Monte Anderson is President of Options Real Estate Investments Inc, a multi-service real estate firm specializing in developing sustainable neighborhoods in Southern Dallas and Northern Ellis counties. He is both an advocate and practitioner of incremental development and is co-founder and faculty member of the Incremental Development Alliance. Monte and Options have been recognized by the North Texas Council of Governments, the American Planning Association, Preservation Dallas, Preservation Texas, and Greater Dallas Planning Council for their work in this area. Award winning projects have included Main Station Duncanville; DeSoto Market Place; Tyler Station, the Texas Theatre, and Belmont Hotel in Dallas; and MidTowne Midlothian.
Monte currently serves on the Duncanville City Council and is the founding President of the North Texas Chapter of Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). He speaks and teaches across the country on Incremental Development and the Cultivating of Local Neighborhoods.