A community-centric vision sits behind Marcus Hiles’ standing as a leading philanthropist. With a strong commitment to education, Hiles has donated more than $2.5 million to public and private primary school initiatives, after-school programs, university career services, and job placement programs in Texas. Hiles knows the importance of philanthropy, having come from humble beginnings himself. His father was an inner-city minister, and Hiles completely funded the construction of two large churches – one in Texas and the other his home state of Massachusetts.
The population of Texas increased by nearly 433,000 individuals, from 27.42 million to 27.86, furthering a growth trend that overtook the entirety of the Southern U.S. “States in the South and West continued to lead in population growth,” explained Ben Bolender, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Branch. “In 2016, 37.9 percent of the nation’s population lived in the South.” Jeffrey S. Passel, a senior demographer at the Pew Research Center, envisions the growth continuing indefinitely, saying to the New York Times that, “the movement to the South and West is a very long term trend.” Marcus Hiles, furthering what the two researchers have stated, adds that older residents of the North and Northeast, primarily baby boomers, are finding warmer places to retire.
Planned cities, such as the colonial-era developments of Jamestown, Philadelphia, and Charleston, have shaped the United States since the 16th century. In today’s America, CEO of Western Rim Property Services Marcus Hiles believes that designed communities are not only beneficial to residents, but play an integral role in the country’s real estate market. The Dallas real estate investor has been constructing stunning luxurious developments for over thirty years, witnessing firsthand the transformative impact they’ve had on Texas’ citizens and economy.