Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston breaks ground on new Club in Rosenberg, part of the Fort Bend County Community Center

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BCGHC) held a ceremonial groundbreaking event Nov. 3 for construction of a new Boys & Girls Club as part of the future Fort Bend County Community Center in Rosenberg. This brings the total number of clubs in Fort Bend County to five. The two-story, 20,000 square foot building is on land owned by nonprofit Attack Poverty, which works in partnership with BGCGH to serve the community.

Attended by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, leadership, staff, public officials and other stakeholders, the official “turning of the dirt” event signified the expansion of the organization’s reach and its commitment to families in the Fort Bend-area community. Located at 1820 Avenue E in Rosenberg, the Boys & Girls Club in the Fort Bend County Community Center will serve up to 300 youth per day, providing extensive after-school and summer programming, with an anticipated opening in the second quarter of 2023. There will be a dedicated space for teen members.

Participating in the event were Kevin Hattery, BGCGH President & CEO; Mike Kuznar, BGCGH board member and Sugar Land resident; Fort Bend County Commissioners Vincent Morales and Grady Prestage and Brandon Baca, CEO of Attack Poverty.

The Club is located in Precinct 4 under Commissioner Ken DeMerchant. Commissioner Prestage, a BGCGH board member and staunch advocate for youth, is credited with laying the groundwork for the Clubs in Fort Bend County. Kuznar has been actively involved as a mentor to members of various Fort Bend Clubs for many years.

“We are thrilled to further expand our footprint in Fort Bend County with its growing population and strong sense of community values,” says Hattery. “The Boys & Girls Club will be an invaluable addition to the neighborhood, offering a safe, inviting space for children and teens who will greatly benefit from targeted programming from academics to healthy lifestyles to workforce readiness. The support from Fort Bend County officials has made for a strong private-public partnership in advocating for youth.”

The new Club in Rosenberg will be named at a later date. The architect for the facility is Blueline, while the general contractor is Teal Construction. The other Fort Bend-area BGCGH clubs include Fort Bend, Mission Bend, Richmond-Rosenberg and Stafford.

For more information about Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, please visit www.bgcgh.org.

Photo credit: Henrich Perez