Membership
Transit Authority Membership Levels
Supporter = $50
Friend = $250
Host = $500
Sponsor = $1000
Underwriter = $5000
For additional information about the Oak Cliff Transit Authority or to learn how you can help email us at: info@oakcliffta.org
Volunteer
We Need Your Help!The OCTA is a grass roots effort comprised of citizens, interested business' and individuals. We welcome your support.
For additional information about how you can help, please email the OCTA at: info@oakcliffta.org
Quick Facts
Streetcar's tend to be less than half the cost of Light Rail, faster to implement, and work more easily in an urban environment. The OCTA hopes to combine modern and historic streetcar service that will one day connect to major transportation hubs in Downtown Dallas.
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Jason Roberts is a Senior IT consultant, and musician hailing from the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Ravinia Heights. Jason's work has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Detroit Metro Times, and locally awarded in the Dallas Observer, and D Magazine's Best of Dallas series. Currently, Jason heads up the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Alternate Transporation committee, which tasks him with coordinating a comprehensive multi-modal transit plan for the area.
Jason passionately leads grassroots efforts to support arts and urban renewal community programs. He is on the Board of Directors for the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, The Texas Theater Foundation, and co-founded The Art Conspiracy, a Dallas-based collaborative uniting over 100 artists, musicians, and business leaders to fund local charities while promoting the arts. Jason is a member of the Congress for New Urbanism, attended the University of North Texas and is a Senior Technical Consultant for Tecmetrics.
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Mr. Salcedo offers over thirty years experience in civil engineering. His engineering experience ranges from civil design, hydraulics and hydrology analysis and design, to land development, surveying and GIS. Mr. Salcedo has been responsible for the management of numerous relevant complex projects including the complete evaluation of the downtown storm sewer system for the City of Fort Worth, the preparation of Flood Insurance Studies for 13 Texas communities, and the design of many water transmission and wastewater distribution systems. The City of Dallas and the McKinney Avenue Trolley Association selected a design team, which included Mr. Salcedo for the plans, specifications and construction inspection on the proposed trolley renovation on McKinney Avenue in Dallas. Mr. Salcedo was responsible for assisting in track layout, drainage, utility relocations and was involved in construction inspection.
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Sylvia is the Marketing Director for Salcedo Group, Inc., an Oak Cliff-based civil engineering and surveying firm. She is repsonsible for producing proposals and developing clients. She has been with the organization since 1983 and has been instrumental in obtaining major contracts with Oak Cliff developers and the City of Dallas. Sylvia has also been active in organizations such as the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce. She is the Chairwoman for the Chamber's 2008 Gala and will coordinate all aspects of this major Chamber fundraiser. Sylvia also participates in the Chamber's Membership Committee. Sylvia is married to Luis Salcedo for 35 years and has 3 children, Angela, Matthew and Michael. Sylvia and Luis live in North Oak Cliff.
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Matt Holley is the creator/developer of Kessler Woods- A thirty-home community inspired by architectural masters such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and Joseph Eichler.
Before Matt entered the world of real estate development, he was in the telecommunications industry. After graduating from the College of Engineering of Texas A&M in College Station, he worked for over fifteen years in the telecommunications field and was part of several large public companies as well as technology start-ups. He held various positions in marketing and business development during this period and lived in Houston, New York, Dallas, and the Silicon Valley. Upon his return to Dallas from California, Matt started Kessler Ventures and had the good fortune to buy a special block of land in Kessler Park that subsequently became the highly acclaimed residential development known as Kessler Woods.
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Scott Griggs is the President of the Fort Worth Avenue Development
Group and former President of the Stevens Park Estates Neighborhood
Association. Scott is a partner at the law firm Griggs Bergen LLP, an
intellectual property law boutique. His work with the FWADG has
focused on continuing the grassroots redevelopment of the West
Commerce/Fort Worth Avenue Corridor and establishing the FWA Tax
Increment Financing District. Recently, Scott joined the Oak Cliff
Chamber of Commerce, and leads the organization's Bike/Ped trails
subcommittee.
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After completing her graduate degree in Regional and City Planning at the University of Oklahoma in 2004, Lauren began her professional career as the City Planner for The City of The Colony. During her tenure with The Colony, she oversaw all development in the City, managed amendments of the City’s comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations, and administered the city’s federal grant programs. Lauren joined INCAP Fund in October of 2006 where she serves as Director of Planning. Since joining INCAP, Lauren has been the principal behind such major projects at the implementation and installation of the Davis Garden Tax Increment Finance District and several other notable land use issues. Ms. Odell is active in the community serving as the Vice President of Membership for The Greater Dallas Planning Council, a member of the Board of Directors of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, a member of the City of Dallas Urban Design Advisory Committee and Trinity River Ad Hoc Committee, the Davis Land Use Study Steering Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Oak Cliff Transit Authority as well has numerous other boards. A 2002 graduate with a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University, Lauren has developed a diverse knowledge of land use and entitlement issues as well as economic development incentives.
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Brandon Bolin studied law at the Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in Dallas. In 2007, Brandon began work for the InCap Fund, a land development group focused on applying new urbanism prinicples to inner city neighborhoods to help promote economic development, quality of life, and walkability. Mr. Bolin worked as a community outreach coordinator with the Trinity Trust in 2004, and supervised the design and construction of The Trinity Center, a 5500 SF marketing center dedicated to the largest public works project in the history of Dallas.
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David Jennings is Owner and Creative Principal of the The Bauart Creative Services Group , a Dallas based creative agency.
During his professional career David has achieved design and technical skills that span from television broadcasting to print and interactive design. His many creative roles have included video and film editor, TV director and producer, broadcast designer, TV/print and interactive art director, graphic designer, advertising consultant, photographer and even HTML/Flash programmer.
David's wide range of creative, design and technical skills have positioned him as an expert in many diverse and now converging fields.
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