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SourceLinkDallas:Linking Entrepreneurs to AnswersEconomic Development CommitteeSeptember 17, 20121
Purpose SourceLinkDallas implementation update Outline proposed governance, fundingstrategy and performance measurementsystem Explain SourceLinkDallas role inGrowSouth Recommend EDC approval for Councilconsideration on September 26th to:– File organizational documents– Seek 501c3 status– Create fiscal sponsorship with CommunitiesFoundation of Texas (CFT)– Encumber funding to support previouslyapproved SourceLinkDallas program2
SourceLinkDallas implementation What is SourceLink? Award winning process and software developedwith funding from Kauffman Foundation in 2003 Two aspects to the program– Online – One-stop shop to improve entrepreneur’saccess to service organizations: service matching tool,training and event calendar, business start up guides andchecklists– Offline – Hotline staffed by economic developmentprofessionals to help entrepreneurs with custom needsand direct them to Dallas programs that supportentrepreneurs3
4SourceLink processServicedeliveryResource ,government organizations,universitiesBusinesses:Prospective entrepreneurs,startup businesses,growth phase businessesSourceLinkDallasImpactreporting &gap analysisStrategy &fundingServicefollow-up,measurementFunding Partners:Government organizationsfoundations, corporations
SourceLink networkingPartners still have their focused,core missions, but SourceLinkDallasprovides coordination and acommon focus on communitywideimprovement of rs5
March 28, 2012 Council action Appropriated 750K appropriation for the SourceLink fund from Public Private Partnership funds Directed the Controller to encumber and disburse 115K for interlocal agreement to supportprogram Directed the City Manager to– Execute a 3 year interlocal agreement with the Universityof Missouri Kansas City for software and technicalsupport– Develop a plan and documents to create a nonprofit– Identify and secure contributions from outside groups– Create a system of performance measurement6
Status update 7Formed advisory teamRecruited resource partnersHeld partner network kickoff meetingInitiated asset mapping project to identify keyentrepreneurship organizations and networks inDallas “Soft-launch” of www.SourceLinkDallas.org
Advisory team To provide technical guidance to City staff on:mission, performance measurement, fundingstrategy, nonprofit governance and to facilitateconnections and partner recruitment Entrepreneurs and representatives from keyinstitutions:– U.S. Small Business Administration– North Texas Small Business Development CenterNetwork– Startup Texas– United Way of Metropolitan Dallas– Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas– Citi– Executives in Action– Boone Family Foundation8
9Partner recruitment City staff met with approximately 70organizations 50 partners officially recruited* Focused on key early stage services:– Business counseling– Training and technical assistance– Networking With soft launch shifting to key remainingservice lent / workforce*Listed in Appendix A
Partner network kickoff meeting First network partner meeting August 6th at Bill J. Priest Campus of ElCentro College Fifty attendees from partner agenciesand U.S. SourceLink10
Kickoff meeting, August 6th11
Strategic asset map meeting August 29th, SourceLinkDallas convened adozen of the largest institutions andnetwork groups in the area to begin aninventory of programs, data and otherassets in Dallas that support entrepreneurs The group agreed to develop a citywideentrepreneurial ecosystem asset map12
Asset map meeting, August 29th13
SourceLinkDallas.com Soft launch August 15th Testing complete Staff are referring clients to websitebut not actively marketing yet14
Program Governance: NewSourceLinkDallas Entity15 Dallas Entrepreneur Network (DEN) Seven to fifteen member board*– Appointed by City Manager– Approved by Council– Provides basic oversight, policy and technicalguidance Council approves board members andbylaw changes while City is the primary*Board candidatesfunderand bios in Appendix B City staff will operate SourceLinkDallasprograms and support the nonprofit board
Why create a nonprofit? To facilitate fundraising (501c3 status) To brand the program as a neutral party inthe community To create an entity that represents allgroups supporting entrepreneurship andsmall businesses To encourage more participation by certainisolated groups than is possible in agovernment run initiative Fiscal sponsorship is needed to beginimmediate fundraising16
What is a fiscal sponsorship? A way to accelerate fundraising forSourceLinkDallas An IRS 501c3 corporation can moreeasily raise funds for entrepreneurshipactivities, but designations are taking18 to 24 months New nonprofit awaiting designationoperates under the 501c3 status of aan existing nonprofit and uses itsdonation process17
Fiscal sponsorship framework Fiscal sponsor maintains a separate,dedicated fund to receive donationson behalf of the nonprofit Fiscal sponsor grants payments fromthe fund to cover approved uses Fiscal sponsor assesses administrativefee on donations received to supportSourceLinkDallas18
Communities Foundation ofTexas (CFT) CFT is a logical fiscal sponsor forSourceLinkDallas Track record of City partnerships:GrowSouth fund, Latino Cultural Center,Dallas Police Department Collaborative opportunities– Entrepreneurs for North Texas– Focus on working poor families and assetpoverty Donor Bridge, Giving Day and otherdedicated platforms to channel funders toSourceLinkDallas19
Fiscal sponsorship process Contract is between DEN and CFT Application process and sponsorshipagreement identifies approved uses of thefund Dedicated SourceLinkDallas fund created atCFT City disburses 125,000 to CFT to openthe fund to support SourceLinkDallas Once IRS issues 501c3 status for DEN,close fiscal sponsor fund and disburse toDEN or convert it to DEN designated fund20
SourceLinkDallas fundingopportunities Earned revenue from sponsorshipsand social enterprise opportunities(value-added services for partners orothers) Philanthropic contributions Bank Community Reinvestment Act Founding sponsor identified withannouncement pending formation ofDEN / fiscal sponsorship –announcement at October 2nd launch21
Performance measurementsystem Critical for funding partnerships andoperational guidance SourceLinkDallas advisory teamrecommended multi-year strategy:– Establish baseline data– Focus on qualitative satisfactionindicators in year one– Build collaborative tracking and reportingprocess to demonstrate collective impactof the network**Indicators in Appendix C22
Integral component of GrowSouth SourceLinkDallas has been identifiedas a GrowSouth initiative from thebeginning Sustainable southern Dallasredevelopment must include morebusiness formation and faster growthin each community Year one’s proactive marketing willfocus on southern Dallas23
Roll out strategy Launch October 2nd Eastfield Campusin Pleasant Grove Community engagement teams– City departments– Neighborhood partners– Other key community connectors All GrowSouth focus areas engagedwithin ten months– Partner and neighborhood events– Awareness campaign with for profitservice providers24
Next steps Recommend for full Council considerationon September 26th– Authorization for:(1) Creation of non profit corporation, namedDallas Entrepreneur Network (DEN)(2) Approval of DEN’s bylaws and filing ofcertificate of formation with Texas Secretary ofState(3) Controller to reimburse Office of EconomicDevelopment up to 635,000 related to SourceLink operations; accept and deposit fundsreceived from outside sources; and additionaltransfers/reimbursements for cost related toSource Link program25
AppendicesA. Official SourceLinkDallas partnersB. Dallas Entrepreneur Network boardcandidatesC. Proposed performance measuresD. SourceLinkDallas mission and visionstatementsE. Source Link programs nationallyF. Proposed disposition of City Source Linkappropriation26
Appendix A: SourceLinkDallas Partners(as of September 12th)Best Southwest SBDC· Brookhaven College · BAC 1 · BAC2 · BAC 3 · BAC 4 · BAC 5 · BAC 6 · BAC 8 · CaruthInstitute SMU · BDPS - CoD · Cedar Valley College · CollinSBDC · Cynthia Nevels.com · DFW Minority Supplier Dev.Council · Dallas Public Library · Dallas SCORE · DallasSBDC · Eastfield College of Continuing Ed. and WorkforceDev. · Economic Development CoD · El Centro CollegeCorp. Solutions · Executives in Action · Federal ReserveBank of Dallas · Grayson SBDC · Greater Dallas IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce · Greater East DallasChamber of Commerce · ICDC · International SBDC,Kilgore SBDC · Kilgore SBDC · McLennan SBDC · MountainView College Economic and Workforce Development ·27
Appendix A: SourceLinkDallas Partners(as of September 12th) ContinuedNavarro SBDC · North Central Texas College SBDC ·North Dallas Chamber of Commerce · Northeast TexasSBDC · Paris SBDC · Risk Management SBDC · SBDC forEnterprise Excellence · South East Dallas Hispanic Chamberof Commerce · Stemmons Corridor Business Association ·Tarrant SBDC · Technology Commercialization SBDC · TheCenter for Government Contracting SBDC · The MurphyCenter for Entrepreneurship · Trinity Valley SBDC · TylerSBDC · University of Texas at Dallas · West Dallas Chamberof Commerce28
Appendix B: DEN Board Candidates Michele Bobadilla, UT-ArlingtonTrey Bowles, Startup TexasJasmin Brand, BrandPointAlbert Bryant, Alb Blair ArchitectsEffie Booker-Dennison, Vendor Resource ManagementSteve Lafredo, CitiSharon Lyle, TEDxSMUVictor Ornelas, Ornelas, Inc.Lee McKinney, City of DallasKarl Zavitkovsky, City of Dallas29
30Michele BobadilloMs. Bobadilla has been with the University of Texasat Arlington since 1996 and is currently SeniorAssociate VP for Outreach Services and CommunityEngagement and Assistant Provost for HispanicStudent Success. Previously she was a teacher andadministrator with Dallas Independent School District.She is a native Dallasite with a thirty-five year careerin education and civic engagement.Ms. Bobadilla has served as a Director on thirty-fiveboards including: LULAC National Member,Education Service Centers, Inc., Center forCommunity Cooperation, Hispanic 50, Greater DallasCommunity Relations Commission, Greater DallasHispanic Chamber of Commerce, Young Women’sChristian Association, LUPUS Foundation, GreaterDallas Mental Health Association, Dallas Women’sFoundation, The Dallas Commission for InternationalCultural Affairs, Consejo Hispano PAC, The SciencePlace, Dallas Opera, University Crossroads, JuniorPlayers, the Dallas Concilio, Community Council ofGreater Dallas, Dallas ISD Community AdvisoryBoard, Hispanic 100 Executive Committee, NorthTexas Latino Leadership Coalition Executive Boardand Education Chair, Blueprint for LeadershipAdvisory Board of the United Way of MetropolitanDallas, Inc., Planning/Steering Committee for theNational College Board Forum, Chicago, IL, ConsulGeneral of Mexico’s Editorial Board, Dallas SummerMusicals, The Girl Scouts Tejas Council and DallasISD’s Irma Rangel Young Women’s LeadershipSchool.Ms. Bobadilla has received numerous awardsincluding most recently 2012 Woman of DistinctionAward from the Texas Association of MexicanAmerican Chambers of Commerce; 2011 Martha H.Salmon Leadership Award presented by theSouthwestern Regional College Board; the 2010Ultimate Latina – Community Service Award from theUS Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the 2010Outstanding Woman in Texas Government inCommunity Involvement.
31Trey BowlesMr. Bowles is currently the Chair of Startup America:Texas Region. Trey most recently led the turn-aroundand sale of Big Jump Media Inc. when he was addedas Chief Executive Officer in July 2009. As CEO,Trey’s primary focus was guiding the global vision ofthe social media website(s) tangle.com andGodTube.com while overseeing all strategic,developmental, revenue-generating and expansioninitiatives.Prior to his role as CEO, Trey was hired as ChiefMarketing Officer where he was responsible formanaging all music and media strategies for thesocial network, ensuring the continued success of asocial interactive community.Mr. Bowles has significant experience with buildingand running technology based media companiesincluding Morpheus, World Digital Media Group. Hestarted in Internet marketing in 1998 as one of thefirst employees hired at Musicforce.com, an onlineretailer of Christian music, which was sold to GaylordEntertainment in 1999.He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor SouthernMethodist University and affiliated with TechWildcatters a leading entrepreneurship seedaccelerator and organized Mayor Michael Rawlings’Star Council. Mr. Bowles served on theSourceLinkDallas advisory team.
32Jasmin BrandMs. Brand is CEO of BrandPointe a privately heldmanagement consulting company. She was namedas one of Dallas’ Top Ten Entrepreneurs to Watch in2012 by YFS Magazine.BrandPoint provides online community engagementusing innovative marketing, branding & socialsolutions, strategic planning, content development,publicity and liaison work for organizations. Some ofBrandpointe’s clients include: Mockingbird Station,YMCA, Elfa, the Greek Food Festival of Dallas, OakCliff Cellars, Reading Partners, UNT Dallas and theJunior League of DallasPrior to founding BrandPointe, Ms. Brand wasDirector of Marketing and Sales for Protocols, LLC,was Quality Analyst with Nationwide Insurance whereshe created their national customer service trainingprogram.Ms. Brand holds a Masters degree in Education &Adult Training from the University of Phoenix and aB.A. in Political Science and International Studiesfrom Southern Methodist University.She is a 2011 graduate of the Dallas RegionalChamber's program, Leadership Dallas and is firstrecipient of the Young Professional LeadershipATHENA Award presented by the Dallas RegionalChamber and KPMG.Giving back to the community has always played anintegral role in Jasmin’s life. She devotes many hoursto serving at various nonprofits throughout the cityincluding the Junior League of Dallas, the UrbanLeague of Greater Dallas Young Professionals, DallasChildren’s Advocacy Center and The Aberg Center forLiteracy.
33Albert BryantMr. Bryant is a Principal of alb Blair Architects andAssociates with over 23 years experience in facilitiesprogramming, design, construction documentpreparation, contract administration and valueengineering. His experience includes commercial,correctional, public and educational facilities up to 70 million. Al is also highly experienced in thepreparation of SD, DD & CD documents on AutoCADand Intergraph CADD systems.He has served as a member of the Hearts &Hammers Planning Council and was Captain of aHearts & Hammers Team that renovated severalhomes for low income homeowners who could notafford to make the improvements themselves. He hasalso worked with Habitat For Humanity in theplanning and building of a church facility in SouthDallas.His professional affiliations include ArchitecturalRegistration, Texas and the National Organization ofMinority Architects. He has been a member or officerof Archineers, Toastmasters Club of Dallas andHearts & Hammers.Mr. Bryant has a B.S. in Architecture from LawrenceTech University
Effie Booker-DennisonEffie Dennison is Senior Vice President of StrategicDevelopment for Vendor Resource Management andPCV Murcor. In her present capacity, she isresponsible for new Business Development growthstrategies for both VRM and its’ affiliate valuationcompany PCV Murcor.Prior to joining VRM, Mrs. Dennison was SeniorDirector of REO Operations for CoreLogic, formerlyFirst American. Additionally, Mrs. Dennison wasDirector of FannieMae’s Community Business Centerfor the North Texas Region responsible for a twentythree billion dollar five-year corporate goal in loanoriginations and multi-family investments throughoutNorth Texas. She was Senior Vice President at WellsFargo Bank and Senior Asset Manager of the OwnedReal Estate (ORE) Division with the FederalDeposition InsuranceCorporation (FDIC).Mrs. Dennison has a diverse background andextensive experience in real estate. She is a licensedreal estate broker for the State of Texas and has aCertified Property Manager (CPM) designation.Mrs. Dennison has served on numerous non-profitboards including The Family Place and KERA PublicBroadcast. She is the recipient of several prestigiousawards including the Profiles in Leadership Awardpresented by Southern Methodist University, as wellas a 2010 recipient of the Maura Awards presentedby The Dallas Women’s Museum.In addition to her role in the corporate arena, Mrs.Dennison has been a successful entrepreneur of twofull service car wash and Texaco Express Lubefacilities which she founded and operated for twelveyears.34
Steve LafredoMr. Lafredo is the North Texas Business BankingDirector for Citibank and a 27 year veteran of thebank. He currently leads the Business Banking teamfor DFW and a portion of West Texas. His experienceis varied with a background in operations, technology,business strategy, credit, product, corporate, andretail. The majority of his career has been spent inemerging markets. He currently manages a team ofBusiness Bankers in the North Texas marketplace,where he has lead multiple innovative partnershipsincluding the recent micro-lending portfolio acquisitionwith Accion Texas, the first of it’s kind in the US.He has been involved with the communities acrossthe US and World for more than 30 years. Hecurrently serves as a member of the Greater DallasHispanic Chamber of Commerce Board, serves as aBoard Member for the Dallas Convention and VisitorsBureau and is the Board Vice Chair of the Associationof Enterprise Opportunity. He is very involved withpoverty and economic development issues especiallyaround business creation and asset building. Hiswork with United Way has won him “Volunteer of theYear” for 2010. He served on the SourceLinkDallasadvisory team.35
36Sharon LyleMs. Lyle is the President of Dallas IdeaSpace andCreative Director and Producer of TEDxSMU andTEDxKids @SMU. With a passion for communityengagement, education and art, her work aims tofoster dialogue around the open exchange of ideasand to spur investment in seed-stage sociallyconscious businesses. Dallas IdeaSpace works topositively impact the intellectual infrastructure andcreative capacity of Dallas through investing in ideasand curating experiences.Prior to running TEDxSMU, Sharon worked atRussell/Shaw, an integrated marketing firm. Workingpredominately with the portfolio of nonprofit clients atRussell/Shaw, Sharon oversaw projects and ongoingmarketing initiatives for clients including Ballet Austin,University Medical Center at Brackenridge, CapitalArea Food Bank, H-E-B and Oxford Commercial. Shehas also woked with the CE Group Communications& Events as the Austin Office Director of BusinessDevelopment and Marketing, Development Associatewith San Antonio Academy.Ms. Lyle’s Community involvement includes boardservice with KIPP: DFW, Dallas IdeaSpace, Booker T.Washington School for the Performing & Visual ArtsAdvisory, Trinity University National Alumni Board andthe Art Alliance Austin.Ms. Lyle has an MBA from the University of TexasMcCombs School of Business and a BA, Businessfrom Trinity University.
37Victor OrnelasMr. Ornelas is Executive Coach and Consultant withOrnelas, Inc., an Executive Coaching and Consultingpractice where he coaches and guides entrepreneursand corporate executives to the success they want toachieve. He is recognized as one of the pioneers inLatino marketing in the U.S.Prior to launching Ornelas, Inc., Victor foundedOrnelas & Associates, one of the largest Latinoowned marketing communications agencies in theU.S. Clients included Anheuser-Busch, Inc.,Blockbuster, Verizon, Nissan, Mobil, and Pepsi-Cola.Ornelas and Associates was the recipient of theAmerican Association of Advertising Agencies’O’Toole Award for Multicultural Advertising and wonnumerous industry awards for their work.Prior to founding Ornelas & Associates, Victor wasNational Manager of Consumer Promotions for theSeven-Up Company and Director of HispanicMarketing for Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Mr. Ornelasbegan his corporate career at Levi Strauss & Co.,where he was Director of Domestic CommunityAffairs and managed the domestic charitablecontributions program for the Levi StraussFoundation.He has served on the Board of Directors of the UnitedWay of Metropolitan Dallas and the YMCA of NorthTexas. He was a member of the Board of Regents ofThe University of the Pacific and was the SecretaryTreasurer and member of the Board of Directors ofthe American Association of Advertising Agencies.He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by HispanicBusiness and was the recipient of HispanicMagazine’s prestigious Adelante Award for hisentrepreneurial achievements.Mr. Ornelas is a graduate of the University of thePacific.
38Lee McKinneyLee McKinney is an Assistant Director in the Office ofEconomic Development for the City of Dallas. She isresponsible for small business initiatives for the cityand economic development initiatives in SouthernDallas.Ms. McKinney was formerly a Senior Vice Presidentand manager with Bank One (now JPMorgan Chase)in Dallas, retiring in January 2004. She wasresponsible for creating the Dallas CommunityBanking Group, a division of the bank that hadresponsibility for meeting the banking needs ofbusinesses and residents in Historically UnderservedMarkets in North Texas with a special focus oneconomic development in Southern Dallas andlow/moderate income areas. She held severalpositions with the bank including District Manager forall branches in southern Dallas County. She hasbeen a branch manager, small business loan officer,a commercial and real estate loan officer and amortgage loan originator.Actively involved in the Dallas community, she serveson the board of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, St.Philips School and Community Center Foundation,the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, the National UrbanFinancial Services Coalition Foundation and theAdvisory Board of the Urban Financial ServicesCoalition – Dallas Chapter.Ms. McKinney is a Leadership Dallas graduate andformerly served on the boards of the Oak CliffChamber of Commerce, the North Texas HousingCoalition and the Southern Dallas DevelopmentCorporation.Ms. McKinney attended Indiana University/PurdueUniversity at Indianapolis and is a graduate of theStonier Graduate School of Banking at the Universityof Delaware. She is a member of the AntiochFellowship Missionary Baptist Church where she is aTrustee, Chair of the Finance Committee and amember of the church’s Projects Leadership Team.
39Karl ZavitkovskyKarl Zavitkovsky is Director of the Office of EconomicDevelopment for the City of Dallas, Texas.Mr. Zavitkovsky worked for Bank of America’s RealEstate Group for 16 years, prior to his retirement inJune, 2005. He was Managing Director andCommercial Real Estate Division Executive for theCentral United States. He also supervised theCommercial Real Estate Advisory Group, where hefacilitated investment banking transactions with PublicFinance and the Real Estate Investment Bank.Mr. Zavitkovsky began his banking career with theInternational Charter Mortgage Corporation andsubsequently Citicorp in San Juan, Puerto Rico,focusing primarily on workouts. In 1978, he moved toCaracas, Venezuela where he led Citicorp’s realestate lending activities in Northern South America(Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador) and the Caribbean.In 1984 Zavitkovsky moved to Dallas to head theCiticorp Real Estate’s Southwest Region with officesin Dallas, Houston, and Denver.Mr. Zavitkovsky graduated from William and Marywhere he majored in economics. He also earned amasters degree from Georgetown’s School of ForeignService, after which he served as a Captain in theU.S. Marine Corps and a Peace Corps Director inBolivia.Actively involved in the real estate industry,Mr. Zavitkovsky serves as an Urban Land InstituteGovernor and Trustee and is a former member of theExecutive Committee. He also participates on theTrust for Public Land Real Estate Advisory Council.He previously served on the boards of North TexasAffordable Housing Coalition, the South DallasDevelopment Corporation, and the National MultiHousing Council. He is past chairman of the DallasReal Estate Council, the North Texas AffordableHousing Coalition, and the Dallas Ballet. Zavitkovskyrecently received the 2011 Community Spirit Awardfrom The Real Estate Council.
Appendix C: Proposed performancemeasures1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Jobs created (self employment and payroll)Revenue growth (by some interval or percentage category)Commercial real estate used (sq. feet)Qualitative accounts of operating improvements and challenges overcome(stories)*Overall satisfaction with SourceLinkDallas (satisfaction scale)*Clients referred by SourceLinkDallas*Clients served by network partners (by type of service)*Network partner collaborative successes that resulted in operatingsavings, increases in service capacity or increased revenue (stories)*Asset map of network partners, services and referrals.Economic and fiscal impact of SourceLinkDallas and its partners.* Recommended by advisory team as first year measures to provide operationalprogram feedback.40
Appendix D: Mission and vision The mission of SourceLinkDallas is toconnect entrepreneurs to the services theyneed to start, improve and grow theirbusinesses. Vision: Dallas entrepreneurs have fast, easyaccess to the most responsive and effectiveentrepreneurial support community inAmerica. This will help businesses startsooner, grow faster and survive longer. Inturn, entrepreneurship becomes anassumed solution in Dallas for innovation,value creation and individual opportunity.41
Appendix E: Source Link programsnationallyExisting Affiliates:Tri Cities Business Builder (Washington State) · Alaska SourceLink · NetWorkKansas · SourceLink Tulsa · Central Iowa SourceLink (Des Moines)· Kansas CitySourceLink · Missouri Rural Enterprise and Innovation Center · MissouriSourceLink· Missouri Technology Corporation · St. Louis SourceLink · ArkansasSourceLink · Metro New Orleans SourceLink · New Orleans Business Resource &Entrepreneurship Center· State of Ingenuity SourceLink (SouthernWisconsin/Northern Illinois) · MyBiz-Mississippi Entrepreneur Alliance · MichiganBusiness OneStop · Cincinnati Economic Empowerment Center · ClevelandEntrepreneurship · KYBizInfo (Kentucky) · Jacksonville Entrepreneurship Center(Florida) · Atlanta Entrepreneurship Center · Growing American ThroughoutEntrepreneurship (North Carolina)·In Start-up Phase:Iowa SourceLinkMinnesota)·Loudoun SourceLink (Virginia) ·SoMNSourceLink (S.42
Appendix D: Disposition of City funds In March, Council authorized 750,000 in Public Privatepartnership funds to create a Source Link fund on the City’saccounts 115,000 was encumbered for U.S. SourceLink software,training and technical assistance for three years FY 2013 – Source Link fund at City (Fund 0744) will have astarting balance of 635,000– Disbursement not to exceed 125,000 on behalf of DEN toCommunities Foundation of Texas– Reimbursement to Office of Economic Development for staff torun SourceLinkDallas program and support DEN board FY 2014 anticipated opening balance of Source Link fund atCity at 370,000 Subsequent years through FY 2016 will reimburse OED forstaff to run the program and support the DEN board theprogram Discussions with potential funders reveals keen interest in theprogram and sustainability should be possible by 201643
- Online - One-stop shop to improve entrepreneur's access to service organizations: service matching tool, . Chamber of Commerce · ICDC · International SBDC, Kilgore SBDC · Kilgore SBDC · McLennan SBDC · Mountain View College Economic and Workforce Development · 28 Appendix A: SourceLinkDallas Partners
