Texas Recycling saw its move as an opportunity to become engaged in the community. In neighborhood meetings and at open houses in its facility, the company pledged to be a good neighbor and have a positive, active presence in the community. Neighborhood association leaders as well as officers at the local Jubilee Park police station encouraged residents and city officials to give Texas Recycling a chance.
“Since then,” Litman says, “we’ve stepped up whenever there was a need in the community.” Texas Recycling’s community-focused actions have included:
■ providing transportation to move pallets of food to neighborhood distribution areas during the COVID shutdown;
■ donating funds for summer camp at the nearby Jubilee Park community center;
■ providing resources for the police department’s neighborhood Christmas toy drive;
■ participating in National Night Out and back-to-school picnics;
■ supporting scholarships for high school seniors provided by the Dallas Police Department;
■ joining neighborhood crime watch programs; and
■ providing jobs to neighborhood residents.
