Once your planned project is completed, you have confidence that tax money or user fees will help keep the vision alive.  But for now, where can you find the funds to get the venture started?  This is where GoldStar Trust Company can help.

GoldStar Trust Company specializes in the management of bond programs, including municipal bonds.  By rallying support of various neighbors and businesses in your community - asking them to come alongside your dream by purchasing a "bond" for your project - you will be giving them an opportunity to improve their community while receiving a percentage of increase on their investment.

A bond program can become a financially winning situation for you, your investors and the people in the community that your facility will serve.

Not only will local investors and businesses have the opportunity to impact their community by purchasing bonds that will help build your facility - which will create a sense of community involvement surrounding your project - but each investor and business will receive back their money with interest, at a rate considerably higher than any savings account could ever hope to offer.

In the end, this community project won't be just yours...it will be a citywide effort that many will "own."  It will ensure stability as you bask in the community's support - emotionally and financially - in the future.

First, you need a specialist.  Someone who can help you discover how many bonds you need to sell - and at what rate and price - to accomplish your financial goals.  This specialist is called a Broker Dealer.

GoldStar Trust Company will be working closely with you and the Broker Dealer throughout the entire project.  We will make sure your bond plan is figured correctly to meet your specific need and the entire transaction of bondholder funds goes smoothly.

We don't take this responsibility lightly.  We go beyond what regulators require.  Our compliance staff is 100% Paralegal qualified - unique in the industry.  You want that from a company that is going to serve as your Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Escrow Agent.

The Broker Dealer may also assist you in the presentation of the bond program to the public.  From there, you will be looking for just the right people, with the right amount of money, to fund your special project.

Remember, you aren't looking for each person to buy the same amount of bonds.  If each investor buys as they are able - whether large or small amounts - over time they will make your new community project a reality.

At the same time, GoldStar Trust Company will be monitoring the finances and returns of each bondholder while helping you meet the financial goals you previously had only dreamed about.

When you are conducting a public building project, it is vital that every financial detail be above reproach.

At GoldStar Trust Company, our philosophy is to answer all the questions - avoid all the risks - resolve all the potential legal snarls before they ever have a chance to happen.  For that reason we go beyond what the regulators require - dotting all the "i's" and crossing all the "t's."

Our compliance staff is 100% Paralegal qualified, which sets us apart from other trust companies.  We take extra care to do the job right the first time...because we don't want you, or the bondholders, to be tripped up in any way with unsuspected surprises.

As a state chartered trust company, the Texas Department of Banking and the FDIC closely monitor GoldStar Trust Company. A full Banking examination is conducted, every year, to assure that all of our activities are in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and sound fiduciary principles. This is in addition to the ongoing regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our customers' assets are held in segregated accounts for extra security.  Listed securities are held in book entry form.  Securities to be held in physical form are securely locked in GoldStar's private vaults that meet all federal regulations.

Uninvested cash in customer accounts is placed with FDIC insured national banks examined by FDIC authorities and independent public accountants.

Extreme financial safety and top quality service are the standards at GoldStar Trust Company.  They are the high standards that made us a leader among trust companies...and the standards we would like to put to work for you!

While helping you establish a municipal bond program to fund your community project...GoldStar Trust Company can help each of your bondholders to form a strategic retirement plan that will meet their specific investment needs.

GoldStar Trust Company can handle everything, from self-directed IRA's to SEP's and "Simples" - which can hold municipal bonds.  We are uniquely qualified to create and manage individual retirement and estate financial plans.

A person may choose to purchase your bond and place it in an IRA to prepare for their retirement.  There are many different ways that a bond can be transferred, helping to care for the needs of loved ones through special estate planning.

The GoldStar Trust Company's Compliance Department is charged with the successful closing of bond issues.  They will gently guide you through every step of the Bond Program...keeping you up to date on each piece of information that is required throughout the process.

They will audit all the information supplied by the Broker Dealers - making sure every bill is paid and every bondholder is rewarded for their investment.

It is the Compliance Department that will also review to make sure that all the corporate documents, title insurance and other pertinent information are gathered before the Bond Program ever officially begins.

Our goal is for your project to succeed...and for all the members, bondholders and investors to succeed with it.

You can make a lasting impact on your community and GoldStar Trust Company is here to assist you!