'Where Fort Worth leads, others will follow,' Opal Lee 'delighted' at affordable housing named in her honor

'Where Fort Worth leads, others will follow,' Opal Lee 'delighted' at affordable housing named in her honor

A new affordable housing community in Fort Worth, Texas, is named after the grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, and she couldn't be more delighted.

Workforce housing complex named for Opal Lee will serve growing north Fort Worth

Renowned across the country for her civil rights activism and widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” Opal Lee is well aware of the influence and impact her name carries. That’s why she was more than willing to put her name on a new affordable housing complex in far north Fort Worth. Dubbed The Opal, the 338-unit project is providing workforce housing to dozens of families at the northernmost edge of the city. Located at the northeast i…