Anyanful purchased the property last year for $179,000.<\/p>\n
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The former duplex at 1101 E. Rosedale Street will be remodeled. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n
Fort Worth City Council members approved a tax abatement for the property on Dec. 9. The city estimates that the municipal property taxes abated over the five-year period will total $5,904, or $1,180 per year, according to a staff report.<\/p>\n
Anyanful said she wasn\u2019t familiar with the Historic Southside when she bought the property, which lies within a neighborhood empowerment zone that allows for property tax abatements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found out it was an up-and-coming neighborhood and the city is putting money into it,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are not a lot of resources there. That was very eye-opening for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyanful had to wait months for the tax abatement to be considered before her remodel of the building could start.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like the outside look of it,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was originally a duplex so I\u2019m combining the two spaces into one building.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyanful\u2019s property is at the corner of Rosedale and Bradford Street, between two places of worship: Greater Love Chapel Church of God in Christ and Antioch Empowerment Church.<\/p>\n
A floor plan of the building shows that contractors will build a reception area and conference room near the front with a break room, offices and restrooms also added inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is to keep the same aesthetic,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyanful said her firm will be in a unique location where there are no wealth management businesses. She holds a free monthly seminar to educate people about financial planning.<\/p>\n
She came to the United States to earn a graduate degree and ended up working for American Express as she studied financial planning. With a divorce during that time, she had to figure out how to manage her finances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to become my own client,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Anyanful said her company has grown steadily over 24 years and she looks forward to opening her Rosedale office in the historically Black neighborhood later this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere I come from all my role models are all Black,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is the norm. I was raised to understand that I could be whoever I wanted to be, and I could do what I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eric E. Garcia is senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n