Build East Texas (BETX, pronounced bee-tex) is an East Texas not-for-profit corporation. BETX is committed to finding local solutions to local challenges in the following areas:
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Healthcare, and
- Economic development.
BETX is non-partisan and works to build broad community-based support for initiatives in these core areas. BETX is committed to the following principles in government:
- Broad representation
- Expertise, experience, and competence
- Responsible stewardship, and
- Personal integrity and commitment to the public good.