Collin County Economic Opportunity Assessment
In 2018, CFT catalyzed conversations about equity, access, and outcomes across the Dallas community by presenting a comprehensive analysis of economic opportunity in Dallas County.
In 2019, we started work on a similar report for Collin County without knowing how much or how quickly things would change with the onset of the pandemic.
While it’s too early to see the full impact of the pandemic on Collin County, the data pulled for this report serves as a baseline showing the community’s starting point. It provides some early economic indicators of how residents are faring in terms of employment, affected job sectors, and health insurance coverage. We believe it outlines the strengths and challenges ahead for Collin County.
Financial security is critical to the stability of families and is a crucial building block for the underlying long-term vitality of our local cities and economies. This is a difficult and unprecedented time, but we remain optimistic that our region can and will recover. Data like this report can serve as a roadmap for where and how we can focus our efforts.
— Alfreda Norman, CFT Trustee
Find out what we’ve learned in our full report.
Experience the release event.
On October 22, 2020, we held a virtual event to release the Collin County Economic Opportunity Assessment.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Alfreda Norman
Past Board Chair, Communities Foundation of Texas;
Former Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Sarah Cotton Nelson
Former Chief Philanthropy Officer,
Communities Foundation of Texas
Mona Kafeel
Executive Director, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
Dr. Neil Matkin
Chancellor, Collin College
Dave Scullin
Retired President and CEO,
Communities Foundation of Texas
Ann Beeson
Former CEO, Every Texan
LaMonte Thomas
Former President, Cigna
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