PRIORITIES

The DRC works to ensure local companies and talent enjoy an ecosystem that promotes innovation and helps them grow and prosper. We promote the advantages of the Dallas Region to attract nonlocal companies and talent who can make valuable contributions to our community.

• • • Grow local companies: Help local companies grow and expand, and increase job opportunities for local talent.
    • Market to talent: Market the benefits of living and working in the Dallas Region to nonlocal talent in order to fill in-demand jobs.
    • Attract companies: Promote the advantages of living, working, and doing business in the Dallas Region in order to recruit new businesses.
    • Advance innovation: Foster the growth of startups, innovation, and university research to strengthen their ecosystem.

Learn more about our Prosperity & Economic Development efforts.

From early childhood to K-12, higher education, and a career, the economic success of the Dallas Region is closely tied to the quality of our regional talent pipeline. The DRC fosters collaboration between the local  business community and educational institutions to meet the talent needs of our region.

• • • Foster employer-education partnerships: Identify and advocate for employers’ needs to build a talented workforce.
    • Prepare future workers for college and career: Work to ensure an educational pipeline that best prepares today’s students to excel as tomorrow’s employees.
    • Upskill adult learners: Match upskilling and re-skilling opportunities for workers with employers’ ever-evolving needs.
    • Retain and grow local talent: Amplify efforts to retain and grow local talent to meet the needs of Dallas Region employers.

Learn more about our Education, Talent & Workforce efforts.

As the voice of the Dallas Region’s business community, the DRC connects member companies with key stakeholders at all levels of government to advocate for pro-business, pro-growth policies that ensure the continued prosperity of our region while supporting a high quality of life for all.

• • • Protect Texas’ business climate: Work to preserve what makes Texas the nation’s best state for business.
    • Build an educated workforce: Support policies and funding for the entire educational pipeline, from pre-K to adult learners.
    • Invest in our future: Promote investments in infrastructure to improve quality of life for all and accommodate future growth.
    • Advocate for North Texans: Advocate for outcomes that support the health and safety of all people in the Dallas Region.

Learn more about our Public Policy efforts.

The DRC works to narrow opportunity gaps by connecting companies with strategic initiatives that expand economic opportunity throughout the Dallas Region. We help create pathways to prosperity that help all people lead a high-quality life while strengthening our companies and the entire region.

• • • Promote forward-thinking leadership: Develop and support business leaders who are committed to community-wide prosperity and sustainable regional growth.
    • Champion prosperity region-wide: Drive economic development and job creation in under-championed communities, such as Southern Dallas County, to narrow regional opportunity gaps.
    • Build public safety relationships: Help build trust and collaboration between public safety institutions and the communities and companies they serve.
    • Strengthen our workforce: Help companies strengthen their workforce by recruiting qualified talent from underemployed populations, such as veterans and people with disabilities.

Learn more about our Quality of Life efforts.