With the groundbreaking ceremony for the Weavers Grove community approaching, President of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Jennifer Player joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell. She details the scale, vision and potential hurdles for the project, as well as her perspective on affordable housing in the region.
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On Air Today: Jennifer Player of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County NC
Jennifer Player, the president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County NC, joins 97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell to talk about a benchmark recently reached by her organization. She shares what it means to have 300 homes built by Habitat in the Orange County community and what projects the group is working on in the near future.
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Groundbreaking for Chapel Hill's Homestead Gardens Marks Milestone for Significant Affordable Housing Project
In a mulched clearing at the edge of the woods on Mar. 27, dozens of people donned hard hats and waited their turns to take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the future Homestead Gardens neighborhood. There are so many stakeholders involved that people were split up by organization to come take turns […]
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