Starbucks Opens New Community Store in Dallas Oak Cliff Area to Help Support Economic Revitalization and Youth Hiring
November 29 2018 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
The new store in Oak Cliff is part of the
“Reimagine RedBird” revitalization efforts, supporting Starbucks
ongoing initiative to spur economic development in diverse,
underserved communities across the U.S. by creating local jobs,
providing in-store training opportunities for youth, and working
with local minority-owned businesses
On Friday, Starbucks will open a new Community Store in Dallas
dedicated to creating local jobs and supporting economic
development. Part of the “Reimagine RedBird” revitalization
efforts, the new store in the Oak Cliff neighborhood is Starbucks
first Community Store in Texas and the 12th nationwide – part of a
special Starbucks initiative to support youth and economic
development in diverse, underserved areas of the country.
The new location will include a team of 24 Starbucks partners
(employees), all of whom are from Dallas and Oak Cliff, making the
store for the community, by the community. As with each of its
Community Stores around the country, Starbucks worked with a
minority-owned contractor, 3i Contracting, to build the store. In
addition, the company commissioned custom murals for the space by
Dallas artist group Sour Grapes, adding a visual element of the
community love and unique flavor.
Nationally, 1 in 6 young people are disconnected from the
economy, a challenge that is exponentially worse in low-income
communities. In Dallas, where an estimated 104,000 16 -
24-year-olds are disconnected from work and school, Starbucks plans
to work with local community groups and civic leaders to provide a
pathway to opportunity for its local partners through training and
development, career options, and industry-leading benefits, which
include comprehensive health-care, full tuition coverage for an
online bachelor’s degree through the Starbucks College Achievement
Plan and “Bean Stock” for eligible partners who work 20 hours a
week or more.
Through a grant from the Starbucks Foundation, local non-profit
organization, Generation will use the in-store training space to
support and train more than 200 youth over the next two years,
addressing youth unemployment and the skills gap by pioneering a
new way to prepare young people for jobs.
"Starbucks believes in investing in the communities it serves,
and we are so proud and excited to be part of ‘Reimagined
RedBird,’" said Traci York, regional vice president for South
Central Operations for Starbucks. "Our store partners are eager to
demonstrate a successful business model that represents all of the
opportunity that exists here. This store was built by and for this
community, and we are excited to become the local hub for coffee,
connection and community.”
Since announcing the Community Store initiative in 2015,
Starbucks has opened 11 similar locations, including Ferguson, MO.;
Englewood in Chicago’s Southside; East Baltimore; Miami Gardens;
Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn NY, Seattle’s White Center and Birmingham, AL.
Together, these stores have helped create more than 300 local jobs
and connect more than thousands of youth to education and
employment opportunities thanks to the local in-store training
programs. The company plans to open similar stores in New Orleans,
LA and near Atlanta, GA in the coming months, with more in the
pipeline for the years ahead.
The Community Store model helps Starbucks work toward its goal
of hiring 100,000 opportunity youth by 2020. In 2015, Starbucks
committed to hiring 10,000 Opportunity Youth by 2018. In March
2017, Starbucks expanded the goal to hire 100,000 Opportunity Youth
by 2020; as of March 2018, Starbucks announced it was halfway to
the goal with more than 50,000 hires.
About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been
committed to ethically sourcing and roasting
high-quality arabica coffee. Today, with stores around
the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of
specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to
excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the
unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer
through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in
our stores or online
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