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The Jefferson Woodlawn Lake Community Development Corporation (JWL/CDC), a 501(c)(3) organization, was created in 1994 by local business owners, city officials, and various members of the community to assist in the revitalization efforts of Jefferson Village Shopping Center on Donaldson Avenue; one of the first modern shopping centers in the United States, and later expanded to include Woodlawn Lake and Park, West Avenue, and the entire Jefferson Woodlawn Lake area to include the “Deco District” along the Fredericksburg Road corridor within the inner city loop in San Antonio, Texas. Fredericksburg Road was also part of the Old Spanish Trail; the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the United States! These goals are reflected in JWL/CDC mission statement:
The Jefferson Woodlawn Lake Community Development Corporation will combat community deterioration and decay by assisting in the revitalization of neighborhood businesses, attracting new businesses, improving economic conditions, assisting with renovation and redevelopment of housing, helping to improve and enhance existing parks as well as addressing neighborhood safety and education concerns.
Below is a list of benefits provided by our organization at no cost that businesses located in the Deco District can take advantage of:
- Get up to $3,000 in tax benefits for each employee you hire from the
neighborhood
- Learn about other tax benefits for Deco District businesses
- Have your business or vacant property listed in online directories
- Find sources of small business loans or financing for large capital
projects
- Get help in applying for loans
- Take advantage of free business workshops
- Be reimbursed up to $15,000 for fixing up the exterior of your building
- Receive free professional help in starting or expanding your business
- Make it easier to maneuver through the City's development, historic and permitting
process
- Find out where to get access to computers
- Get the tools and coaching necessary to be successful in international
trade
- Receive help in bidding for government contracts
- Find out about help available to minority business owners
- Take advantage of help for small, minority, African-American, and
women-owned business enterprises to pursue and obtain City contracts.
- Learn about City projects going on in the area
- Develop business or marketing plans for start-ups and on-going businesses
- Receive market research, including target market identification and
selection (here and in Mexico) and evaluation of export readiness
- Get free help with the automation of accounting systems
- Have a web page designed or redesigned
- Develop Human Resource manuals and procedures for your employees
- Enjoy the support of of TWO council districts (One and Five) and seven of the most active neighborhood associations in the county!
For more free information, contact the Jefferson Woodlawn Lake Community Development Corporation
at: mailto:email@decodistrict.org or 210.732.2238
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