Photo by Amy DenneyMary Faithfull, executive director of nonprofit advocacy organization Disability Rights Texas, completes the ceremonial first dig at the site of the new facility, which will open in about seven months.
Nonprofit advocacy organization Disability Rights Texas started construction June 26 on its new headquarters at 2214 W. Braker Lane.
"In about seven months, Disability Rights Texas will have a new home, a home that will meet the needs for our foreseeable future," Executive Director Mary Faithfull said.
The nonprofit will be moving from its existing lease space at 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 171-E.
The one-story 22,300-square-foot space will house offices for the organization's 45 Austin employees, a law library and a large meeting room to host events. Plans call for 10 handicap-accessible parking spaces. Austin-based David Bessent Architects Inc. was hired for the project.
