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Culture Community Religion

Corporate Partnership Package

1910 North Britain RoadIrving, TX 75061

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Artist rendering of the new SLPS C.B. Patel Community Center

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Mission & ObjectivesEstablishing RootsPatel Hotel Phenomenon In the United States & MetroplexIn the MetroplexVenues Dedicated to Indian Events in the MetroplexSLPS Annual Calendar of Religious EventsProposed FacilityBecome a Corporate PartnerCorporate Partnership Levels & Benefits

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Mission & Objectives

The SLPS is a nonprofit religious, cultural, and non-political organization to provide a forum for meeting, facilitating and encouraging religious observance, sharing ideas, providing cultural programs, and endeavoring toward community advancement.

Its objectives are to:

ESTABLISH a community center to provide, promote and celebrate, religion, culture, and education, among Surti Leuva Patidars and the Greater South Asian Community in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.

DEVELOP closer religious and cultural ties between the Hindu faith, and Indian heritage who are Surti Leuva Patidar in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.

IDENTIFY and discuss areas of concern to our community and/or develop mechanisms for the regular exchange of ideas about concerns related to religion and culture of Surti Leuva Patidars in different parts of America.

FOSTER harmony, brotherhood, and fellowship among the people of the Hindu faith and Gujarati culture who are Surti Leuva Patidar and of Indian origin.

SHARE the experience of the Hindu-based international Surti Leuva Patidar Indian community on a common platform.

INSPIRE people to engage in the religious and cultural processes of their adopted lands in meaningful and noteworthy ways.

UNITE, educate, and preserve religious and cultural heritage for the present and future generations.

Navsari Surat Tapi Valsad

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Establishing Roots

The SLPS of DFW has its roots in a prior organization – the Gujarati Cultural Society. Beginning in 1976, Surti Leuva Patidars (“Patels”) began immigrating into the DFW Metroplex. In that year, many Patel's began acquiring highway motels in the DFW Metroplex – namely on one road, Fort Worth Avenue. As a result of the Arab Oil Embargo, travel in the United States came to a halt and the motel business suffered a tough decade. As a result, many motel owners and lenders were looking to exit their assets. This phenomenon combined with new relaxed immigration laws, led to many Patel's purchasing motels. By 1978, there were enough Surti Leuva families to begin celebrating Indian religious festivals such as Navratri, a 9 night celebration honoring the Hindu goddess Ambamaa and Diwali, the Hindu New Year.

From 1978 to 1983, the community celebrated the major religious, cultural and community events by renting other high school facilities, gymnasiums and auditoriums. However, each year it became increasingly difficult to search for venues. In 1983, there was enough support from the 50 Surti Patel families to purchase land and construct a new community hall. In 1984, the new 15,000 square foot community hall was constructed at a cost of about $300,000. From then until now, that community hall has served as the center point of the Surti Leuva Patel community in the DFW Metroplex.

Today, the Surti Leuva community has grown to over 700 families. Due to the sheer growth of the community, it was in dire need of a new community center. The proposed facility will be a 50,000 square foot facility that intends to be architectural landmark in the City of Irving. The community center will include a 17,000 square foot ballroom, 13,000 square feet of pre-function area, a 2,300 square foot kitchen and a 9,000 square foot gymnasium.

The community center will be centrally located in Irving, TX and will be used for all religious and cultural activities for the Surti Leuva community. In addition, the facility will be a prime venue for events for the South Asian community in the DFW Metroplex

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Patel Hotel Phenomenon

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Goldfield Motel purchased by Kanjibhai Desai in downtown San Francisco

Due to the end of World War II and the completion of the interstate highway system, American real estate developers built motels

throughout the country.

Restrictions on immigration limited Indians coming from abroad, but of those that did, the Patel’s followed to California and ended up owning close to 60 to 70 motels

Arab Oil Embargo causes travel to come to a halt; motel business suffers and lenders repossess motels

from American owners; new immigration laws result in wave of non-professional Indian immigrants – if

willing to invest $40,000 in a business, then can gain permanent residence; Idi Amin also expels 70,000

Indians from Uganda

Following high gas prices of the 1970s and the weak financial market of the 1980s combined with the SNL crises, an increasing number of motels were foreclosed and available at discount prices. Once hotel franchisors recognized Indians’ commitment to the industry, they began to target the group with more opportunities which really expanded .

Indian motel owners have trouble getting insurance coverage and loans; Asian American Hotel Owners

Association (AAHOA) started with 160 members; The early 1990’s recession results in Indians purchasing

larger, franchised hotels.

The early 2000’s recession results in Indians building more sophisticated hotel management and development structures and results in multi-property ownership and development.

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Patel Hotel Phenomenon

HISTORYHistorians refer to this as a non-linear ethnicniche: a certain ethnic group becomesentrenched in a clearly identifiable economicsector, working at jobs for which it has noevident cultural, geographical or even racialaffinity. Indians constitute less than 1% of thiscountry’s population. Today, Indians own over40% of all hotels and motels in the United States.Of the Indian hotel owners, 70% have thesurname of “Patel” . This economic ethnicniche is extraordinary.

DFW STATISTICS•Over 700 families in the SLPS Community•Own 558 hotels (over 48% of all hotels in the DFW Metroplex) or 112,450 rooms•Collect approximately $330 million in hotel room revenue•Based on a general market multiple of 3.0x room revenue equates to close to $1.0 billion in property value•Based on 3.0% property tax equates to approximately $30 million in property taxes•Based on 13.0% combined state and local occupancy tax equates to over $42.9 million in occupancy taxes

REASONS FOR PHENONMENON•Cash flow business did not require skill sets from a marketing and communications perspective•Could sponsor relatives and employ them•Restaurants required handling of meat, an uncomfortable activity•Provided a home and ability to manage property 24 hours without hired help•Down payment funds would come from network of friends and relatives within the community•Investment would allow for permanent residency and later citizenship

NATIONWIDE STATISTICS•The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) has over 12,000 members of which 70% are “Patel”•Own 20,156 hotels (over 40% of all in United States)•Own over $130.0 billion in property value•Spend over $2.0 billion in property taxes•Spend over $9.4 billion in payroll•Employ over 600,000 employees

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In the United States & the MetroplexIndian Americans, known more commonly as Asian Indians (to differentiate them from American Indians) comprise the largest subgroup of South Asians consisting of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

In 1980, when Asian Indians were listed for the first time as a separate group in the US Census, 387,223 were counted. By 1990, the number of Asian Indians in the US had doubled to 815,447 and by 2000 the number of Asian-Indians had risen to 1.7 million. Asian Indians are now recognized to be one of the fastest growing minority populations in the US, among the best educated and with a median family income that is the highest amongst all populations groups including the non-Hispanic Whites.

387,223

815,447

1,700,000+1980’s

1990’s

2000’s

ASIAN INDIANPOPULATION

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The growth of the Asian Indian population in the DFW Metroplex has followed these national trends. A small number arrived in the 1960s to work at the nuclear plant and other scientific and technical fields. The population of foreign-born Asian Indians then began to expand in the 1970s. The total population doubled from 1980 to 1990 and more than tripled between 1990 and 2000. With this rapid increase, the population began to move north towards Richardson and Plano and West towards Irving. Since 2000, much of the Asian Indian population growth was simultaneous with the dramatic boom the in the information sector jobs. In Irving, companies such as Nokia, Verizon, AT&T began hiring Asian Indians on the H1B temporary worker visas or on F1 student visas with many settling in the vicinity of their work places.


In the Metroplex

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Asian Indians By County And Major Cities, DFW Metroplex 1980 -2010

Region 1980 1990 % Change 2000 % Change 2010 % Change

Collin County 703 5,753 718% 31,890 454%

Dallas County 6,408 16,030 150% 37,659 135%

Denton County 758 2,911 284% 14,517 399%

Tarrant County 2,478 5,336 115% 14,884 179%

TOTAL 10,347 30,030 190% 98,950 230%

City of Dallas 2,256 5,339 137% 7,313 37%

City of Fort Worth 646 1,417 119% 4,733 234%

DFW SMSA/PMSA 5,006 12,660 153% 42,852 238% 100,386 134%

Source: U.S. Census, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010.


Venues Dedicated to Indian Events in the MetroplexVENUE FOR SOUTH ASIAN EVENTS

The DFW Metroplex is home to more than 100 different Asian Indian Organizations, however, there is a shortage of event venues dedicated to the community. Amongst all of the organizations, The DFW Hindu Temple and the BAPS Organization are the largest –both of them are located in Irving, TX. Being directly across the street from the DFW Hindu Temple, the SLPS community center will have great visibility and will be able to attract many events from the greater South Asian population in the area. Currently, there are very few venues dedicated to hosting South Asian events.

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Venues Dedicated to South Asian EventsDescription Location Max. Persons

Fun Asia Richardson, TX 300DFW Hindu Temple Community Center Irving, TX 500C.B. Patel Center (SLPS) Irving, TX 1500


SLPS Annual Calendar of Religious Events

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Summary of Major Religious Events for SLPSDate Event Time # of People

3/10/13 Maha Shivrati 4pm -7 pm 350 4/19/13 Ram Navami 4pm - 7pm 350 4/25/13 Hanuman Jayanti 4pm - 7pm 350 8/28/13 Janmashtami 5pm - 12am 350 8/1/13 Bhajan Sammellan 10am - 9pm 500 8/2/13 Bhajan Sammellan 10am - 9pm 500 9/9/13 Ganesh Chaturti 4pm - 7pm 475 10/5/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 1,000 10/6/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 600 10/7/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 600 10/8/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 600 10/9/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 600

10/10/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 600 10/11/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 1,000 10/12/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 1,000 10/13/13 Navratri 7pm - 12am 1,000 11/3/13 Diwali 5pm - 12am 1,200

11/20/13 Jalaram Jayanti 4pm - 7pm 350 Total 11,425


Proposed Facility

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Proposed Facility

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Become a Corporate Partner

CORPORATE PARTNERS WILL:

•Gain visibility for their organizations

•Promote their organization’s products & services

•Address a powerful demographic with a proven entrepreneurial spirit and purchasing power of an estimated over $1 Billion.

•Demonstrate their support for professional and community development for the college youth and young professionals of SLPS

•Establish networking relationships essential to conducting business in today’s environment

•Convey a strong message regarding your organization’s commitment to not only the SLPS organization, but also, to your corporate culture, which supports work and life effectiveness, diversity, and community contribution

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Corporate Partnership Levels & Benefits

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Culture Community Religion

Funding Package

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