Former Dallas 24 Hour Club Board Chair Shelley Travell cuts the grand opening ribbon (Photo courtesy of the Dallas 24 Hour Club).

The Dallas 24 Hour Club’s new facility at Ross and Grigsby opened this week, adding to the organization’s ability to provide a home for those battling addiction. The original building, which opened in 1969, housed men and women experiencing homelessness fight their drug and alcohol addictions, but the more than 100-year-old building needed a revamp.

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In 2016, the facility closed for improvements, and construction finished this week. Its more than $3.5 million upgrade increased the square-footage to 14,000 and allows the organization to serve up to 400 clients. The addition includes a commercial kitchen and dining area, an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting room for residents and the general community, meditation rooms and indoor and outdoor activity space.

Dallas 24 Hour Club never turns anyone away due to lack of funds, and its success rate beats the national average for treatment facilities.

“Thanks to the extremely generous donations and hard work from the local real estate and construction industry, we can now give our residents a safe and comforting place to call home while they work toward sobriety,” said Dallas 24 Hour Club CEO Marsha Williamson in a press release.

Learn more about Dallas 24 Hour Club in the Advocate’s 2017 story.