Houston-Galveston Area Local Development Corporation

The Houston-Galveston Area Local Development Corporation (H-GALDC) is a certified development company (CDC) that was created in the early 1980’s by the Houston-Galveston Area Council to promote economic development and job creation throughout the 13-county Upper Gulf Coast Region of Texas.

H-GALDC is currently licensed throughout Texas as an SBA Grow Loan Program CDC that supports economic development by making available low cost, fixed rate commercial/industrial real estate financing to expanding small businesses under the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) SBA 504 Loan Program. We are licensed and regulated by the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide SBA 504 Loan Program financing and work in partnership with a wide range of lending institutions.