Empowering Community Developers to Build Thriving Neighborhoods

At the Community Developers Roundtable (CDR), we believe thriving neighborhoods start with empowered developers who reflect the communities they serve. Our collective network brings together established non-profit and for-profit real estate professionals who are delivering affordable housing, vibrant retail, and essential services in overlooked areas.


We strengthen the community development ecosystem through a longer-term, developer-led program that combines ongoing feedback, accountability, and targeted support. Participants gain access to flexible capital, professional coaching, and a collaborative peer network. These resources help them grow their organizational capacity, scale their businesses, and deliver projects that build lasting wealth for themselves and their communities.

New Opportunities: CDR Comes to Fort Worth!

Building on the incredible success and impact of our Dallas initiatives, we are officially bringing our capacity-building network and critical resources to Fort Worth.

Our original pilot program ran from 2022 to 2024, had a significant collective impact that will be replicated in Fort Worth. Key achievements of the initiative include:


  • Financial Impact: Members were involved in nearly $125 million in development activity.


  • Capital Access: Over $1.7 million in pre-development and construction loans were provided by BCL, a financial partner.


  • Housing Creation: These loans funded 39 housing units.


The success of the pilot program highlights the power of investing in local developers to create more affordable housing, revitalize commercial spaces, and build stronger communities.

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Empowering Community Development throughout North Texas

WHY NOW?

Fortifying Communities Across North Texas

Across North Texas, there is a need to build capacity for existing and rising community-oriented developers bringing innovative solutions to increase housing affordability and community-based amenities in order to stabilize and revitalize neighborhoods. 


Many emerging markets are limited in capacity and typically lack access to flexible capital and partnerships. Empowering existing, community-focused developers will allow increased possibilities to address neighborhood-level concerns in our communities, including minimal attainable housing options, fear of displacement, and loss of communal assets like community-led grocers and retailers.

OUR IMPACT

Driving Tangible Change in Community Development

By aggregating partnerships, maintaining community, and promoting collective strategies, the Roundtable is strengthening the community development ecosystem. A result of the program is increasing both the capacities and collective voices of community-oriented developers, and growing the developer pipeline focused on housing affordability and community-based amenities.

2022-2024 Pilot Program Results

Impact Report

Since its launch in September 2022, the Community Developers Roundtable (CDR) Pilot Program has significantly elevated the impact of 22 community-oriented real estate developers in Dallas. This two-year initiative has successfully empowered its members with vital technical, networking, and financial resources, fostering their growth in business, skills, and community impact.


This collaborative approach led to remarkable collective impacts:


  • 11 CDR members secured new capital through Roundtable introductions
  • 8 engaged in new business ventures with fellow members
  • Cumulatively, CDR members were involved in nearly $125 million in development activity between Fall 2022 and Fall 2024.
  • CDR financial partner BCL provided over $1.7 million in loans to members, directly funding 39 housing units and underscoring the program's tangible contributions to Dallas's affordable housing supply, new retail, and vital community services.
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