Our History

Galilee Community Development Corporation (CDC) provides decent, affordable housing for low and moderate income families in San Angelo and the local area. Our office is located at 39 Buick Street, San Angelo, Texas 76901. We are a not-for-profit 501(c)3, corporation that serves as the Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) for the City of San Angelo, Texas. We were incorporated on February 8, 2000.

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Rev. Floyd L. Crider

The idea for Galilee Community Development began while founder Rev. Floyd Crider was walking through the local neighborhoods for a local church event. Without the speed of driving, he saw the effects of blight in San Angelo’s low income neighborhoods. He saw clusters of families living in poorly constructed shanties and a lack of regard for a decent quality of life. He knew the proud history of the neighborhood, but years of neglect and lack of appropriate planned development had caused physical and moral deterioration of the Blackshear community. From this, the initial seed for Galilee CDC was planted on February 8, 2000 when it was incorporated and recognized as a 501c (3).

 In 2012, we started a new program called “Helping Hands.” This is the re-creation of the old Christmas in April.  The local Rebuilding Together had financial difficulties and had to close its doors. We brought in Mary Herbert, one of the original planners of Christmas in April in San Angelo, to start up this new program for us. So far, Helping Hands has helped 290 low-income senior homeowners receive free home repairs. Volunteer teams do the work, primarily on a blitz weekend in April. On a typical blitz weekend we will have over 400 volunteers working on 35 homes. During the summer and fall we typically work on another 5 to 10 homes. Our goal is to make their homes safe, secure and weatherproof.  

Currently, Galilee CDC is expanding their new home program into the rural areas surrounding San Angelo. Along with the USDA, we are able to provide the opportunity for moderate income level families to become homeowners. The mortgage for the home will be through the USDA, which allows homebuyers to have lower interest rates, zero downpayment, and no PMI (property mortgage insurance). The groundbreaking for the first home in this program was in May 2019.

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