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Career Day at Morningside Elementary

Last week, Scott Price and Brianna Huffman visited Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth đź“š We met with a 1st-grade English/Spanish bilingual class for Career Day and discussed different careers available in construction. The kids were fantastic — we had so much fun! Thank you for the invite, Morningside.

Exterior of slab prep for The WARM Place

Project Update: The WARM Place

We are pouring the slab Monday, August 29, and taking down the existing walls the following Tuesday, Sept 6. Once the walls are down, we’ll start our framing.

Champion for the Homeless Receives Award

  On Thursday, November 15th, The Association of Fundraising Professionals, Fort Worth Metro Chapter, honored six members in our community during National Philanthropy Day. Among the honorees was Don Shisler who received the Ben Franklin Award for Outstanding Professional Fundraising Executive. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, he is the President and CEO of …

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Fort Host’s Near Southside Member Breakfast

On the 1st Wednesday of each month, Near Southside, Inc. schedules a Member Breakfast. Fort Construction was the host for the November breakfast, and we had a great turnout! Near Southside, Inc. is a private, member-funded, non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing the Near Southside. The organization started with a small group of business owners and …

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Breaking Ground on Affordable Housing Complex in Fort Worth

Fort Construction is proud to partner with Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County on their mixed-use affordable housing development known as The Vineyard on Lancaster. On Tuesday, we gathered with members of the Union Gospel Mission as well as community leaders for a “ground blessing” and “watering of the vines.” We are beginning work on …

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Fort Construction Receives Diversity Award

  On May 14th, Fort Construction was honored to receive DFW Airport’s Champion of Diversity Award. The award recognizes companies who embrace and exemplify diversity and inclusion in their business relationships. From joint ventures to prime and subcontracting partnerships, Champions of Diversity nominees promote partnerships with minority and women-owned businesses. Of the 30 business partners …

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Fort Attends Annual Near Southside Fundraiser

  Each year, Near Southside, Inc. holds an annual fundraiser which is vitally important to all of their initiatives, including ArtsGoggle, Open Streets, and Friday on the Green. The Omni Fort Worth Hotel hosted this fun and unique event earlier this month. The evening consisted of dinner and drinks, awards, entertainment, and development updates for …

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