Texas Forest Country Partnership

What Texas Forest Country Partnership does

Texas Forest Country Partnership (TFCP) is a non-profit regional economic development organization serving a 12-county area in Deep East Texas: Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler, and Trinity. The organization was founded in March 1960 as the Deep East Texas Development Association (DETDA) to plan roads around the Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn Reservoirs, and was rebranded to its current name in 2007 following a 2005 strategic transformation that added a full-time President role and a renewed focus on economic development. Headquartered at PO Box 633822, Nacogdoches, Texas, TFCP is led by Executive Director Tanya Dora and Advisor Nancy Windham, supported by a 12-member Board of Directors.

TFCP's core products are two adjacent services: (1) Site Selection Services, which provides customized assistance to businesses, site selectors, developers, and entrepreneurs evaluating locations in the 12-county region, including workforce and demographic data, infrastructure information, and introductions to local and state resources; and (2) the Development Ready Site Explorer, a GIS-based interactive mapping tool built on Esri's ArcGIS Experience platform that exposes county boundaries, available industrial sites, and infrastructure layers across the service area. There is no proprietary technology platform, no API, and no software product beyond this GIS tool. The organization does not develop AI/ML capabilities.

TFCP operates as a membership- and contribution-funded non-profit rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue is generated through investor/membership contributions from businesses, cities, counties, and individuals across the 12-county region, supplemented by donations and fundraising events. Pricing is not applicable; services are delivered through direct, non-transactional engagement with prospective businesses, site selectors, and regional partners. GTM is sales-led and consultation-driven, relying on direct regional engagement, an annual economic summit, trade show participation, advertising in publications such as Texas Highways and Texas Monthly, and a digital presence (website plus Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Behance, Pinterest). The 70+ investor base includes utilities, banks, healthcare systems, Lockheed Martin, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University, Angelina College, Deep East Texas Workforce Solutions, and DETCOG.

Name

Texas Forest Country Partnership

Legal name

Texas Forest Country Partnership

Website

https://texasforestcountry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texas Forest Country Partnership is a non-profit regional economic development organization coordinating business attraction, retention, and workforce development across a 12-county area in Deep East Texas. It serves businesses, site selectors, developers, and entrepreneurs through site selection services and a GIS-based mapping tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Economic Development Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Timberland Asset Management (Institutional/Private) (AFAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Forestry & Public Lands Administration (State/National Forests) (BPAIAMAF)

Keywords

• Regional economic development
• Site selection assistance
• Business retention expansion
• Workforce development programs
• Community economic partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Nacogdoches

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: The organization operates with investor/membership funding from businesses, cities, counties, and individuals across the 12-county region. The website references membership forms and accepts donations.
2. Donations and Fundraising: The organization accepts donations and conducts fundraising events as part of its revenue generation activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Texas Forest Country Partnership is a non-profit regional economic development organization serving 12 counties in Deep East Texas. The organization provides site selection assistance, an ArcGIS-based Development Ready Site Explorer mapping tool, business retention and expansion support, workforce development coordination, and regional economic development planning. The partnership coordinates stakeholders across public and private sectors to attract, retain, and grow business investment in the region.

Product overview

Texas Forest Country Partnership (TFCP) is a non-profit regional economic development organization that functions as a coordination and facilitation service rather than a software product company. The organization offers two primary services: Site Selection Services, which provides customized assistance to businesses evaluating locations in the 12-county Deep East Texas region, and the Development Ready Site Explorer, an ArcGIS-based interactive mapping tool that allows users to access industrial site data, county boundaries, and infrastructure information across the region. These offerings work together to support business site selection and regional economic development initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Selection Assistance Custom support helping site selection consultants and corporate decision-makers evaluate properties, infrastructure, workforce, and incentives across the 12-county Deep East Texas region for new facility or relocation projects.
• Development Ready Site Explorer An ArcGIS Experience-based interactive web mapping application that allows prospective businesses, site selectors, and economic developers to browse, filter, and explore pre-vetted industrial and commercial sites across Deep East Texas.
• Business Retention and Expansion Program Programs supporting existing regional businesses through expansion assistance, retention engagement, and access to resources to help them grow and remain in Deep East Texas.
• Workforce Development Coordination

Quantifiable outcome

• Regional economic growth through business attraction, retention, and expansion resulting in job creation and preservation

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Deep East Texas Workforce SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional workforce development partner represented by Dr Ty Cauthen, Executive Director. Provides workforce training and employment resources for businesses in the region.
• Texas Forestry AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner represented by Rob Hughes. Supports the region's timber and forestry industry economic development.
• Stephen F. Austin State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional university partner represented by Dr. Neal Weaver, President. Provides educational facilities support and workforce development through university programs.
• Angelina CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity college partner represented by Dr Michael Simon and Dianne Amerine (Director of Angelina College SBDC). Provides workforce training and small business development resources.
• Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTribal partner represented by Ricky Sylestine (Tribal Council Chair) and Nita Battise (Tribal Council Vice Chairperson). Regional collaboration with Native American tribal community.
• Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government council partner represented by Lonnie Hunt and Eddie Hopkins. Provides regional planning and economic development district coordination.
• Texas Forest Trail RegionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTourism and regional branding partner represented by Jay Jones. Supports tourism industry development in the region.
• Angelina College Small Business Development CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmall business support partner represented by Dianne Amerine, Director. Provides business development resources and consulting.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• International Economic Development Council (IEDC): Industry association for economic development professionals and organizations; comparable membership/network model, though it operates at industry level rather than as a regional site selector.
• Site Selection Group: Private site-selection consultancy that serves corporate clients evaluating locations nationwide; competes for the same end customer (corporate site selectors) but operates as a fee-based consultant rather than a regional non-profit.
• Greater Houston Partnership: Large, established regional economic development organization in Texas providing site selection, research, and convening services; broader geographic and sector scope than TFCP, but overlapping mission and GTM.
• Texas Economic Development Corporation: State-level public-private economic development marketing organization for Texas; complements rather than directly competes with TFCP, but overlaps in mission to attract investment to the state.

Regional players

• Texas Forestry Association: Texas-wide forestry industry association; TFCP is a strategic partner, and both serve the forest-products economy of the same state with overlapping investor and policy stakeholders.
• Forest Landowners Association: National association representing private forest landowners; comparable in convening forest-asset stakeholders and complements TFCP's forestry-economic-development mission from the landowner side.

Direct peers

• East Texas Council of Governments: Regional planning and economic development body covering overlapping East Texas counties; comparable public-coordination model and overlapping stakeholder base with TFCP's service area.
• Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation: Regional EDC serving a multi-county Texas coastal area with site selection, workforce, and investor outreach—comparable mission and GTM to TFCP at a larger geographic scale.
• Permian Strategic Partnership: Regional, multi-county public-private partnership in the Permian Basin that coordinates infrastructure, workforce, and economic development across multiple jurisdictions—directly analogous to TFCP's 12-county Deep East Texas model.
• Golden Triangle Economic Alliance: Regional economic development partnership serving a multi-county Southeast Texas industrial corridor; comparable regional partnership structure, site-selection focus, and investor/membership model.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-forest-country-partnership

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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