Fort Worth opens Barbers Manor

Fort Worth held a grand opening on Wednesday for Barbers Manor, a new affordable housing development in the Stop Six neighborhood replacing the aging Cavile Place public housing project from the 1950s.

What Barbers Manor includes

The development features town homes and apartments on Edgewood Terrace, plus on-site social services, two playgrounds, a fitness center, a clubhouse, and a business center.

Mayor celebrates Stop Six investment

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said affordable housing projects like this are rare, noting that cities across the country struggle to make them happen.

“There are cities all over the country that would do just about anything for affordable housing projects to happen in their communities.”

Resident thanks Fort Worth

T'Shawna Brown, who lived at Cavile Place and now lives at Barbers Manor, said Fort Worth kept its promise to redevelop the neighborhood.

“I trusted the process. I trusted the promise that Fort Worth had a solution for us.”

Named for community leader

Barbers Manor is named for C. Donald Barbers, a former U.S. Housing and Urban Development regional administrator and longtime Fort Worth community activist.

Part of larger revitalization

Barbers Manor is part of Fort Worth's Stop Six revitalization plan, which includes an anticipated 354 million dollars in total developments and improvements funded by a 35 million dollar federal grant obtained in 2020.