Your Voice Matters: Join Us in Lubbock, McAllen, Dallas, Houston & Austin

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) will hold regional, face-to-face strategic planning sessions around the state during March 2014. These open, interactive sessions will help shape our vision and chart the course for TDLR’s future. This is your opportunity to let us hear your ideas with no filters. Your voice matters, and TDLR wants your input concerning these four key questions:

• What are we doing well?
• What can we do better?
• What changes would you make to TDLR if you were king or queen for a day?
• Over the next five years, what major changes will affect the way you do business and the services we provide?

Please consider this your invitation to join us in person to discuss the issues most important to you. Regional sessions will take place on the following dates:

March 17, 2014

• West Texas Region: Holiday Inn, Redwood & Aspen Rooms – 3201 South Loop 289, Lubbock TX
• South Texas Region: McAllen Convention Center – 700 Convention Center Blvd., Room 103, McAllen TX

March 24, 2014

• North Texas Region: Holiday Inn – 6070 N. Central Expressway, Dallas TX
• East Texas Region: Holiday Inn – 8111 Kirby Drive, Houston TX

March 31, 2014

• Central Texas Region: Wyndham Garden Hotel, Executive Learning Center & Guadalupe/Barton Creek Rooms – 3401 South IH-35, Austin TX

Program Session Times

• 8:30 am – 11:00 am – Cosmetology, Barbers
• 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Architectural Barriers, Boiler, Booting, Electricians, Elevators, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, Towing, Used Automotive Parts Recyclers, and Vehicle Storage Facilities
• 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Auctioneers, Combative Sports, Legal Service Contracts, Licensed Breeders, Polygraph Examiners, Professional Employer Organizations, Property Tax Consultants, Property Tax Professionals, Service Contract Providers, Vehicle Protection Product Warrantors, Water Well Drillers and Pump Installers, and Weather Modification

Here are some other ways you can make your voice heard:

• On March 17, we’ll introduce ImagineTDLR, a website where anyone can give us their feedback, post ideas, ask questions, and interact with other participants. Look for an email soon with more information about ImagineTDLR.
• Email us your ideas and comments now at imagine@tdlr.texas.gov and we’ll include them in the discussion.
• Jump into the conversation taking place on TDLR's https://www.facebook.com/tdlrlicense Facebook and https://twitter.com/tdlrlicense Twitter pages. We’ll be posting specific questions each week from our strategic planning sessions and including your responses in our research.

Ideas, comments, and suggestions collected during our strategic planning sessions have a real-world impact. In recent years, we’ve made policy and rule changes based on feedback from strategic planning sessions, and we share this feedback with lawmakers each legislative session. One good idea can create real change for Texans.

Help TDLR prepare for the future – let us hear your voice!