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Greetings!
We have so much good news to share with you! First, take a look at the Dawn Lane build. It is really moving along. We anticipate that it will be done this summer! For a construction update from our Construction Supervisor Danny Boyd click on the Video Update below on the right hand column. Second, we are building in Scotts Valley! On March 17th, by unanimous vote, the Scotts Valley City Council approved up to $300,000 in Redevelopment funds for our Blake Lane project! We will be closing escrow soon to purchase the land for the 2-3 unit development, which when complete, will be purchased by selected families, with a preference to families living or working in Scotts Valley at 0% interest. "Scotts Valley's redevelopment agency has set aside 20 percent of its generated revenue for low-income housing since the 1990s. Currently, there is more than $3 million available for low-income housing that can only be spent to develop "affordable" homes in Scotts Valley," said the Scotts Valley Press Banner in a follow-up story. Many thanks to the Scotts Valley City Council for thier support of Habitat's new project. This new affordable housing is in line with the city's general plan Housing Element, which calls for about 100 additional affordable homes in Scotts Valley by 2014. We agree with Jim Reed, the Mayor of Scotts Valley when he said "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Third, we have purchased an inclusionary property on Frederick Street as part of the EMIA Harbor Home Development located adjacent to Frederick Street Park. It will be a 3 bedroom single-family detached unit. Inclusionary units are a great way for HfHSCC to build low-income homes in Santa Cruz and, since we are the county's number one low-income developer, we are poised to meet the needs of development when it comes to inclusionary units. We plan on beginning the Frederick Street build in the next couple of months. None of this would be possible without our community. The support continues to roll in. We have had a great response from sponsors contributing in-kind materials for our Dawn Lane home. Everyday, a new volunteer calls up to get involved in a build (the waiting list is LONG!), businesses and organizations sign up for a Community Build Day, donors send in checks for amounts as small as $5 or make an online contribution. Every dollar counts. Every in-kind contribution helps. Every person who steps up to be part of our community helps. You folks are the ones building Habitat Homes.
Thanks to you all!-The Santa Cruz Habitat Staff, Board of Directors and the Habitat Families |
Community Builds
Avalon Bay, Rotary, Rotaract, Home Depot and Wells Fargo |
Sunrise Rotary and UCSC Rotaracters at the Dawn Lane build, March 2010
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We have had an amazing response to our Community Builds. Avalon Bay, Sunrise Rotary and Rotaract, Home Depot and Wells Fargo have all been out to help with the Dawn Lane. Habitat Community Builds offer an opportunity to participate in the construction of a Santa Cruz Habitat Home, while contributing financially to the costs associated with the build. Thank you to all of the organizations, groups and businesses who have already stepped forward. You are forever a part of the Dawn Lane home! |
Community Shout Out-Thank You In-Kind Contributors for Dawn Lane | |
It takes a community to build Habitat homes in Santa Cruz County, and that community provides three things: volunteer hours, financial contributions, and in-kind contributions. The in-kind response from our community for the build at Dawn Lane has been remarkable!
Thank You to:
Archigraphics
Bowman and Williams
Blueprint Express
Mike Farrelly
Bay Plumbing Supply
Butler Johnson Corp
Lumber Liquidators
Michael Field
Mission Tile
RoyalStone
Caleb Baskin
Michelle Le Fevre
Chris Haltom Hardwood Floors
Certified Raingutters
Duncan Plumbing
Zap Electric
Bill Hamilton Roofing
ABC Roofing Supply
David Borders
Riverside Lighting
Our website has a list of the in-kind contributions that are still needed to finish the Habitat home at Dawn Lane. If you are interested in contributing, please contact us. |
| Volunteer Voices-Richie Thompson of Zap Electric |
Video Update from Volunteer and In-Kind Contributor Richie Thompson of Zap Electric
Volunteering for a build is not the only way you can support Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County. Every dollar we raise helps us help another family. The more cash we have, the more in-kind contributions of new building materials, and the more land that is donated, equates to your community building more Habitat homes for low-income families.
If you are an individual and are interested in volunteering, you can fill out the volunteer form on our website, or email us at volunteer@habitatsc.org. The response from individuals who want to build has been tremendous, and there are so many people who want to build for Habitat that we currently have a waiting list for volunteers. Please do sign up-we will do our best to get you out to a build in the next few months. |
| 15 Things You Can Do to Support YOUR Habitat |  - Check out our website at www.habitatsc.org
- Join our email list and receive our electronic newletter
- Walk for Habitat at the2010 Human Race
- Invite us to speak at your function
- Write a check or make an annual or monthly contribution
- Host a dinner or a fundraiser on our behalf
- Initiate a matching contribution program at work
- Help us create new partnerships in the community
- Publish our stories and pictures on your website
- Forward THIS electronic newsletter
- Create an endowment
- Donate land suitible for residential construction
- Contact us to see what we need forin-kind contributions for our current build
- Sign up to have your organization Sponsor a Community Build Day
- Contribute locally rather than internationally, we will tithe 10% to international upon your request
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Thank you for your support of Habitat; every nail, every inch of wood, every part of every home, from top to bottom, comes from the generosity of our community. Without organizations, and individuals like you, there would be no community, and Habitat would not be building homes in Santa Cruz County.
Thank you for everything you do to nurture Santa Cruz County,
Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County
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Calling all walkers, joggers, dog walkers, families, groups, organizations...
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Fun Run Walkathon
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Video Update Dawn Lane Build Update from
Construction Supervisor Danny Boyd
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| 2010 Open Architecture Tour has been canceled. |
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| Habitat International Responds
in Haiti and Chile |
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Habitat International is working in both Haiti and Chile right now. Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County will be notified by Habitat International when volunteer recruitment begins. We will continue to keep the local Santa Cruz community informed. | | Thank you! |  | |
We had a great time and the Shadowbrook Restaurant contributed 1/3 of the food and beverage sales from our supporters back to Habitat for the Dawn Lane build. |
| Goodbye Charles and
Welcome Martha & Debbie! |
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We sadly say goodbye to Charles Bender, our Habitat Volunteer Coordinator who has worked with Habitat since the summer of 2009. We wish you the best in your future endeavors!
We welcome Martha Caldera, Habitat homeowner and on-site Volunteer Coordinator at Dawn Lane, and Debbie Foster, our new part time in-office Volunteer Coordinator. | |
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