The Arthur Gary/Greater Portland Board of REALTORS® habitat house is nearly complete!
Some of you may recall, that the GPBR Habitat Committee formally convened in 2006. Their mission - to build an entire house for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland. A worthy and daunting goal, to be sure. Who would step forward to chair this committee? Why, none other than the energetic Rita Yarnold, of course.
The first challenge, to secure a building lot. Enter, our own Arthur Gary. Arthur had a building lot on Penn Avenue in Portland, which he kindly donated to the cause. After some negotiation with the City of Portland all systems were go and Habitat began the process. The lot had a garage on it which had to be removed and the work began in earnest last fall.
The first challenge, to secure a building lot. Enter, our own Arthur Gary. Arthur had a building lot on Penn Avenue in Portland, which he kindly donated to the cause. After some negotiation with the City of Portland all systems were go and Habitat began the process. The lot had a garage on it which had to be removed and the work began in earnest last fall.
The board had many fundraisers to begin amassing the funds necessary to move our family into their new home. Each Habitat house starts with a zero balance, so we had our work cut out for us. Susan Hight of Wells Fargo organized volunteers days whereby Wells Fargo donated funds to the project for every day we staffed with REALTOR® and Wells Fargo volunteers.
Now the home is nearly completed and the family is waiting patiently to move in. Closing is tentatively scheduled for mid June. Look for more details on the upcoming celebration.
