-- Tanya Ragan founded Wildcat Management in 2006 after working in fashion and the oil industry and has spent the two decades since revitalizing downtown Dallas as the only female owner of a real estate investment and development company in the city's urban core. She owns the Purse Building, a 1905 landmark across from Dealey Plaza that served as the FBI's operation center following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In 2009, Ragan organized a business group that advocated to privatize and create what is now the largest residential district in downtown Dallas. She traces that effort directly back to skills she built running a 4-H club in Olmsted County, Minnesota, where she was a member of the Burr Oak Beavers and later served as president of the Pleasant Grove 4-H Club. "It's just like in your 4-H club, where you're bringing all the people together," Ragan said, describing the same model she used to align residents and businesses around a shared vision for the district.
That instinct for organizing people around a common goal carried into other parts of Ragan's civic work, including her service on hiring committees for the Dallas police chief and her advocacy for homeless commissions. She credits the discipline behind all of it to a much earlier lesson, raising rabbits for competition at the Minnesota State Fair through nights often well below zero. Every year since graduating the program, Ragan has sponsored the Grand Champion Rabbit award in Olmsted County, passing the same foundation on to the next generation of 4-H members.
Read the full University of Minnesota Extension feature at extension.umn.edu and read more about Tanya Ragan's work at TanyaOutLoud.com.
About the company: Tanya Ragan is President of Wildcat Management, a Texas-based real estate investment and development firm focused on responsible, community-based development. Her work includes historic revitalization efforts across North Texas, including the Dallas Farmers Market District, the West End District, and other downtown neighborhoods, shaped by long-term investment, preservation, collaboration, and community advocacy. Her portfolio includes Purse Building, a 1905 landmark across from Dealey Plaza. Ragan is also the founder of the Farmers Market Stakeholders Association and has spent nearly two decades living, working, and investing in downtown Dallas.
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Organization: Wildcat Management
Address: 1801 N Lamar St #201, Dallas, TX 75202
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Website: https://tanyaoutloud.com/
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