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In the mid-1990's, through the vision of Bernice
Jones, the widow of Jones Truck Lines owner, Harvey,
the conversion of the former Jones Truck Line
facility, a sprawling 40 acre campus, into three
buildings encompassing the Jones Center campus, was
completed.
- The former truck terminal was
converted into the
Harvey and
Bernice Jones Center for Families, which
serves as an education and recreation hub for
the community. It is a multi-use facility,
which includes an indoor ice-skating rink, as
well as indoor pool, basketball courts, movie
theater, chapel, educational and meeting areas;
- The former corporate office
building is now a Health Education facility;
- The JTL Shop building, where
big rigs were once repaired, is now home to over
40 non-profit agencies. Mrs. Jones wishes
were for a building where agencies could all be
housed together, with nominal charges for
utilities and space use. Many of the agencies
have called the Center for NonProfits @ JTL
Shops, (previously named the Family Resource
Center) home since the doors opened to the
public in 1996.
The Center provides affordable, professional
office space where its tenants are encouraged to
collaborate and develop relationships amongst
each other, as well as with other community
organizations. It includes shared use of
conference rooms and meeting spaces, as well as
shared office equipment and services, such as
phone system and Internet access.
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