matt haugen: 10:10 AM on October 5, 2010
Pulling up to the job site it looked like there was a huge garage sale taking place at a nearby residence. Cars lined the street and many women were rushing in the same direction. It turned out it wasn’t a sale. Instead, they were rushing to sign-in...
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matt haugen: 1:20 PM on October 4, 2010
Minneapolis Monday, October 4, 2010 - World Habitat Day In Minneapolis’ Hawthorne Neighborhood on a site that once was considered a ‘problem’...
"Would you like something to drink? I could make you an iced mocha," Vicki Olson sweetly suggests from her dining room seat. If the world is split...
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity: 10:58 AM on October 4, 2010
For Dannie Mae McKibbins this October’s work project won’t be her first time meeting President Jimmy Carter. When Dannie was a student at the...
Patricia Dukes has lived in her St. Paul home for just over a year. She loves the quiet neighborhood and having space to host her large family, but...
Valerie Brown has been in her East Side home since 1999. "This is it," she says of her plans to stay.
When Antonio Botello dreams of improving his house, he envisions smooth siding, crisp white paint, and hunter green trim to match his garage. Last...
"We’ve been married 51 years," says Robert proudly as he sits down with his wife at the kitchen table to share their story. Robert and Rose Marie...
As co-block leader, Kristin Jorenby has organized National Night Out events, removed absentee landlords, worked to demolish abandoned homes and...
"It’s been a work in progress since my parents owned this house." SaDee grew up in this 100-year-old home that she now owns. Her parents lived in the...
