Homeward Bound of Marin has nearly completed its two-year, $38 million project of expanding its Novato campus that provides housing and job training to people who were homeless.

All that’s left is the nonprofit’s pet project: a dog park for tenants.

The 51-year-old organization held a ceremonial opening Thursday for the Dennis and Susan Gilardi Training and Events Center in the Hamilton neighborhood.

The 10,800-square-foot center includes a commercial bakery that produces dog treats sold in 150 stores in California, a culinary classroom and two rooms that can be rented for gatherings.

“This is a community hub,” Paul Fordham, the organization’s chief executive officer, said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “For us, this is what a community looks like.”

The Gilardi center neighbors a 24-

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