Our Mission

Imagine the all-inclusive benefits of an Ivy League campus — from decked athletic and advanced educational facilities to fully outfitted event spaces and services catering to every need.

Kidz University, a mega-community youth complex, will deliver all of that and more to the Killeen community beginning this fall.

The project is the passion and vision of army veteran and founder Daniel Lemon and his wife, Denise.

“Adults are able to go to great universities and on those campuses, they have almost everything they need,” Lemon said. “I thought why can’t kids have the same opportunity? I wanted to create a campus, a one-stop shop for kids.”

The complex at 4205 Old Florence Road is a sprawling development that boasts a STEM lab, a creative arts studio, media room, a library, and a 3,000-square-foot cafeteria called Kraves, among other facilities.

There is also an event space that includes two separate studios, which will be used for dance classes, karate lessons and other activities.

Lemon also has a goal of adding other elements to the property, with the groundwork begun for a learning academy for toddlers, a special education facility, a space dedicated to a girls’ program and more.

“KU is about planting seeds and nurturing them,” Denise Lemon said.