Economic Development

Economic Development Tools

• PACE - Dallas County is proud to offer the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program through two providers the Texas Pace Authority and Lone Star Pace as an economic development and environmental quality tool. The PACE program is a voluntary program that allows commercial real estate owners (including non-profits) to lower their operating costs through permanent ‘green’ improvements that decrease water or energy consumption or demand and provides low-cost long-term financing not otherwise available.
• TIF Districts - To help further facilitate economic development, Dallas County participates in certain tax increment finance (TIF) districts. In coordination with cities, the districts redirect some of the ad valorem tax from property to pay for improvements that generate new development in the zone.
• Tax Abatements - Dallas County provides strategic tax abatements, in accordance with its tax abatement policy. The policy, updated biannually, is used to provide tax abatements for historic preservation, housing, and economic development projects. You can see tax abatements approved by Dallas County at the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website. (https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/development/search-tools/sb1340/search.php)
• EZP Projects - Dallas County nominates projects to the Texas Enterprise Zone Program (EZP). More information on this program can be found at the Texas Economic Development website on the Texas Enterprise Zone Program.
• Foreign Trade Zones - The County supports the formation of foreign trade zones, and in addition, it, along with the Dallas County Hospital District, also offers the freeport tax exemption on goods that leave the State within 175 days. 
• CDBG - Dallas County operates a  community development block grant (CDBG) program in fifteen of its smaller cities so that these cities can have sound infrastructure and housing.
• Job Training - In conjunction with the City of Dallas, Dallas County was instrumental in creating the first consolidated city-county  job training program in Texas. Contact Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas to see how this unique program can benefit you.
• Dallas County is committed to increasing business opportunities for small businesses and to continuing to provide economic opportunity to the Dallas business community. Contact the Office of Small Business Enterprise at the County.

Information about the County's history, people and economy as well as copies of the County's tax abatement policy, TIF policy, and foreign trade zone policy and prior abatement project and TIF district status reports are available below. Additional information about the County's economic development activities and incentives can also be obtained by contacting the County's Director of Planning & Development, Luis Tamayo, at (214) 653-7627 or at luis.tamayo@dallascounty.org.

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Dallas County: A 21st Century Mosaic -- English version
Dallas County: A 21st Century Mosaic -- Spanish version
Tax Abatement Policy – Court Order 2024-086
2023 Tax Abatement Report
Foreign Trade Zone Policy
TIF Policy
2023 TIF District Report
Enterprise Project Policy

As required by Local Government Code sections 380.004(c) and 381.005(c), Dallas County publishes a direct link to the Online Public Database of its Chapter 381 agreements. You may access that database here : https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/local/ch380-381/reporting-search.php

DALLAS COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT