“Growing
our own”
In August 2007, MTI received a $50,000 grant
from the Texas
Workforce Commission (TWC) and
subsequently a $2,000 grant from each of the
5 participating cities, Abilene, Corpus Christi,
El Paso, Lubbock and Tyler to carry out the
Texas Entrepreneurship
Initiative. The TEI is designed
to systemically promote entrepreneurship in
those cities.
Economic Development has traditionally focused
on business attraction and business retention/expansion.
In the last decade a focus has emerged on strategies
to promote entrepreneurship known as “Economic
Gardening” i.e. "Growing your own"
business.
Momentum Texas,
Inc. is a statewide non-profit
based in Dallas, Texas with a mission of “Building
Communities and Growing Entrepreneurs” that
began operations in November 2005. MTI’s President,
Jim Reid, is a former Dallas Assistant City
Manager who subsequently managed small business
loan programs, and business services for the
Southern Dallas Development Corporation, and
Texas Mezzanine Fund (TMF) from 1989 to 2005.
We encourage you to download the 2008 report
and learn more about this dynamic study and
what it means to the Texas business community.
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CONTACT US
Call or e-mail our CEO to discuss your business
or organizational need.
Call: (214) 421-3771
E-mail: JReid@momentumtexas.org
