Jeff,
There are tons of poets in Dallas and the outlying areas. The place is just dripping with them. But most of the ones I've run into are poets first, and metrical is just a part of their toolkit. You may need to expand your reach a little to succeed.
Step one would be to go on to facebook and start building a network. Poets flock to venues for readings, so once you've got a network going you might look into starting up something in a bistro or elsewhere.
When Kate and I went to our first Poetry Lab event, there were two people in the audience: me and Kate. But the guy held them every month, and it wasn't long before the place was packed. It's all doable, it just takes energy, a network, and a little gumption. You would have to be the center of that energy, so you need to ask yourself if you're willing to go through the tribulations of starting up, in order to get to the eventual rewards, whatever those may be...
Best,
Bill