Habitat for Humanity Whitley County announces groundbreaking

Carl Siler, Habitat for Humanity Whitley County executive director signs papers Thursday at the closing for the site on which eight new Habitat homes will be built in Columbia City. The project is the HFHWC’s largest to date and will offer affordable housing to low-income families in Whitley County.

Public invited to groundbreaking

Habitat for Humanity Whitley County will be holding a groundbreaking Monday, June 22 at 11 a.m. The groundbreaking will be held at 607 W. Market St., on the site where the organization’s next eight homes will be built.

When built, Carl Siler, Habitat’s executive director, expects the project to potentially house over 34 individuals in simple, decent, affordable housing. Of the potential families a total of 19 individuals would be under age 18; six would be disabled, of which two would be children; and one would be chronically ill, this individual would be under age 18. All families would be in the 30-60% median income range.

The project is slated to begin soon after groundbreaking and is expected to take two years to complete.
The short ceremony will begin with an opening prayer, Siler will then briefly introduce Habitat and the new project at which time ground will be broke on location. The ceremony will then be concluded with a prayer from Pastor Pat Smith of Cornerstone Fellowship Church and board member.

All are invited to help HFHWC celebrate this occasion and the lives the project will change. If you are interested in attending, learning more about HFHWC, volunteering, owning a Habitat home or donating please contact Michelle at (260) 244-4479.

(Story , photo contributed)