The ED Loan Program is designed to provide funding to local governments and non profit organizations involved with Economic Development. Loan proceeds can be used for construction projects to provide infrastructure to area businesses.
Local Governments can benefit from a low down payment, and low, fixed interest rates.
Any local government or non profit within the counties of Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marrion, Panola, Rusk, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood. Local governments and non profits must show that they will have sufficient income from sales tax revenues or other sources.
The ETRDC is limited to a maximum loan amount of $500,000 and a minimum loan amount of $50,000.
Applying is easy. Simply download the application forms, and return the completed forms along with any attachments to the ETRDC offices.
You can download our ETRDC Loan Application forms as an Adobe PDF file. You will need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader if you do not already have it installed.