Archive for Thursday, May 15, 2008
Habitat for Humanity board member Brian Edwards, right, and Construction Manager Leif Myhre work on the Habitat duplex in West End Village on Tuesday. The other half of the duplex is further along, with the walls painted and interior doors installed.
Carpenters' Ball gala fundraiser Saturday
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If you go
What: Carpenters' Ball to benefit Habitat for Humanity
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel
Cost: Individual tickets are $65, and corporate tables with 10 seats are $900
Contact: RSVP to Lynna Broyles at 875-7005, call Molly Hibbard at 846-8536 for silent auction information, and call Laura Cusenbary at 846-6247 for sponsorship information.
To help
People who want to add a little sweat equity to the Habitat duplex can contact volunteer coordinator Tom Lake at 875-2741 or tom.lake@yvmc.org, or Leif Myhre at 846-2045.
Steamboat Springs — Members of Steamboat Springs' construction and development communities already have generously given time and materials for the newest Routt County Habitat for Humanity duplex in West End Village. Now, the broader community has a chance to kick up its heels while supporting Habitat.
The Carpenters' Ball, at 6 p.m. Saturday in the ballroom of the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel, includes a silent auction to benefit Habitat plus cocktails, dinner and music by the Nacho Men. Individual tickets are $65, and corporate tables with 10 seats are $900.
The new duplex on Abbey Lane will house the families of Melissa Kerbs and Marissa Jaime. Habitat board member Brian Edwards and Construction Manager Leif Myhre were working on one half of the duplex Tuesday afternoon, installing gypsum board in the ceiling of an upstairs bedroom.
The other half of the duplex is further along, thanks to a local development company's volunteers who painted the interior. The interior doors also have been hung in the home.
Edwards said volunteers always are needed.
Myhre said an impressive list of building professionals have donated goods and services to the project, sometimes to the tune of four figures. Design services, electrical, plumbing, framing contractors and lumber have been donated, he said.
Routt County Habitat has built five energy-efficient, affordable homes since 1999, in addition to renovating 22 apartments and another home.
The families who buy the homes through deed-restricted, no-interest mortgages must invest their own physical labor in their homes and sometimes those of others, said Routt County Habitat Executive Director Shelly Flannery.
Eligibility for much of the deed-restricted affordable housing in the city begins at 80 percent of the area median income, or AMI. But Habitat works with families that make 60 percent or less of the AMI - about $45,420 for a family of four.
- To reach Tom Ross, call 871-4205
or e-mail tross@steamboatpilot.com
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