In 19th century America, building barns was a community affair. The whole village would come out to pitch in and “raise” their neighbor’s barn. Why? Well, because new farms benefitted everyone, and because a barn that burned down threatened to bring the whole farm down with it if one family had to take weeks to Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | Applications Opening Up | Homeowner Tips Summer’s here and the time is right for building new homes! We’re starting our first houses in the Lydia’s Second Home project, and we’ll be opening up applications for new homes and home repairs over Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Spring is springing in Athens, and the sawdust is a’flying! There’s heavy equipment out at the Micah’s Creek main lot, while families are beginning to move into their new solar-equipped homes on the peripheral Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips It was a long hot summer for sure, so we’re really enjoying this cooler weather coming in. Since our last newsletter, the first home in the Micah’s Creek Homeownership Opportunity Project has been completed Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Spring is in the air! And so is the sawdust! We’re keeping very busy at Athens Hab as the days lengthen and warm up. Here’s a little of what’s going on…. ↑Back to Top Read More
ReadThe Micah’s Creek neighborhood in Athens, GA, isn’t just a place. It’s an innovative approach to housing. Since the 1980s, the Athens affiliate of Habitat for Humanity had been building 2 or 3 new homes a year in its midsized college-town market, selling them at cost and servicing no-interest loans so families living well below Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat Nation! The times are uncertain, as our nation’s investment in housing for those who can’t afford it, and in the people who create that housing, is ebbing while the portion of Americans Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Well, it’s been a long, hot summer! We’re looking forward to cooler weather and the upcoming holidays, but we can’t slow down because there’s just so much to do…. ↑Back to Top Building the Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Hey, y’all! It’s been a busy year, and we expect it to stay that way for the foreseeable future. But hey, that’s why we’re here! Let’s take a look at what your support is Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! There’s so much going on here at Habitat, it’s hard to know where to start. While there is great need for cost-manageable housing right now, support for our mission is stronger Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! So much is going on these days, sometimes we can barely keep up. But hey, that’s why we’re here! Some of our new projects are pending grant approval — keep your Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! It’s been a long year, in many ways a difficult year, but also a hopeful one for us. We’ve faced new variants of the covid virus, supply shortages, cost increases, and Read More
ReadBuilding the Community | The Giving Spirit | Volunteer Spotlight | Local Partners | What We’re Up To | Homeowner Tips Greetings, Habitat nation! It’s been just over a year now since our build sites and stores were temporarily shut down by the pandemic. And while our volunteer program isn’t fully open again yet, our Read More
ReadAthens Area Habitat is dedicating this home on December 26th, 2020 Although we are dedicating this home on the day after Christmas, the family has already moved in so that they may spend this Christmas Day in their own house. Because the family has already settled in, and because of the current pandemic, we will Read More
ReadA Habitat donor will be chosen to select the recipient of a 7.5′ tall tree loaded with lights and decorations. What if you could give someone a fully decorated Christmas tree for their home or place of work this year? You would be awesome! Well, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Athens Area Habitat will be Read More
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