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MINNEAPOLIS – April 22, 2008) - Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International will be in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area on Tuesday, April 29 to highlight the work of Habitat for Humanity, including the groundbreaking work of urban affiliates like Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. He will speak at a wall raising event at the TCHFH construction site at 644-656 Dale Street North in St. Paul at noon. This year, TCHFH is constructing seven new affordable townhomes on Dale Street in the Frogtown neighborhood through its homeownership program.
The Dale Street townhomes reflect the trend of Habitat for Humanity’s work in urban areas where scarce available land means building multi-unit homes. Building townhomes results in more complicated projects and designs, requiring multiple partners to get the job done.
Lead sponsors for the Dale Street project include Thrivent Builds and Wells Fargo. Key community partners include AmeriCorps, the City of St. Paul, Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation, Minnesota Housing, and the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (S.H.O.P.).
In addition, TCHFH will rehabilitate additional area homes through its “A Brush With Kindness” program, a neighborhood outreach service which offers painting, landscaping and repair to homes for existing low-income homeowners.