East Texas Expansion

The T.L.L. Temple Foundation was looking for ways to serve small businesses in the 21 counties in East Texas. When the foundation realized there was a lack of CDFIs in the area. So, they created the Rural Opportunity Catalyst for East Texas (ROC-ET) Initiative. The foundation chose two CDFIs, one of which is Communities Unlimited. Since the opening of the office in October of 2022 with Lending staff, we’ve added Entrepreneurship staff and Community Sustainability.