matt haugen: 10:37 AM on June 25, 2012
At the end of the third week of building, the house and garage are taking shape. The site supervisor, Terra, reports that the second floor walls are...
matt haugen: 11:01 AM on June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Despite the muddy and standing water conditions, work continued steadily Tuesday. Although no one complained about getting...
matt haugen: 10:46 AM on June 15, 2012
Work on Women Build’s 18 house since 1992 started the week of June 11 on the North Side of Minneapolis. The only words to describe the first week of...
matt haugen: 10:56 AM on May 8, 2012
The home chosen for the Women Build A Brush With Kindness Project this spring is in the Minnehaha neighborhood in Minneapolis. The home is owned by...
matt haugen: 7:51 AM on October 5, 2011
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s popular Women Build program kicked off a summer full of projects by painting a St. Paul home during the first week...
matt haugen: 7:47 AM on September 1, 2011
Here’s the thing about details – there are SO MANY. The finishing touches on a house can take weeks to accomplish, because the punch list never seems...
matt haugen: 7:42 AM on August 25, 2011
“Love is in the details?” Walking through the Columbia Heights home this week, it struck me that this place is really a labor of love. If you take a...
matt haugen: 10:01 AM on August 15, 2011
It was all about floors when I visited the Women Build volunteers on Saturday. This is detail work, folks, and it requires some serious measuring...
matt haugen: 7:45 AM on August 10, 2011
The Women Build home on Van Buren is a bright sunny house. It’s on a hilly lot with steps up to the front porch and steps going down to the garage...
matt haugen: 7:53 AM on August 5, 2011
“How do you give back to your community?” Last week, three volunteers met to share a ride to the Women Build site. It was early and they decided to...
