After a four-month national search that attracted more than 200 applicants, Our Towns Habitat for Humanity has named Chris Ahearn as its new chief executive officer. Ahearn, a longtime Habitat supporter and volunteer, brings more than 20 years of communication ...
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Read More »Local faith leaders stepped down from the pulpits and put on their hard hats Oct. 12 for a Pastor Build Day with Our Towns Habitat for Humanity. Pastors from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Harbor Church, Williamson’s Chapel United Methodist Church, ...
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Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — Affordable-housing advocates say New York City is getting the largest multi-family development ever built by a Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Habitat for Humanity New York City and a for-profit developer called the Almat Group have announced ...
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Read More »Curtis Nivens and his four children moved into a home of their own on Aug. 28. Nivens and his family were the recipients of a home built by Our Towns Habitat for Humanity along with Davidson United Methodist Church, according ...
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Read More »The city of Kannapolis and Habitat for Humanity are collaborating on building a second “tiny house,” with this one expected to be completed in October. The city is using federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds to aid in purchasing the ...
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Read More »Our Towns Habitat for Humanity is looking for salvage in north Mecklenburg and Iredell counties, according to a press release from the organization. Residents in those areas who are remodeling their kitchens and bathrooms are asked to contact the charity ...
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Read More »Employees from Valspar’s Charlotte plant and Habitat for Humanity Charlotte will work together on repairing a local home during the paint company’s National Neighborhood Week volunteer program from May 9-14. Nationally, more than 500 employees from Valspar’s 30 U.S. locations ...
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The West Boulevard Corridor, federally recognized as a food desert due to its lack of healthy food choices, is getting a boost from Wells Fargo and the Charlotte Housing Authority to jumpstart the production and sale of fresh food. Officials ...
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About 250 people attended a Habitat for Humanity Charlotte symposium on Tuesday that focused on the need for affordable housing. The symposium, held at Central Piedmont Community College’s Pease Auditorium near Uptown featured, from left, Rene´e Lewis Glover founder of ...
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Read More »Annika Burton is the owner of a new 1,064-square-foot home in Mooresville, with help from Habitat for Humanity and donations from Ingersoll Rand. Burton received the keys to the new home for her and her two children on Oct. 24 ...
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