT GOING THROUGH
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THE BOARD AND BEING APPROVED AND DISCUSSED BY US AND MAKING THE TWEAKS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.YOUR POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE, I'M SORRY, BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME REQUESTS.
I, I STILL THINK I WOULD LIKE THE PRE-READ BEFORE THE PRESENTATION
SO I THINK THAT'S THE PART WE KEEP MISSING.
AND, AND I, I SAID THERE'S NOT GONNA, JUST GIMME ONE SECOND.
SO NORMALLY LIKE WHEN, I GUESS WHEN I'M IN OTHER MEETINGS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION IS PITCHED BY THE PERSON, THE PERSON SENDS OUT THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S GONNA BE PITCHED AT LEAST A WEEK AHEAD, SO, OKAY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST SAYING MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE INFORMATION, UH, REGARDING WHATEVER CHANGES AND WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO THAT EVERYBODY'S PREPARED TO DISCUSS THOSE CHANGES.
SO OVER THOSE FOUR DAYS BEFORE YOU GET IN A MEETING WITH US, WE MAY HAVE SOME, SOME RED LINES TO PRESENT IN THAT MEETING.
DOES, DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.
BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS APPLICATION IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FOUR PAGES.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGING TO IT BECAUSE WE, IT USED TO BE LIKE 11 OR 12 PAGES AND WE CONDENSED IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO 20, 20, 21.
SO I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE SAYING REREAD AND RED LINES, WELL, I, I, I THINK THE POINT HE'S TRYING TO MAKE IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WHAT, HOWEVER LONG IT IS, JUST SEND IT TO US AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE THE MEETING.
UH, FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE, WHATEVER IT IS, HOWEVER LONG IT'S OKAY.
SO WE HAVE CHANCE, RIGHT? YEAH.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER HAVING A LOT OF, YEAH.
IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? OKAY.
SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT THE APPLICATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE NOW.
IS EVERYBODY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IS, IS EVERYBODY, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON, ON THAT POINT? I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
SO, MS. REGINA, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO PRESENT, UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES.
NOW THIS WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR 2024, RIGHT? RIGHT.
NO, THIS IS JUST WHAT THE APPLICATION LOOKS LIKE.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE, UM, THE, THE TWEAK THAT WE DID, I JUST TOOK THE EXHIBIT OFF THAT FIRST PAGE THAT WAS ROCKING EVERYBODY'S WORLD AND JUST SAYING APPLICATION, UM, APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION.
AND ALL OF IT ARE COMBINED IS FIVE PAGES OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DO.
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
UH, SO LET, LET'S JUST TAKE THAT DISCUSSION AND JUST SEND IT OUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR EVERYBODY TO REVIEW.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS, SO WE'RE JUST NOT LOOKING AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW, UM, LET'S JUST SEND THAT AND HAVE THAT PART OF THE DELIVERABLES FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD OR CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW OKAY.
WHAT WE HAVE TODAY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT.
HOLD ON, LET ME DO A SHARE RIGHT QUICK.
I JUST HAD THIS OPEN, LET ME SEE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING WITH IT.
UM, WITH THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF US HERE TODAY.
IT'S, I JUST HAD IT UP A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AND, AND IF YOU, IF YOU CAN'T GET THAT TO PULL UP MR. REGINA MM-HMM.
TO, TO
SO, 'CAUSE JUST YOU WERE JUST PULLING UP THE, THE APPLICATION AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST SKIP THAT ITEM AND JUST TAKE THAT FOR THE NEXT TIME.
SO WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO WHITE ENDS AND THAT PRESENTATION.
SO, UM,
AGAIN, IT'S NOT WORKING LIKE IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY EARLIER, ALTHOUGH
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IT'S NOT ALLOWING ANYTHING TO SHARE THAT IS SO, SORRY.DON'T YOU GUYS, ONE OF YOU GUYS BE TECH, TECH SAVVY TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THIS OUT MAYBE 'CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU ON THIS ONE? HOLD ON.
GO BACK TO THE TEAMS THAT YOU'RE ON.
AND THEN WE CAN GO SCREEN WINDOW AND SEE.
IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S A LITTLE, YAY.
SO LIKE I HAD INDICATED EARLIER, WHITE PANTS, HAVE THEY HAVE SUBMITTED? I'M SORRY.
CAN EVERYBODY SEE THAT? ON, ON ONLINE? SEE, EVERYBODY SEE THE PRESENTATION? OKAY.
WHITE PANTS HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.
EVERYTHING IS GOING THROUGH REVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH, UM, UNDERWRITING OF COURSE.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, UM, SHOULD THEY GO THROUGH ALL THOSE WITH FINE COLORS, THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU GUYS AS A POSSIBLE PROJECT FOR RECOMMENDATION.
SO THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2014, UM, THAT WHITE PANTS AGENCY, THEY RECENTLY PURCHASED A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING RIGHT IN THE FAIR PAR AREA.
UM, 4 0 4 EXPEDITION, I BELIEVE THEY MOVED HERE FROM, UM, AND THEY HAVE NOW RELOCATED IN THEIR NEW FACILITY.
THEY HAVE PURCHASED THIS, UH, 7,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND 4 0 4 EXPEDITION WHITE PANTS IS A DIGITAL MARKETING AND DESIGN FIRM SPECIALIZING IN BRANDING, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT, DATA STRATEGY, ONLINE BRANDING, INFLUENCER CAMPAIGNS, CONTENT CREATION, WEB PRODUCTS, WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER GOOD STUFF.
THE OWNERS ARE BRIAN BETHEL AND TREVOR SEALEY.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF THEIR AGENCY AND ITS CONTENT PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES BY CREATING FIRST A NEW LARGER GREENER WORKSPACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE GROWTH IN CLIENT BASE AND SERVICE OFFERINGS AS WELL AS MUCH NEEDED CONTENT PRODUCTION SPACES.
UH, THE EXPANSION WILL ENABLE THEM TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE COUNT, ENHANCE CAPACITY TO HANDLE LARGER PROJECTS, AND PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDUCIVE TOITY AND COLLABORATION.
AND THE PROJECT ALSO AIMS TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM TO ONBOARD AND DEVELOP NEW STAFF EFFECTIVELY, WHICH WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR, FOR THE AREA.
AND SO THIS TIME I JUST WANTED, UM, BRIAN AND TREVOR TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT, THEIR PROJECT, THEIR NEW BUILDING.
WHY SOUTH DALLAS? WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND WHAT TYPE OF JOB CREATION DO YOU PLAN TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY? WOULD YOU GUYS WILLING TO COME UP? ABSOLUTELY.
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WELCOME, YOUR HONOR.THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF, OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHITE PANTS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE REGINA SAID, WE'RE A DIGITAL MARKETING CONTENT PRODUCTION COMPANY.
UH, WE PLAN ON MOVING OUR HEADQUARTERS IN CONSTANT PRODUCTION FACILITY TO, UH, FAIR PARK.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THE IMPACTS, UM, OF THIS MOVE ON FAIR PARK, UM, TO CREATE SKILLED JOBS WITHIN THE AREA AND TAP INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE SKILLED JOBS FOR HIGH PAYING, UH, SKILLED JOBS THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAMS TO HELP, UM, ELEVATE TALENT WITHIN THE AREA AND IDENTIFY TALENT THAT WE CAN, UH, BRING INTO THE AGENCY, UH, AND MOVE, UH, UM, TAP INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR INTERNSHIPS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A, UH, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE BRING, AS THE LAST POINT, WE BRING PEOPLE IN, UH, MAYBE IN COLLEGE OR, OR MAYBE CONSIDERING PURSUING COLLEGE OR EVEN AFTER COLLEGE.
UM, IF SOMEBODY'S FOUND THEMSELVES IN A CAREER THAT THEY DON'T WANT BE AT INTERNSHIP, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT BRING, UM, VALUABLE SKILL SETS TO US AND TO THE, TO THE
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PLAN ON BRINGING, UH, SORT OF HIGH VALUE PRODUCTIONS TO THE AREA.
SO WE SHOOT A LOT OF CONTENT AND COMMERCIAL CONTENT FOR BRANDS THAT VIRGIN ADVANCED, ALL CARDS, ATT POP MURPHY'S, UH, THAT LIST KIND OF GOES ON AND ON.
SO WE PLAN OF BRING THOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO IS GONNA RAISE, WANNA RAISE AWARENESS THAT THESE PRODUCTIONS ARE HAPPENING WITHIN FAIR PARK IN SOUTH DALLAS, BUT ALSO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR ALL THE CONTRACT POSITIONS THAT THESE, UH, PRODUCTIONS PROVIDE.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY FROM PYRAMID ARTISTS TO, UH, CRAFT SERVICES TO TALENT PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE CONTENT THAT WE PRODUCED, UH, TO EVEN SOUND AND VIDEO PRODUCTION TO LOTS OF CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THAT WE PROVIDE A, UH, ANOTHER, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UH, BUSINESS WITH WITHIN OUR BUSINESS CALLED CENTRAL TRACK.COM.
UH, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES A LOT VALUE, EVEN CONTRACT POSITIONS, THE CONTENT CREATORS AND WRITERS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO, TO YOU WOULD BE A PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
GENERAL, THANK FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UH, TO, TO COME OUT.
UH, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, JOINING US TONIGHT AND, UM, PRESENTING YOUR BUSINESS.
ONE THINGS I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IS, UM, THE ABILITY OF A WHITE DANCE AGENCY TO RECRUIT FROM THE AREA.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS THING RIGHT HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IT IS A FAIRLY, UM, TECHNOLOGY RICH SET OF JOB POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
HAVE, DO YOU, DO YOU ACTIVELY RECRUIT FROM THE AREA? DO YOU HAVE A, UM, UH, AN ACADEMY, A TRAINING THAT IN THIS, HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK IN ORDER FOR YOU TO AMASS TALENT? SO I THINK WE'VE HAD THE FORTUNE NOT WORKING WITH REGINA AND ANTHONY AND WHERE WE'RE EVERY COMMUNITY WE'VE BEEN A PART OF SINCE WE'VE ACCEPTED OUR AGENCY.
YOU KNOW, IN 2014 WE STARTED WITH THE DESIGN DISTRICT AND WE RAN ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR THE ACTUAL DISTRICT ITSELF AS WELL AS THEIR WEBSITE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND BEING STEWARD COMMUNITY, WE ARE PART OF THE FOUNDATION.
AND THIS, THIS, UH, PUBLICATION CENTRAL TRACK IS ABOUT THE CUL CULTURE AND ARTS, WHICH WE HIRED, HAVE HIRED ALL SORTS OF INTERNS AND POSITIONS OVER THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW, SIX YEARS, FIVE, SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN AT
WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT THERE PART, FRANKLY, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ANTHONY AND REGINA HAVE BEEN INTRODUCING US TO, TO HELP US FACILITATE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
SO WE'D ACTUALLY BRING TALENT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WE DO A LOT OF SPEAKING ON SOME PRETTY TECHNICAL STUFF AND, BUT ALSO VERY INTRODUCTORY ON HOW TO CREATE CONTENT.
'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF CONTENT PRODUCER PRODUCERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT JUST WANT GOOD IDEAS AND THEY'RE ALREADY INTERESTED IN THE FIELD.
UM, IN TERMS OF INTERNAL, UH, CONTENT PRODU PRODUCTION, WE BRING OUT INTERNS AND WE PHYSICALLY TRAIN 'EM A LOT OF TIMES WITH OTHER EXPERIENCE.
WE MORE LOOK FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS CREATIVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS A LOT OF DRIVE TO GET THINGS DONE.
A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T EVEN HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WORK IN A HIGHLY TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, PEOPLE ARE TRAINABLE AND THEY HAVE A DESIRE
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TO LEARN AND THEY'RE RELIABLE.THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF FOLKS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO IN TYPICAL, IN A TYPICAL YEAR THEN, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU SAY YOU WOULD RECRUIT AND HIRE TRAINER? UH, IT, IT IS FLUCTUATED GREATLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK COVID HAS SOME VERY LARGE IMPACTS ON OUR BUSINESS AND JUST GENERAL ADVERTISING SPENDING AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN KIND OF A WILD RIDE.
UM, OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS ABOUT 10 PEOPLE A YEAR, AND THEN WE ALSO HIRE PROBABLY FROM 50 TO A HUNDRED CONTRACTORS, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO, UH, THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN ON INVOLVING SORT OF THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR BUSINESS AS WE'RE GROWING THERE ALWAYS WAYS TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, GIVE VALUE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, GIVE VALUE BACK TO US AND IN THE FORM OF TALENT.
AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT, IS KIND, INVOLVE THAT PROGRAM AND SORT OF THE CONTRACT POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT HAVE TO DREAM LONGSIDE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT THIS.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACET IS, IS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES ARE DALLAS BASED AND SOMEONE IN SUBURBS OF COURSE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO HIRE HERE.
WE LIKE TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE SHARING IDEAS AND REALLY CREATING SPECIAL THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START OUR BUSINESS, WE WANT TO DO COOL THINGS AND DISRUPT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT IN, IN THE COLLABORATIVE ENVIRON I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HIRING TALENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
UH, THANKS SO MUCH BE THANK YOU MR.
UH, DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FROM ANYONE ONLINE? IF, IF, IF SO SPEAK? I, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
YOU'RE, I GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE INTERNS THAT YOU GUYS, I THINK YOU SAID YOU BRING ABOUT 10 INTERNS A YEAR AND I SUSPECT THESE ARE THE FOLKS FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM SOUTHBOUND COMMUNITY.
UM, AND MAYBE YOU WENT OVER THIS, HOW MANY DO YOU ANTICIPATE, OR HOW MANY DO YOU TYPICALLY BRING ON AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AFTER THEIR INTERNSHIP ENDS? UH, IS THERE A TARGET FOR THAT OR ARE FOLKS JUST COMING IN AS INTERNS AND, UH, JUST KIND OF AFTER THEIR INTERNSHIP IS OVER, JUST IT JUST KIND OF OUT THE BACK DOOR? HOW, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS? IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
IF THERE'S A NEED FOR A FULLTIME EMPLOYEE, WE WANNA BRING THOSE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
AND ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY SHOWS, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC DRIVE THROUGH THAT SKILLSET.
IN ALMOST EVERY CASE THOUGH, IF THEY DO NOT GO ON TO A FULL-TIME POSITION HERE,
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CASE STUDIES AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT AND PULLED THAT STUFF IN SOME OUR APPLICATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HELD, HOW THEY'VE GONE ON TO SORT OF USE THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY AS, AS A PART OF THE CAREER
UH, IF YOU GUYS COULD, COULD SHARE SOME OF THOSE CASE STUDIES THAT YOU HAVE AND, AND MAY SUBMIT 'EM TO, TO ANTHONY OR, OR REGINA.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE A PART OF OUR DELIVERABLE SO WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
UH, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.
THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC IF WE COULD GET THAT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, YOUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF RECRUITING PEOPLE FROM THE AREA, I THINK YOU SAID YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO, TO HER SALON, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ENGAGED WITH, WITH ANTHONY AND, AND REGINA AND THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE INTRODUCING YOU TO.
UM, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHAT DOES THAT STRATEGY LOOK LIKE? AND WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE DOOR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S KIND OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR SELLING POINT TO, TO TRY TO RECRUIT FOLKS, RIGHT? SO I SUSPECT THAT FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO OR, OR HOW TO DO IT.
UM, SO THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED, THEY MAY NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO HOW DO YOU KIND OF APPROACH THAT PROBLEM TO, TO JUST KIND OF RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT YOU DO AND GET SOMEBODY INTERESTED AND MAYBE, UH, JOINING AN INTERNSHIP WITH WHITE THINGS.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BRIAN.
LET ME JUST GIVE A LITTLE OVERVIEW.
I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE SPEAK AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAPPING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING 'EM KNOW IT'S AVAILABLE RESOURCE TO COME HERE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF TOP YOUR CLIENTS AND TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF VERY TECHNICAL STUFF.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, FINDING THOSE FOCAL KEY LEADERS THAT CAN DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN CONTINENT PRODUCTION OR COPYWRITING, OR YOU WANT TO BE A PUBLISHER OR WRITE A BOOK, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND COMING IN AND LISTENING TO US AND THEN SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THESE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YEAH, I THINK FIRST IT'S GETTING
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INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE ARE THE, WHAT ARE SORT OF THE POINTS OF ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.AND WE WERE THE SORT OF CONNECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY GETTING AS INVOLVED AS WE CAN, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST FOR THE DESIGN DISTRICT IN
AND THEN TWO, IT'S LIKE, IT IS WE PLAN ON, AGAIN, HOSTING, UH, AND PUTTING TOGETHER SORT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S ALL, UH, TO GIVE PEOPLE LOT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN MEDIA ADVERTISING, DIGITAL MARKETING.
AND TWO, THEN RAISE AWARENESS TO OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AT RIGHT HAND.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY PLAN ON HAVING ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR WEBSITE LISTED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT'S A CONTRACT COMMISSION FOR A SHOOT, OR A FULL TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OR GET AN INTERNSHIP.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF DOUBLE CLICK, SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT AND DEVELOP, UH, IN TERMS OF THE RAMP UP PROCESS, HOW, HOW DID YOU GUYS DO THAT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY DID YOU GUYS DO? OKAY, THIS IS THE MARKET WE WANT TO GO INTO.
UH, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FIRST.
UH, IS IT, IS IT YEAR ROUND? IS IT YEAR ROUND INTAKE PROCESS? ARE YOU DOING THE EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY YEAR ROUND? UH, KIND OF THE RAINBOW PROCESS AND HOW DO YOU GUYS ADVERTISE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TO, TO THE COMMUNITY? 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT IS VERY VALUABLE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HELP TELL THE STORY OF, OF SOUTH DALLAS AND GET THE WORD OUT VALUE RIGHT.
BUT, UH, A LOT OF, FRANKLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TRIED THAT AND IF THINGS HADN'T WORKED, WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRACK INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH DALLAS WAY WANT TO.
SO I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOUR STRATEGY WOULD BE TO TRY TO KIND OF TURN THAT AROUND AND, AND, AND RAMP UP THOSE EFFORTS, UH, IN TERMS AWARENESS AND, AND GETTING THE WORD OUT, UH, BASED ON SOME OF THE FRAMEWORKS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IN, IN DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE DESIGN HISTORY.
THERE'S A VERY AL NATURE WHERE HOPEFULLY THEY DRIVE PAST OUR BUILDING AND THEY SAY, THAT LOOKS PRETTY COOL, AND WE HAVE OUR MURAL ON THE OUTSIDE.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S DONE BY A BEAR PARK ARTIST AND SOME THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT
AND HOW DID WE DO THAT? HOW CAN I DO THAT? SO YEAH, AND I THINK IN THE PAST IT'S, IT'S JUST GETTING INVOLVED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BEING PART OF LIKE WHETHER A LOT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT STUFF AND THEN ALL ALSO LIKE GIVE BACK OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UH, SO FOR LIKE DEEP DEVELOP, WE, WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE DEEP DEVELOP FOUNDATION, JUST A LOT OF THINGS FROM LIKE PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF DEEP DEVELOP AND PROVIDING, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, GRANTS AND, AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
UM, SO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE ARE SORT OF CONNECTED AT SORT OF THE VAN OR THE, THE EPIC WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIKE GIVE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO GIVE OUR RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THROUGH THAT, JUST THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UM, THAT'S GONNA RAISE OUR AWARENESS OF WHO WE ARE AND THAT WE ARE
WE'VE DONE THIS THE LAST TWO COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN IN TO SOME DEGREE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH EACH ONE, BUT REALLY WE WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN.
WE WANNA BE ACCEPTED IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WANNA LEVERAGE THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE US.
UM, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK JUST AS MUCH AS, UM, THE COMMUNITIES NEEDS.
SO I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S JUST GETTING INVOLVED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE YET.
WE'RE JUST NOW KIND OF TAPPING INTO THE SURFACE WITH GUYS.
UM, AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING MORE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT EXACTLY IS.
AND I THINK FROM OUR END, THIS IS VERY, UH, VERY FRONT END OF THE FRONT END OF THIS PROCESS.
AND WE LOVE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ANYWHERE WE CAN GET IT AND GOOD CONNECTORS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AND TELL 'EM ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY WAYS THAT THEY KNOW WE CAN IMMEDIATELY TAP IN.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO TRY A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS TO SEE IF WE CAN FACILITATE THESE GOALS.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE EXPLANATIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, THIS THAT'S ALL HAND, UH, FOR QUESTION SAYING, WOULD YOU MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY, UH, ONLINE, UH, REGARDING
SO I ASK THEM TO COME AND BE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY'LL KIND OF BE THEIR ENTREE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UM, IF, IF SO, PLEASE, PLEASE SPEAK.
UH, I THINK THAT'S, SORRY THAT YOU MISS PEE.
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HAD MY HAND UP FOR A WHILE, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT.UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED SOME OF THESE, I HAD TO STEP AWAY FOR JUST LIKE TWO MINUTES.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I I THINK YOU STARTED TOO, AND I THINK MAYBE THIS IS JUST A PART OF WHATEVER YOU SEND US IN THE FUTURE, BUT IS LIKE WANTING TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR TRACK RECORD OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT IN THE PAST AND LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR SPECIFIC PLAN? IF, IF THERE'S LIKE A NEW MODEL FOR YOU GUYS, WHAT IS DRIVING THIS MODEL AND HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT? AND THEN SPECIFICALLY LIKE TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR FUTURE PARTNERS THAT MS. REGINA OR OTHERS CONNECT YOU WITH WHERE LIKE THEY CAN SAY, YES, I KNOW THESE PEOPLE, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM ON X, Y, AND Z AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
BECAUSE LIKE, I THINK FOR US, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT LIKE, OKAY, WONDERFUL, AND THEN LIKE, BUT IN ORDER TO HELP TO SUPPORT WITH FUNDING, IT'S REALLY ABOUT LIFTING UP THAT COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IS LIKE, OKAY, AND HOW ARE YOU GUYS INVESTING IN THAT COMMUNITY SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT IDEAS THAT YOU'RE SAYING ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE LIVED OUT IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT ANSWERS FOR ALL OF THOSE AND, UM, THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE, UH, IN ALL INFORMATION.
SO WHEN THEY DO COME FOR RECOMMENDATION, IF IN FACT THEY GET THROUGH THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING, UH, WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT THAT TIME.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FROM ANYBODY ONLINE? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'M HEARING? I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, SO, UM, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND, UH, SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE BUSINESS OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING, LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION OR TESTIMONIALS AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THAT, THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD TO, TO, UH, TO HELP US, UH, UH, UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE OF, OF HOW, UH, YOU GUYS PLAN TO SCALE THIS UP, UH, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, SO MR. VIRGINIA, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE FOR, FOR YOU OR ANTHONY.
UH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE, UH, SEND THIS PRESENTATION OUT TO US, UH, SIMPLY REVIEW THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WILL SOME INFORMATION COMING REGARDING, UH, TESTIMONY AND THAT SORT OF THING, UH, FORTHCOMING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, THE TYPICAL DILIGENCE THAT YOU DO WITH, WITH THE UNDERWRITING, ALL STUFF THAT, THAT TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN, IN THAT, UH, AS WELL AS PART OF DELIVERABLES.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS.
EVERYBODY'S SO BACKED UP, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET IT THROUGH UNDERWRITING.
TRYING TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED.
COULD I SAY ONE THING ABOUT OLD BUSINESS? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY AS FAR AS THE POSITIONS ARE UP IN SEPTEMBER, SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO KEEP YOUR SEAT, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL PERSON AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED.
AS I'VE INDICATED, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE VYING FOR SEATS THAT ARE FAILED AT THIS TIME.
SO BE SURE TO DO THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
AND THAT'S REGARDING THE, THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF YOUR CURRENT, UH, POSITION, WHICH, WHICH REQUIRE, UH, ON, ON THE BOARD, WHICH IS OUR SEPTEMBER 30TH, I BELIEVE.
SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON CONTINUING ON, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ONE FINAL THING BEFORE, BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
UH, GOT A GOOD, GOOD NEWS TODAY, UH, THAT WAS COMMUNICATED THROUGH THE SS B C SO SHAA LEGACY HOLDINGS, UH, THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
UH, SCOTTY SMITH, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, THAT PROJECT, UH, HAS PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, UH, SHARING THAT THEY'VE LAUNCHED, UH, SHAKINA LEGACY HOLDINGS.
I'LL READ THE STATEMENT, I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT I'LL READ IT IN PART.
THE SCOTTY SMITH FOUNDATION FAMILY FOUNDATION HAVE LAUNCHED A $1.5 MILLION REAL ESTATE EDUCATION INITIATIVE IN SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, SO IN THE STATEMENT, UH, IN PART RECENTLY LAUNCHED THIS
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INITIATIVE RECOGNIZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF REAL ESTATE AS A CAREER AND ITS PIVOTAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.THE INITIATIVE IS SET TO PROVIDE ANNUAL INVESTMENTS IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION GRANTS.
UH, IT GOES ON TO READ, UH, BEYOND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRANT.
SIBLINGS WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE-ART PRE-LICENSING AND EDUCATION AND TEST PREP TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE FULLY EQUIPPED TO TAKE THE STATE EXAMINATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE, UH, THIS INITIATIVE PROCESS NOT ONLY EDUCATION, BUT ALSO REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, IT GOES ON TO SAY, UH, THAT WHEN WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, A SMALL BUSINESS CENTER BY WAY OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND, UM, TO MOVE OUR HEADQUARTERS TO SOUTH DALLAS, THIS WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PLAN AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE ON THAT NOW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT GOOD NEWS WITH EVERYBODY, THAT, UH, BASED ON THE DIRECT ACTIONS, UH, THAT, THAT YOU TOOK ON THIS BOARD AND WORK WITH THE FOLKS AT THE S B C, REGINA ANTHONY JOYCE, UH, WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME REAL TANGIBLE RESULTS, UH, FROM A PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND RELOCATE TO SOUTH DALLAS AND NOW, UH, RAMP UP, UH, AND GET GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THEY HAD LAID OUT, UH, FOR THE SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE MORE STORIES TO TELL LIKE THAT HERE PRETTY SOON, BUT WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
LOOKS LIKE THAT FIRST RELEASE JUST CAME OUT TODAY.
SO MS. VIRGINIA, CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU DISTRIBUTE THAT TO EVERYBODY, UH, ON THE BOARD, SO ABSOLUTELY WILL.
UM, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, ALL BUSINESS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN? ALL RIGHT.
I'M, I'M, I'M HEARING NONE OR DID I HEAR ANYBODY? I I'M HEARING NONE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION, A ONE TURN MOTION TO ADJOURN? IS THERE A MOTION? SO A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
UH, MS. I OFFICE FIRST SECONDED BY MS. SIMS. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK VERY MUCH LEADING WITH ADJOURN 7:12 PM THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.