Fort Worth nonprofit hopes to transform abandoned school building into community resource center

A local nonprofit organization says it has hope for a property in Fort Worth that has become a public nuisance.

The old Vickery School has become the site of multiple suspicious fires recently and a magnet for homeless camping. However, it’s also a vision of hope and progress. The nonprofit division of a local fraternity is working to acquire the abandoned school from the city of Fort Worth.The fires were reported Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon on opposite ends of the old R. Vickery School building in the city’s Glenwood neighborhood.

The Beta Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and its nonprofit began talks with the city in 2021. The goal is for a major revitalization and hub of resources for the surrounding southside communities.

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