Meet Our

Clients

Seeing our clients achieve key milestones is what drives our work at BCL of Texas. From startups that have expanded to multi-employee businesses to families buying their first homes, our success all comes down to you.

Guy Lahav & Gary Franco
Bringing the Arts to Small-Town Texas: The Success of Come and Take It Dance Studio
Small Business Lending Gonzalez, Texas

Guy Lahav and Gary Franco left their established lives and careers in Los Angeles to move to Gonzales, Texas with a dream of opening a dance studio to foster the love of arts and dance in small-town Texas.

With the help of BCL of Texas’ small business lending services, Guy and Gary were able to secure a building in downtown Gonzales, and Come and Take It Dance was born.

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Brice Hand Farms
Brice Hand
SBA 504 Loan Gonzales, TX

Brice Hand had extensive experience in poultry farming and owned acres upon acres of land, but he needed help to make the most of it. Thanks to BCL’s assistance, he has used the SBA 504 Loan program twice to construct new hen housing with state-of-the-art energy efficient equipment, making Brice one of the largest poultry producers in his community and for all of Tyson Foods.

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Adult, Child & Family Counseling Centers
Debbie Mabray & John Leach
SBA 504 Loan Killeen, TX

Therapists and co-owners Debbie Mabray and John Leach used the SBA 504 Loan product to expand their business from a small location in Killeen to a beautiful new facility on a large acreage on the edge of town. The new location is highly appreciated by clients and employees alike.

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Miss Natural Beauty
Marqueta Grant
Business Coaching Hutto, TX

When Marqueta Grant retired after 22 years of military service, she knew she didn’t want to go back to a desk job. “My mother was a hairstylist and seamstress, and she worked for herself, so I know a lot about hair and clothing. When we were on deployment, all of the girls would ask me to get them the best products,” she said.

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Fortress of Inca
Evan Streusand
Growth Loan Austin, TX

Two unexpected neighbors on South Congress hit it off recently, rekindling a relationship that was started 8 years ago. Evan Streusand first connected with BCL of Texas for small business coaching through the City of Austin BizAid program when his business was in its beginning stage.

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Tamale Addiction
Adrian Paredes
Business Lending Manor, TX

Adrian Paredes, owner of the Austin-based Tamale Addiction, was helped with two loans from the BCL Business Growth Fund. From pork pastor with pineapple and onions to vegan nopalitos and sweet guava tamales, Paredes has been able to learn from his customers and successfully diversify his product to meet new market trends.

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Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Ruth Guerra & Family
SBA 504 Loan Gonzales, TX

Some entrepreneurs are born ready to answer when opportunity knocks. When the Eagle Ford Shale opportunity brought an economic boom to the community of Gonzales, Texas, the Guerra family opened their doors—literally—to the scores of new faces that needed accommodations at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites.

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First-Time Homebuyers
Sandra Mayes & Family
NeighborhoodLIFT program, Homebuyer Education & Counseling Dallas, TX

When construction started coming together on Sandra Mayes’ new home, workers began to see what would become a familiar sight– Sandra herself, photographing the process and watching her home being put together piece by piece.

“It was an emotional ride but one I was ready to take,” says Sandra of the home buying process.

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Where to Find Us
AUSTIN 1011 San Jacinto Blvd
Suite 500
Austin, TX 78701 P: 512.912.9884 F: 346.301.5752 NMLS #1114924
DALLAS 400 S Zang Blvd
Suite 1220
Dallas, TX 75208 P: 214.688.7456 F: 346.301.5752 NMLS #1114924
SAN MARCOS 302 W Hopkins St
Suite 2
San Marcos, TX 78666 P: 512.383.0027 NMLS #1114924