875 Dixie Drive leased to Golden Triangle Empowerment Center Recently the Golden Triangle Empowerment Center (GTEC) leased a location at 875 Dixie Drive in Beaumont.   The program was developed by Melvin White, a Beaumont native. The Golden Triangle Empowerment Center is designed to help people who are disengaged get the necessary work skills to become successful workers in the industrial work taking place in  Port Arthur.   The organization has already built a solid foundation in Austin where his first job training program has an 80 percent success rate.   Several years ago, State Rep. Joe Deshotel saw the positive things that were taking shape in Austin because of White’s program and he asked White to bring the program to Southeast Texas. The timing for the program implementation could not have been better than now.   White partnered with Motiva, Conex and other community outreach programs to organize the creation of GTEC — a process that has taken nearly 14 months. The inaugural class started October 15, 2007.   Soon the GTEC will begin offering a weatherization training program which will come in handy hear in Southeast Texas. For more information on the GTEC visit Golden Triangle Empowerment Center.com.  Ryan Harrington of Foxworth Real Estate represented the Landlord and worked with the GTEC to help make this recent expansion a success.