{"id":421,"date":"2021-09-20T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arch.tamu.edu.staging2.juiceboxint.com\/?page_id=421"},"modified":"2024-10-15T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:49:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/impact\/centers-institutes-outreach\/txtc\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Texas Target Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jaimie   Part 1\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UShmpUxITzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas Target Communities Program (TxTC) is a university-wide community engagement initiative. Since 1993, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/impact\/centers-institutes-outreach\/txtc\/people\/\">faculty and students<\/a> have been partnering with communities to assist them with needs that would otherwise go unmet through training on best practices, by equipping them with tools, and by supplementing local capacity with faculty and student time and talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p>TxTC partners with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Low-capacity communities across Texas to assist them with needs that would otherwise go unmet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty and students to leverage research, courses, and other university resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p>979.845.7813<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:texastargetcommunities@tamu.edu\">texastargetcommunities@tamu.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-focuses\">Our Focuses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"community-centered\"><strong>Community-Centered<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TxTC delivers award-winning studies and quality comprehensive plans and designs to ensure the best products are being produced for our partnered communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"student-learning\"><strong>Student Learning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TxTC serves as a \u201creal world\u201d learning laboratory for students who provide data collection and promising strategies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faculty-expertise\"><strong>Faculty Expertise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TxTC pairs communities with faculty members experienced in addressing unique challenges and opportunities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"btn-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn \" href=\"https:\/\/arch.tamu.edu\/impact\/centers-institutes-outreach\/txtc\/about\/our-philosophy\/\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur Philosophy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--outline\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/txtargetcommunities\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnnual Report\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-services\">Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since June 2013, TxTC has diversified the scope of technical support offered. The program has transitioned from short-term, independent projects focused on land use planning and design to more long-term, integrated efforts addressing the full spectrum of challenges (i.e. civic, environmental, economic, etc.) encountered by communities today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"btn-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn \" href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/impact\/centers-institutes-outreach\/txtc\/old-outreach-services\/\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn about our outreach services\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn--outline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/impact\/centers-institutes-outreach\/txtc\/outreach-services\/our-process\/\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur Process\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-support-for-txtc\">Support for TxTC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The TxTC program is a collaborative effort between members of the Texas A&amp;M University System and other state agencies established to support the improvement of Texas communities. This initiative is made possible by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/\">College of Architecture<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/laup\/\">Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning<\/a> and the Public Partnership &amp; Outreach at Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Similar Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rural.indiana.edu\/impact\/shc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indiana University Bloomington, Sustaining Hoosier Communities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban.uiowa.edu\/iowa-initiative-for-sustainable-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Iowa; Iowa Initiative of Sustainable Communities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sci.uoregon.edu\/sustainable-city-year-program-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Oregon, Sustainable City Year Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geography.arizona.edu\/course\/rnr-472-environmental-land-use-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The University of Arizona, Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-working-with-the-institute-for-sustainable-communities\">Working with the Institute for Sustainable Communities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TxTC is the community engagement arm of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/directory-institute\/institute-for-sustainable-communities\/\">Institute for Sustainable Communities<\/a> that creates a fundamentally different way to identify and tackle critical disaster resiliency and climate change challenges that threaten coastal cities through citizen engaged research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-epic-network\">EPIC-Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EPIC Framework Animation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/247538467?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TxTC is part of the EPIC-Network (EPIC-N), which is the collection of institutions that have successfully adopted a university-community partnership model for community innovation and change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Target Communities Program (TxTC) is a university-wide community engagement initiative. 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