TREC Blog

Welcome, New TREC Members: February 2025
Our membership base is crucial to our work in catalyzing community investment, influencing public policy, propelling careers, and developing the leaders of tomorrow. We are thrilled to have welcomed the following individuals to The Real Estate Council in February:...

Podcast: Community Land Trust Deep Dive With Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network
On this episode of TRECcast, we get a deep dive on “community land trusts,” or CLTs, with Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network. Over the last few years, TREC Community Investors has been hard at work developing the forthcoming Dallas Community Land Trust, and...

TREC PAC, Public Policy Members to Attend 2025 RECsTX Lobby Day
A group of TREC members will travel to Austin later this month to participate in the Real Estate Councils of Texas (RECsTX) Lobby Day and meet with elected officials representing North Texas in the 89th Texas Legislature. The biennial Lobby Day event, which will take...

TRECcast: GFF’s Evan Beattie Previews Our 2025 Public Policy Priorities
On this episode of TRECcast, TREC Public Policy Chair Evan Beattie joins Jennifer Schmiel, Senior Director of The Real Estate Council, to discuss the 89th Texas Legislature, the upcoming Dallas City Council election, and the issues we'll be monitoring throughout the...

Welcome, New TREC Members: January 2025
Our membership base is crucial to our work in catalyzing community investment, influencing public policy, propelling careers, and developing the leaders of tomorrow. We are thrilled to have welcomed the following individuals to The Real Estate Council in December:...

Welcome, Associate Leadership Council (ALC) Class of 2025!
We are thrilled to introduce the Associate Leadership Council (ALC) Class of 2025! The 10-month ALC program takes class members on a journey through the commercial real estate industry and Dallas civic life, as they: participate in monthly educational programs and...