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City Profile

Growth continues in education projects to serve the City’s growing population. Berkshire Elementary is a new
school built to accommodate growth in the Far Northwest of Fort Worth, providing an additional 100,000 square
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feet in the two-story school. Berkshire is Northwest Independent School District’s 20 elementary campus and
will accommodate 850 students. Also in the Far Northwest, the Goddard School will increase access to early
childhood development services with the newly constructed campus.

In addition to public schools, two new charter schools are in development in Fort Worth. IDEA Southeast will open
on Seminary Drive and IDEA Rise will open on Cherry Lane. These charter schools will focus on college preparation.
Likewise, the Young Men’s Leadership Academy is also focused on college preparation. In 2017, the Fort Worth
Independent School District passed a bond to allow the school to update and expand. The project is anticipated
to be complete in January 2023.

MISCELLANEOUS

Water, sewer, and solid waste services are furnished by the City of Fort Worth and natural gas service is provided by
Atmos Energy. Electricity, telephone, and other service utilities are provided by various providers.

The Fort Worth Public Library system consists of a Central Library, 16 branch libraries, and one satellite library. The
Reby Cary Youth Library opened on August 14th, 2021. A contract has been awarded for the Far Southwest Library,
a full-service library branch to open by 2022. The Central Library, open 52 hours and seven days a week, is the
flagship of the system. In April 2019, the Library added 202 additional open hours per week across the city, including
Saturday, to become more welcoming to all families.

More than 400 churches with 45 denominations and synagogues in Fort Worth contribute vitally to the lives of city
residents. The city is also world-famous for its many museums and performance halls. The Nancy Lee and Perry R.
Bass Performance Hall, now recognized as one of the best performance halls in the world, is a state-of-the-art $70
million performing arts hall funded entirely from private donations. The Fort Worth Convention Center offers exhibit
and meeting space of over 185,000 square feet, including a 13,500 seat arena. Will Rogers Memorial Center is
located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District and includes Will Rogers Coliseum Auditorium, the new Multi-
Purpose Equestrian Center, and Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibits Building. Dickies Arena, a 14,000-seat multipurpose
arena, opened in October 2019 to host a range of concerts, athletic events, and equestrian competitions.

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