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Women Build will begin construction on a single-family home in West St. Paul
through a partnership with the Dakota County Community Development Agency. Construction is expected to begin in August, and will be completed in October. Women Build’s new home will replace a vacant, foreclosed home that was structurally substandard according to the Community Development Agency.
The Women Build home will not only provide stability for a family, it will also help stabilize the community. The Dakota County Community Development Agency acquired the site through the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program -- a program that improves housing in communities affected by foreclosure.The West St. Paul home will be the second built in partnership with Dakota County. The first home was built in 2012.
Women Build projects offer a unique approach to eliminating poverty housing in the Twin Cities. Women provide the funding and volunteer labor for an entire home build -- from raising the first wall to landscaping. Each of the two Women Build homes built annually is managed by an experienced woman site supervisor from Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. This year we also have, for the first time, a woman as the Project Manager. Women Build is women empowering women to make a difference for families in the Twin Cities.
For more information on Women Build or to volunteer, go to http://www.tchabitat.org/get-involved/special-builds/women-build/
Connect with Women Build Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tchabitatwomenbuild?hc_location=timeline
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Kaitlyn Dormer : 9:00 AM on July 6, 2022
Each year, volunteers and supporters rally together as part of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build. The Women Build program creates an...
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matt haugen : 7:21 AM on August 1, 2010
For a brief moment, as I approached the Women Build house on Emerson Avenue, it felt like summer again. The sun was bright and warm, and volunteers...
matt haugen : 9:08 AM on May 19, 2011
There are lots of ways to volunteer with Women Build and we need women with all sorts of skills. As always with Habitat - no construction experience...
