Making Towns &
Rightsizing Spaces
We believe in enhancing quality of life in your City by advancing its image, in order to provide an enduring inheritance to our children and grandchildren.
We hope to build communities where residents can enjoy educational and employment opportunities that utilize the technologies of the 21st century, find cultural and spiritual fulfillment, and have a diversity of options for shopping, dining, entertainment, and living.
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The 12 Steps
Become your own Neighborhood Developer
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Cultivate
Train, Coach, and Connect
“We have many, many little jewels in southern Dallas County,” said Monte Anderson, founder of Tyler Station and Grow DeSoto. “We have many special entrepreneurs who just need an entry point. They just need a lemonade stand, to stand in for a day. I was like that when I got into this business. I had to be on a stand in the street, selling real estate. I couldn’t go to school and learn it, and (to) do a business plan. I needed a place to practice.”
“A place to practice”
Another thing you notice: Quite a few of the tenants Anderson signs up are small, often minority-owned enterprises launched by people from the immediate area — and on shoestring budgets. As he describes the grassroots feel of Tyler Station, he pauses to add, “You get that this is not about real estate, right?”
“This is not about real estate”
“Although his primary focus is the prosperity and health of South Dallas, Monte Anderson’s heart beats for towns and neighborhoods across the nation that are underserved, impoverished, and forgotten, and he feels he has the solution for them.”
— Jeremiah Jenson, D Magazine