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The Texas Asset Building Coalition
(TABC) is sponsoring a series of six free regional meetings
around the state in 2006 to engage local stakeholders
to focus on asset building at the local and state level.
Through these regional meetings and an initial asset
building summit held in Austin in November, TABC plans
to develop an action agenda. Asset building provides
individuals and families with an investment vehicle,
protection, and hope for a better future. These regional
meetings are part of TABC’s campaign RAISE Texas
(Resources, Assets, Investments, Savings, & Education).
Regional meeting schedule
- Beaumont - January 18, 2 p.m.–
4 p.m., at Entergy Texas, 350 Pine St., Beaumont.
Local registration information Mary Young, myoung2@entergy.com
or (409) 981-2656. (The Beaumont meeting will focus
on IDAs for the region and the follow-up asset building
regional meeting will be held in spring, 2006).
- Houston - February 8, 10 a.m.–
2 p.m., at United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, 50
Waugh Drive, Houston. Local registration information
Lauren Gates, lauren@covenantcapital.org
or (713) 223-1864 ext.15.
- Dallas - February 15, 10 a.m.–
2 p.m., at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2200 N.
Pearl St., Dallas (Directions).
Local registration information Soraya Andersen, soraya.anderson@dal.frb.org
or (214) 922-5377.
- San Antonio - February 28, 10 a.m.–
2 p.m., at Goodwill Industries of San Antonio, 406
W. Commerce St., San Antonio. Local registration information
Rebecca Brune, RBrune@unitedwaysatx.org
or (210) 352-7095.
- McAllen - March 30, 10 a.m.–
1:30 p.m., at Palm View Community Center, 3401 Jordan
Rd., McAllen. Local registration information Eunice
Gonzalez, egonzalez@mcallenaffordablehomes.com
or (956) 687-6263 ext. 121.
- El Paso - April 25, 10 a.m.–
1:30 p.m., at El Paso Collaborative, 1359 Lomaland
Dr., El Paso. Local registration information Christina
Barraza, christina@epcollab.org
or (915) 629-6730.
Local planning committees have
been created in each location to help plan the meetings.
Committee members include United Ways of Houston and
San Antonio, YWCA of Dallas, Goodwill Industries of
San Antonio, Covenant Community Capital Corporation,
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, FDIC, Texas Credit Union
Foundation, Entergy Texas, City of San Antonio, Christus
Health, Alianza Financiera Hispana, Center for Public
Policy Priorities, Texas Saves, IRS, Texas C-BAR, Wells
Fargo Bank, Bank of America, El Paso Collaborative,
McAllen Affordable Homes, Houston Asset Building Coalition,
Multicultural CDC, Southeast Texas CDC and Texas Asset
Building Coalition.
For detailed information on the
regional meetings contact Woody Widrow at widrro@consumer.org
or 512-477-4431 x129. For more information on the TAB,
go to www.covenantcapital.org
and click on Texas Asset Building Coalition.
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