Goodwill North Central Texas Kicks Off Campus Remodel With Ceremonial 'Wall-Smashing'

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Construction on Goodwill North Central Texas' new campus has begun — but first, a little sledgehammer action.

The nonprofit hosted a ceremonial wall-smashing Thursday to celebrate the start of the project, led by members of the board of directors and president and CEO David Cox. Goodwill North Central Texas plans to relocate from its current headquarters at 4005 Campus Drive to a two-building campus situated on 2.28 acres at 4200 and 4304 Airport Freeway, just northeast of downtown Fort Worth. 

Goodwill has been looking to expand its facilities and classroom space since 2019, when it launched an initiative to raise $12 million for the effort. After philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott donated $10 million to the organization, Goodwill was able to purchase a two-story 27,718 square foot administration building, along with a 10,474 square-foot single-story building, earlier this year. 

The administration building will feature a large community room, while the single-story building will serve as a Job Resource Center and house Goodwill’s VetWorthy program, which provides military veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses with job development, skills training support, and connections to community resources. The campus will also provide for additional training and education space for at-risk youth, innovative classroom space for foster care and independent living skills training, programs for ex-offenders and re-entry training, and expansion of Goodwill’s credentialing programs.

Goodwill expects to hire an additional 56 full-time staff to run new programs and serve an additional 35,000 individuals over the first five years.

“Education and employment are the only proven pathways out of poverty,” Cox says. “Indeed, the need for Goodwill’s services has never been greater, and we are committed to expanding employment and education services to break the cycle of poverty for those in our community.”