Fort Worth's Joint Reserve Base Prepares To Start Military Service Center Renovations Ahead Of Expected Population Increase

Arlington TX

27 April, 2022

5:48 PM

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By Sandra Sadek, Fort Worth Report April 26, 2022 After Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, the staff at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base discovered mold inside the base's 71-year-old college campus and closed the building. Other older buildings, such as those housing the family resource center, legal services and relief society, are deficient and structurally unsafe, according to the base. Now, state and local funds could help address those needs and continue to provide resources for military families. Nearly $6 million in funds will be used to repurpose a former bank building at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base to house military family resources and help accommodate an expected increase in missions, personnel and families set to arrive on the base during the next five years. The base plans to consolidate the three buildings and four resource centers into one two-story building. The renovated 17,074-square-foot building will be home to the station's fleet and family support center, the Navy college classrooms and offices, the Navy legal offices and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.