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[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Regular Meeting on June 30, 2025.]
THE TIME IS 6:04 PM WE'LL START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL.MS. KIMBERLY SIMS. PRESENT THAT MR. SHANE HALEY.
PRESENT? UH, MS. CC AND CARONE CC, DESTINY
PRESENT MS. V BROOKS? MS. BROOKS.
WISE, MR. MRNA WISE? SHANA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SHANA, MS. WISE? MR. HUGHES? TRENT HUGHES.
MR. HUGHES, WE NEED YOUR CAMERA FLIPPED ON BEFORE WE CAN COUNT YOU.
UM, MR. ENRIQUE, CARL ENRIQUEZ PRESENT MR. JACK BUNNING.
MS. WISE, CAN YOU FLIP YOUR CAMERA ON, OR EXCUSE ME, YOUR, YOUR MICROPHONE.
CAN YOU, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE, PLEASE, MS. WISE? UH, SOMEBODY, CAN YOU MESSAGE HER IN THE CHAT, PLEASE? HEY, I'M JUST CONFIRMING FOR TOMORROW, MS. TOMORROW LION KING? YES.
REAL WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, WHICH SHOULD THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, UH, IN THEIR PACKETS, UH, FROM MAY 19TH, OR THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THOSE.
IF NOT, WE'LL INTEND A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
KIMBERLY SIMS, MOVE BY MS. SIMS. THERE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I JUST HAVE IT.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MAY PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING.
WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGN UP.
I DO NOT SEE HIM ONLINE OR IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.
UH, WE JUST DOUBLE CHECK ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY IN THE LOBBY.
UH, TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE STAFF UPDATE, UH, FROM PHILOSOPHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, NOFA, UH, THE PAST CONTRACTS AND THE RECENT, UH, AWARDEES.
UH, MR. SERRA, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR AN UPDATE THERE.
SO, UM, SO, HI, THIS IS NICHOLAS, UH, STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'M HERE TO GIVE, UH, AN UPDATE ON, UH, PAST CONTRACTS SO WE CAN CLOSE THE LOOP ON SOME OF THE PAST CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, AND AN UPDATE ON RECENT AWARDEES.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE, UH, WE INHERITED A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS FROM THE SBC WHEN IT MOVED OVER TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AUGUST.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD, UH, MOMENT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE.
YEAH, SORRY, WE COULDN'T SEE YOU AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU, UM, WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU.
THE CAMERA WOULD, BUT IT DIDN'T OVER THERE, SO THANK YOU.
I DON'T, IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET WITHDRAWN,
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TO HAPPEN BEFORE.JUST BEAR WITH US, EVERYBODY, UH, DO SOME LOGISTICS, MAKING SURE NICHOLAS IS ON CAMERA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE CHAIR.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU, YOU GOT ME ACCOUNTED FOR.
OH, MR. HUGHES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, SO I'LL PICK UP REALLY QUICKLY NOW THAT I'M VISIBLE.
UH, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CONTRACTS THAT WE INHERITED, UH, WHEN, UH, THIS PROGRAM EXISTED UNDER THE SBC AND THEN UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF THE RECENT AWARDEES.
SINCE THE PROGRAM HAS MOVED TO OUR OFFICE, AS YOU'LL SEE, UM, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A NUMBER OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE DID RECEIVE UNDER THE SBC.
SO CORNERSTONE DALLAS, PRESTIGE FAMILY CARE CONNECTIONS, AND I LOOK LIKE LOVE.
ALL THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ENDED AND THERE ARE NO MORE PENDING PAYMENTS.
UM, ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES, UH, WHICH THEIR CONTRACT STARTED IN 2024.
THEY ARE JUST ABOUT COMPLETE AS WELL.
UH, FOR COMPLIANCE REASONS, WE NEEDED TO EXTEND THEIR COMPLIANCE PERIOD, WHICH WE DID THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.
AND, UM, ALL WE HAVE LEFT TO DO IS CHECK THEIR 90% REQUIREMENT, UH, OF THE FOLKS THEY SERVE, THAT THEY LIVE IN THE SERVICE AREA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON JUNE, JULY 16TH, AND WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY'LL MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
UH, THE OTHER UPDATE IS THE GEMS CAMP.
UM, THE GEMS CAMP ACTUALLY FORFEITED THEIR AWARD.
UH, THEY WERE ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT WE WERE WORKING TO BRING INTO COMPLIANCE THAT WE INHERITED FROM THE SBC.
UM, AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON POTENTIAL REVISIONS FOR THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR SCOPE OF WORK TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH, THEY DECIDED TO FORFEIT THE AWARD.
UM, THEY ARE A VERY, VERY SMALL STAFF, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THE REPORTING AND TO, UH, SUBMIT THE DRAW REQUESTS.
AND SO THEY DECIDED TO LET THE CONTRACT JUST RUN OUT.
AND SO THAT CONTRACT HAS ENDED.
THE LAST THREE FOR THEM, BCL OF TEXAS AND DALLAS PRESTIGE WERE THE, UH, WERE THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN THE FALL, AND THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE CURRENT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, OF SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I CAN KEEP MOVING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THAT, ON THE, UH, PAST CONTRACT AWARDEES? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, MR. DAWKINS, ON THIS JIM'S CAMP, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO REOPEN IT OR ARE WE DONE IF THEY FOUND A PERSON TO DO THE WORK FOR THEM? AND HEATHER MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO ANSWER THAT ONE? YEAH, THEY, UM, THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE AS OF MAY 15TH, SO THEY, IT WILL BE DONE.
THERE'S NOT, THEY DIDN'T, THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN CORRECTION OR WORKING WITH US LIKE WE TRIED.
UM, AND IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR THEM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID IS THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THE MONTHLY REPORTING, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT IN THIS ROUND OF NOFA, WE DID A, WE SWITCHED TO A QUARTERLY REPORTING TO TRY TO MAKE IT LESS BURDENSOME ON ENTITIES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT THEY'RE WELCOME TO REAPPLY IN A FUTURE YEAR, BUT THERE WASN'T AN ABILITY TO CURE THEIR PREVIOUS AWARD.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. KINS? OKAY.
UH, MS. WISE, I SEE YOUR HAND.
SO WHAT WAS THE, UM, WHAT WAS THE, MS. WISE? THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HAD, UH, YOU HAD TWO MICS ACTIVE OR SOMETHING, UH, PERHAPS.
WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME FEEDBACK.
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DEVICE THAT YOU'RE USING, USING, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE LOGGED IN, UM, TWICE, MAYBE FROM YOUR PHONE AND ALSO FROM YOUR COMPUTER.AND THAT MAY BE WHAT'S CAUSING THE FEEDBACK OR YOU LOGGED INTO YOUR PHONE BY CHANCE? NO.
HOW ABOUT NOW? PERHAPS MS. WISE CAN PUT HER, UH, QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
MS. WISE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO UNMUTE YOU, UNMUTE YOUR OTHER LOGIN TO SEE IF THAT WORKS, AND SEE IF YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THAT ONE.
UH, SO BEAR WITH US FOR JUST ONE MOMENT, AND IF NOT, UH, FEEL FREE TO TYPE YOUR QUESTION IN THE CHAT AND WE'LL GET IT, WE'LL GET THAT ANSWERED.
UM, TRY, TRY NOW, MS. WISE, TRY TO UNMUTE AND ASK YOUR QUESTION.
GO AHEAD AND TYPE YOUR, UH, QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET, YOU, GET YOU ANSWERED.
UM, MS. WISE HAS LISTED TWICE AS A PANELIST AND ALSO UNDER THE ATTENDEE SECTION.
SO PERHAPS IT'S THE ATTENDEE SECTION FINDING IN THAT'S GIVING HER SOME ISSUES.
UH, LET'S GET HEATHER TO TRY TO EXPEL ONE OF THOSE, THOSE, AND SEE IF THAT'S THE ISSUE, MS. WISE.
I HAD ALREADY PUT MY QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
I'M SORRY FOR ALL THE DIFFICULTIES, BUT, UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WITH THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THEM FORFEITING THAT GRANT THE MONEY GO BACK.
WHAT, WHERE, WELL, ACTUALLY, WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? SO THAT MONEY IS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR, 2024.
UM, THAT COULD BE, IT CAN BE RE AWARDED, BUT EVERY YEAR THERE'S THE $200,000 LIMIT, SO IT DOESN'T INCREASE THAT CAP.
UM, SO IT'S BACK IN THE OPPORTUNITY FUND.
IT'S IN THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S AVAILABLE FUNDING, UM, BUT IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO BE REPROGRAMMED.
IT CAN'T BE, UM, DESIGNATED FOR SOMEONE ELSE, FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
BECAUSE IT WAS FROM A PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MS. WISE? YES, SIR.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? SURE.
OKAY, THAT WAS, UH, SHERRY'S QUESTION.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE UPDATE ON THE RECENT AWARDEES? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE, NICHOLAS.
UM, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON RECENT AWARDEES, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO REALLY QUICKLY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FOLKS THAT, UH, WERE AWARDED BY THIS BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING IN MAY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE, UH, OFFERED, UH, AWARDS TO THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE TOGETHER.
WE THRIVE AND ICDC, UH, THEY ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO BEING UNDER CONTRACT, UH,
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SPECIFICALLY WITH AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB.WE'VE REACHED THE POINT OF ACTUALLY GENERATING THE CONTRACT, WHICH IT PROBABLY TAKES THE MOST TIME IN THIS PROCESS, WHERE I WORK WITH THE GRANTEES ON ESSENTIALLY CUSTOMIZING A CONTRACT BASED ON THEIR PROGRAM.
AND SO EVERYONE IS SUPER EXCITED, UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, WE DECIDED TWO SPLIT THE REMAINING $17,200 BETWEEN ABIDE AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS, UH, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER TODAY.
ABIDE DID RESPECTFULLY DECLINE THE $8,600 GRANT.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING NEXT, UH, GRANT CYCLE FOR FULL FUNDING.
AND SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO INSTEAD IS WE ASK THE DALLAS FREE PRESS TO PUT TOGETHER A REVISED BUDGET AND SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE FULL $17,200, UH, WHICH IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT AND VOTE ON TODAY.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT UNDER, UH, THEY'RE NOT IN THE PROCESS YET OF BEING UNDER CONTRACT, BUT ONCE, UH, THIS MEETING IS OVER TODAY, WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS, UM, WITH THE DALLAS FREE PRESS, IF YOU GUYS DO DECIDE TO AWARD THAT.
AND THAT'S MY UPDATE ON RECENT AWARDEES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THAT? HEARING NONE AND C NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PART B OF THAT ITEM, WHICH IS THE DRAFT CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THIS ISN'T A VOTING ITEM, UH, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A LIST OF DATES, UH, ATTENTIVE DATES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND, UH, COMING UP NEXT YEAR.
UH, NOT ONLY FOR, UH, THE NOFA INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS, BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSIONS, AS WELL AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE DATES AND THE OPPORTUNITY FUND DATES.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THERE THAT'S MISSING, THAT SHOULD BE, UH, ADDED, THAT'S, THAT'S OBVIOUS, UH, PLEASE SPEAK UP AND MAKE A NOTE OF THAT NOTE.
OTHERWISE, THESE DATES CAN BE, UH, CHANGED, THE AMENDED.
ONE QUICK THING I WANNA POINT OUT, UH, NICHOLAS IS, UH, FOR THE BOARD MEETING DATES THIS YEAR, UM, I SEE SEPTEMBER DATE IS MISSING, UH, SEPTEMBER'S BOARD MEETING.
SO WE CAN ADD THAT BACK IN, UH, UH, SAID WHATEVER THAT LAST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER IS FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING DATES.
IT JUST, IT SKIPS TO, UH, OCTOBER UNDER THE, UH, REGULAR BOARD MEETING DATES, UNLESS I'M LOOKING AT, UH, UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING HERE, IF I'M, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS ACCURATELY, IT'S AT THE BOTTOM SEPTEMBER 28TH.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S 2026, I BELIEVE THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN OCTOBER, CORRECT? YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIED THAT WE, I, I KIND OF ORGANIZED THEM BY THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR FY 26.
SO IT'S BEGINNING IN OCTOBER AND IT HEADS THROUGH, SO SEPTEMBER IS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER DATES, UH, AT FIRST GLANCE FROM ANY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS? UH, AND, AND NICHOLAS, IF YOU GUYS WOULD GO THROUGH AND, AND JUST PROVIDE SOME COLOR ON THE DATES YEAH, OF COURSE, THAT YOU'VE, UH, EARMARKED FOR THE NOFA AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, UPDATES.
UH, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO PUT TOGETHER AN FY 26 CALENDAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE HAVE INHERITED THE PROGRAM, WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE TO DO SOME, UH, SOME PLANNING.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS WE WANTED TO LOOK FOR, ESPECIALLY AS THE SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, ARE DOING THEIR WORK AND IDEAS ARE BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF THOSE, WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY DURING THE YEAR WE HAD CAPACITY TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THESE REALLY CREATIVE IDEAS.
UH, AND SO THAT STARTS WITH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LISTING OUT ALL THE DATES.
AND SO AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS LISTED HERE, THE BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS LISTED, AS WELL AS THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID, THE LAST MONDAY IS A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
THE THIRD MONDAY IS THE BUSINESS STRATEGY, AND THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH IS A MARKETING.
IF THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAYS ON THOSE DAYS, I JUST MOVED IT BACK BY ONE WEEK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UH, IF YOU SEE ANY ISSUES IN THOSE DATES OR IF I MISS SOMETHING, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW AS WE'RE KIND OF TINKERING WITH THE CALENDAR TO FINALIZE IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE FINAL COLUMN IS, ARE THE LIST OF THE PROGRAMMATIC DATES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK, UH, FROM APPLICANTS THAT THEY DID WANT MORE TIME IN THE FUTURE TO WORK ON THEIR APPLICATIONS.
AND SO AS YOU'LL SEE, WE EXTENDED THE NOFA PERIOD BY A COUPLE MORE WEEKS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING CLOSER TO SEVEN TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR THAT NOFA PERIOD.
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THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PLAN OUT THE, UM, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OR THE NOFA INFO SESSIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, THREE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HOST AND PARTNER WITH.AND SO THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF THE FIRST VIEW, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE THIS BECAUSE I NEEDED TO FIND OUT WHERE EXACTLY, UM, I, 'CAUSE I HAD CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF THIS WORK.
AND SO I ALSO PROVIDED, UH, A MONTH TO MONTH, UH, VIEW, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS GIVES US A SENSE OF WHAT THE WORKFLOW WILL BE MONTH TO MONTH, WHICH IS ALSO VERY HELPFUL.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, ANYWHERE AROUND THE NOFA IS A PRETTY PACKED MONTH.
UH, BUT THERE IS SOME CAPACITY IN THERE.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE WEEKS IN THERE WHERE WE HAVE SOME AVAILABILITY TO TAKE ON ANY POTENTIAL EVENTS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO GO AND TABLE OR TO COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS OR PARTNERS ON, ON ANY OTHER KIND OF INFO SESSION.
UM, AND SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A MONTH TO MONTH VIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DATES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF HONE IN ON JUST KIND OF THE PROGRAMMATIC DATE.
AND THIS, AGAIN, GIVES YOU THE SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, UH, TO, TO RELATIVE TO THE FUND AND TO TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO PROMOTE.
UH, AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE NOFA OPENING POTENTIALLY ON OCTOBER 14TH, CLOSING ON DECEMBER 5TH AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, GIVE FOLKS LOTS OF TIME.
WE KNOW THAT CAN BE A REALLY HECTIC PERIOD.
AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, INFO SESSIONS FOR THE NOFA THAT WE POTENTIALLY DO AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, DESTINY HAD ONCE MENTIONED, UH, KIND OF ADDING A NETWORKING COMPONENT.
NOW WE CAN DO THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME DATES.
YOU KNOW, CC HAS THIS REALLY GREAT CONNECTION AT COMERICA, AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE OF THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSIONS WE CAN LOOK TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT PHASE.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE DATES FINALIZED, AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY MORE FEEDBACK, WE CAN BEGIN KIND OF THE NEXT PROCESS OF INTEGRATING SOME OF THOSE IDEAS.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL THE DATES, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, UH, FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND, UH, WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH FROM THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, SHE ENRIQUE.
AND THANK YOU, NICHOLAS, FOR THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN.
QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE DATES FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
YOUR, I BELIEVE YOUR CALENDAR REFLECTS THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
YOU HAVE, I BELIEVE IT REFLECTS IN REVERSE.
SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE CONFLICTS ON MONDAYS.
THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF HOLIDAYS ARE.
SO IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT ON A MONDAY, I ESSENTIALLY STARTED WITH THE FOURTH WEEK WITH THE BOARD MEETING, AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT I BOOKED THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE WEEK BEFORE THAT WAS MARKETING.
IF THERE WERE HOLIDAYS, YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE DATES ARE EARLIER.
AND SO THERE ARE DATES UP HERE, LIKE I DIDN'T NOTICE, I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE, IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE ON MAY 4TH, THAT MAY BE REALLY, REALLY EARLY.
IN WHICH CASE WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU THINK IT'S VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT MEETING THAT MONTH.
IT MAY NOT BE THAT IT'S VALUABLE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE THINKING THROUGH THE SCHEDULE, YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME AND I COULD ALWAYS TAKE THAT OFF OR WE CAN FIND ANOTHER DAY.
AND A SECOND QUESTION I HAD, UM, AS WE GO INTO FISCAL YEAR 26, UM, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY SPEAKING, MOST OF OUR O SESSIONS FOR THE NOFA HAVE BEEN AT, IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS PROBABLY LIKE Q2, Q3 OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR, YOU'RE PROPOSING MOVING THOSE INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR THEN.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR, OR FEEDBACK? IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A COPY OF THIS VIEW OF THE DATES? UH, I SEE THE LIST THAT WE HAVE, BUT THIS IS ALSO A BIT HELPFUL.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE WAS THE MOST HELPFUL, SO I INCLUDED THE LIST VERSION, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SEND THIS VERSION OUT AS WELL.
MR. KUUMBA, ARE YOU, UH, REFERRING TO WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW? YES, SIR.
SO THAT'S IN THE, UH, THE, THE BOARD PACKET PRESENTATION.
SO FOR EVERYBODY, JUST QUICK REFERENCE, UM, THIS CALENDAR, THESE SLIDES ARE, ARE IN THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, FOR YOUR PACKET.
JUST FOR QUICK REFERENCE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, REGARDING THE UPCOMING CALENDAR? I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, UH, NICHOLAS, JUST ONE QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION ITEM HERE.
UH, SO FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DATES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED HERE, THE INTENTION THERE IS TO, FOR US TO PARTNER UP WITH LIKE A COMERICA AND, AND, AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW FOR SURE
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WHO ARE, WHO WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER UP WITH? AND IS THERE ANY, UH, FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COME TO THE BOARD TO, TO SLIDE ADDITIONAL DATA IN, TO PARTNER UP WITH SOMEBODY, UH, IN THAT REGARD? HOW ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK ABSOLUTELY.I THINK WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE MOST, OH, THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP MOST SOON OR THE SOONEST.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL WORK THROUGH DIFFERENT POTENTIAL PARTNERS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE NOFA GOT COVERED IN THE MEDIA WAS BECAUSE IT HAD A TIME SENSITIVE ELEMENT TO IT.
AND SO THAT KIND OF MADE IT NEWSWORTHY.
WHAT'S MORE DIFFICULT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IT, IS IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
AND SO THE BEST WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE WORD OUT IS PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ALREADY HAVE FOLKS THAT THEY CAN TAP INTO WHO COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO USE THAT TIME NOW TO LOOK AT INTEGRATING SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS, UH, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START TO TALK THAT THROUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? MR. CHAIR? UH, CHAIRWOMAN CHAIRWOMAN SIMS IS, IS YOUR HAND UP? YES, I, YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I, I HEARD NICOLA NICHOLAS SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAS A MORE TIME SINCE STEP ELEMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO GET COVERAGE, BUT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS OPEN, IT'S NOT AS NEWSWORTHY, BUT I THINK IF WE WERE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FUNDS TO, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY PITCH THAT STORY, ESPECIALLY TO THE, TO THE NEWS PERSON OR TO THE REPORTER WHO SPECIFICALLY, UM, COVERS SOUTH DALLAS.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY IN OUR NEXT, UH, BUSINESS STRATEGY MEETING TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOW WE COULD WORK THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. UH, FANTASTIC IDEA.
AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO SOME OF THE PAST RECIPIENTS PASSED AWARDEES FOR, FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN JUST RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT, UH, THE NFA IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATES? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF, UH, THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR DALLAS FREE PRESS, UH, UNDER THE REVISED, UH, SCOPE.
UH, SO NICHOLAS, I'LL PASS IT TO YOU.
UH, AS I JUST EXPLAINED A BIT AGO, UH, THE DALLAS FREE PRESS, A SENSE OF ABIDE DECLINED, UH, THE AWARD OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE DIS WE ASKED THE DALLAS FREE PRESS TO PUT TOGETHER A SCOPE AND A BUDGET THAT WOULD FILL THE REMAINING FUNDS, WHICH IS $17,000 AND $200.
AND SO THEY SENT ME THE PROPOSAL THAT'S IN YOUR PACKETS, UM, WHICH IS A VERSION OF WHAT YOU SAW AT THE MAY 19TH MEETING.
UM, AND SO I CAN READ THAT TO YOU NOW.
THE DALLAS FREE PRESS WILL PARTNER WITH DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP TO LAUNCH A STUDENT PODCAST STUDIO AND YEAR ROUND AUDIO AND VISUAL STORYTELLING PROGRAM.
THE INITIATIVE BUILDS DIRECTLY ON OUR ONGOING JOURNALISM PATHWAY WORK AND STUDENTS AT THE GREAT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE'VE TAUGHT MEDIA LITERACY AND STORYTELLING AND HELP LAUNCH AND LEAD AN IN-SCHOOL PO PODCAST CLUB.
WHAT WE EXPECT TO BEGIN RECRUITMENT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THAT EXISTING STUDENT NETWORK.
THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SERVE YOUTH FROM SOUTH, UH, ACROSS SOUTH DALLAS, PROVIDING OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL TOOLS AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THEY USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONE IN ON THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION PIECE OF THEIR PROGRAM AND TO DEVELOP THAT OUT WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR, OR FEEDBACK ON THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE DALLAS FREE PRESS? CHAIRWOMAN SIMS? YES.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR.
UM, IT'S AN WHAT THEY ARE STUDENTS FROM JAMES MADISON.
IT, IT'S AN EXPANSION OF THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM.
SO THEY CURRENTLY O OFFER OR OPERATE A PODCAST CLUB, BUT THIS WOULD BE TURNING IT INTO MORE OF AN AUDIO VISUAL STORYTELLING PROGRAM THAT OPERATES YEAR ROUND.
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OPERATE AT JAMES MADISON? UH, YES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP.SO I THINK THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP IS PROVIDING, UH, A SPACE FOR IT.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF, I THINK THE PODCASTING HAPPENS.
IS THERE A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT OR IS THE PRESTIGE GROUP CLOSE TO JAMES MADISON? THERE IS A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT.
UM, IF STUDENTS NEED, UH, TRANSPORTATION, THEY HAVE WORK TRANSPORTATION STIPENDS INTO THE BUDGET, UM, THERE'S A LINE ITEM FOR IT ON THE SECOND PAGE.
THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, UM, BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS, UM, YOUR PREVIOUS REPORT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE, AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M GETTING MY WIRES CROSSED HERE.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN ONGOING, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP.
DOES THAT CAUSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UM, WITH WHAT DALLAS FREE PRESS IS DOING IN AWARDING THEM, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SAME PROGRAM? THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT.
I DID NOTE THAT AND I WENT THROUGH AND, AND THE, THE GRANTS ARE BEING USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, AND SO THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE DALLAS FREE PRESS IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE GRANT THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM US LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? UH, MR. DAWKINS, THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, ARE THEY FROM OUR CENSUS TRACKS OR DOES IT NOT MATTER? YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY ARE FROM THE SOUTH DALLAS SERVICE AREA.
THAT'S THE, UH, SO THEY ARE TRYING TO THINK THEY'RE IN THE REQUIREMENT? YEAH, THEY WILL HAVE TO, I THINK, UH, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE 90% REQUIREMENT AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE RECRUITING FROM WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPORT OUT ON THAT.
UM, WHEN YOU GUYS DID YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DILIGENCE CHECKS, CORRECT? YEAH, EXACTLY.
UH, MR. S YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, AS FAR AS THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS GOES, HAS THE CITY ALREADY VETTED ALL THE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING AND IT STILL ALIGNS WITH THE PROGRAM, OR DOES THAT COME NEXT? COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE CITY VETTED CHANGES? LIKE IT'S STILL THE, ALL THEIR NEW CHANGES, SO THERE'S STILL ALIGNS WITH LIKE THE RULES AND EVERYTHING.
THEY STILL ADHERE TO THE PROGRAM STATEMENT AND FALL WITHIN THE GOALS OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
AND JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, NICHOLAS, UM, THE, THE WAY WE CAME TO DALLAS FREE PRESS, BECAUSE THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND RUNNER UP, IF YOU WILL, OUTSIDE OF THE, THE TWO THAT WERE CHOSEN JUST FOR CLARITY, CORRECT? YES, YES, CORRECT.
WE HAD DECIDED TO AWARD THE REMAINING FUNDS TO DALLAS FREE PRESS AND ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
AND BECAUSE THEY DECLINED, UH, WE THOUGHT THE RIGHT NEXT STEP WAS TO OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE ENTIRE 17 200 SINCE THEY'D ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THE DALLAS FREE PRESS? IF NOT, I'M HEARING NONE.
UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE DALLAS FREE PRESS FOR $17,200.
MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MOTION BY, UH, CHAIR ENRIQUE.
MR. DAWKINS? UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? UH, AYE.
UH, DALLAS FREE PRESS IS APPROVED FOR 17,002, UH, $200.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS OUR SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE, UH, BUSINESS STRATEGIC BUSINESS STRATEGY AND, AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE BY CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. SO MS. SIMS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
OUR COMMITTEE MET, I BELIEVE IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, TO DISCUSS THE ONE SHEETER THAT, UM, THAT CC PUT TOGETHER, BUT TO ALSO, UM, REALLY KIND HONE WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, COULD BE DOING AND, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THE TYPE OF HELP THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS.
AND SO AFTER TALKING WITH STAFF AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE INITIATIVES, UM, THEY ARE ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, WE ARE LOOKING
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TO KIND OF GET INTO A ROOM AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK SHOPPING ABOUT RESOURCES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THESE FOLKS, UM, HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET READY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY.BUT, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO SET A DATE ON THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE HOUR THAT WE NORMALLY BUDGET TO SIT DOWN, UM, AND REALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE IDEAS AND THE CONTACTS THAT WE HAVE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT STAFF IN MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, IN THEIR WORK AND COLLABORATION WITH CITY STAFF? OKAY.
I'M HEARING NONE, UH, STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO ADD? UH, OR I KNOW THE, UH, COME COMERICA MEETING FOR JUNE 16TH WAS, WAS MENTIONED A BIT EARLIER.
UH, AND THE INTENT OF THAT WAS THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE UPCOMING SEPTEMBER, UH, INFO SESSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT.
YEAH, THAT WAS, UM, CE I DON'T THINK IS ON TODAY.
UH, BUT YEAH, THAT WAS HER CONTACT AND, UH, WE WERE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE, UH, THE CITY AS STAFF, WE ALSO HAD A CONNECTION TO COMERICA, WHICH WE, UH, HAD FOR SOME TIME.
AND SO WE WERE JUST THINKING THROUGH HOW WE WOULD KIND OF LEVERAGE HER CON HER NEW CONTACT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, FOR CHAIRWOMAN SIMS ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT FOR, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
UH, SO I'M GONNA BE REPORTING OUT ON THE, UM, THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER, UH, REDBIRD AMPLIFY EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNETEENTH JUNE 19TH.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA THANK, UH, MR. CHAIR AS WELL AS MS. B BROOKS FOR ATTENDING AS WELL.
UM, IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT, UM, GREAT EVENT WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT SPONSORS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH VARYING DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL SIZES, UM, LOTS OF VENDORS, UM, AND JUST LOTS OF CONVERSATION ONGOING, WHETHER IT WAS IN STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING OR BREAKOUT EVENTS ABOUT ACCESS TO CAPITAL.
UM, THE, THE BIG THEME OF THE ENTIRE EVENT WAS ACCESS TO CAPITAL.
UM, SO IN, INSTEAD OF HAVING A TABLE, A DEDICATED TABLE, WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
WE WERE INVITED TO ATTEND, UM, A, UH, KINDA LIKE A, A SPONSORED GATHERING THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING STARTED, WHICH GAVE US ACCESS TO, TO CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM D VARYING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH TALKING WITH STAFF IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMPONENTS, UM, FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING EVENT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR A POINT PERSON AT, AT EACH OF THESE INSTITUTIONS SO THAT WAY WE COULD, YOU KNOW, START WORKING ON BRIDGING, BRIDGING CONNECTION BETWEEN STAFF AND, AND THOSE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO, UM, TO INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, WORK WITH THE, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, VENTURE CLUB, UM, JUST ON OUR PROGRAM.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, HANDED THEM SOME FLYERS JUST SO THAT WAY THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE PROGRAMMING IS AND WHAT KIND OF FUNDING WE OFFER BECAUSE THEY SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT, UM, SOLOPRENEUR, ENTREPRENEUR, SMALL BUSINESS SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFORDING THEM RESOURCES LIKE THEIR ACCESS TO THEIR, UM, THEIR COWORKING SPACE AT THE BILL JAY PRIEST BUILDING.
SO GREAT EVENT O OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THE ACTUAL STRUCTURED PROGRAM PROGRAMMING WAS HOSTED BY THE, UH, THE MAYOR OF SOTO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THERE WAS A PANEL THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON JUST TALKING ABOUT ACCESS TO CAPITAL, A COUPLE SUCCESS STORIES IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY SOME, UH, RECOGNITION, SOME AWARDS BEING AWARDED TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEC.
UM, SO ALL IN ALL, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
LOTS OF DIFFERENT VENDORS THERE, YOU KNOW, BURYING DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT WAS FOOD RELATED, SERVICE RELATED, UM, AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CONNECT AND TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO CAPITAL IN THE, THE SOUTHERN, UH, SOUTHERN REGION OF DALLAS COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT OUT, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, FOR CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ ON THE DEC AMPLIFY EVENT,
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UH, AT REDBIRD MALL? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY ON THE, THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, UH, YOU KNOW, MS. KUUMBA, MR. DAWKINS.
UM, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ REPORT.
UH, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE, ONE QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS CHAIRMAN, WHO WAS THE ONE IN THE ROOMS
SO, UH, I WANT TO THANK HIM, UH, FOR THOSE EFFORTS AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT HE MENTIONED, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT WE LEARNED, WHAT WE LEARNED WAS, IS WHAT WE KIND OF KNOW IS THAT THE NEW, THE NEED IS REAL OUT THERE, UH, IN TERMS OF CAPITAL AND THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND LACK THEREOF.
UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, IT'S A GREAT EVENT.
UH, THE, THE TURNOUT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT VERY WELL DONE, UH, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
UH, AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, UH, UH, WHAT PART WE CAN POTENTIALLY PLAY IN, IN HELPING DRIVING SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES FORWARD SO THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE SUCCESS STORIES.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA THANK, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ AND, AND THAT SUBCOMMITTEE FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? IF NOT, I'M HEARING NONE.
THAT'S THE LAST THING ON, ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UM, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
CLOSURE TO ADJOURN MOTION BY CHAIR, ENRIQUE.
ANY OPPOSED? THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
THE TIME IS 6:45 PM WE WILL SEE THERE'S NO MEETING IN, UH, JULY.
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN AUGUST, LAST, UH, MONDAY IN AUGUST.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER EVERYBODY.