Grand Opening Celebration
Habitat Wake invited the community to celebrate the completion of our new 50,000 sq. ft. facility and the grand opening of our ReStore on Saturday, November 3. A Habitat homeowner, Habitat Wake leadership and elected officials including Congress member Brad Miller, NC State Senator Janet Cowell, County Commissioner Kenn Gardner and City Council Member Thomas Crowder cut a ribbon to open the new facility.
The generosity of the community via donations and volunteer time as well as shopping and donating at the ReStore makes homeownership possible for families managing on low incomes. This expansion of Habitat Wake’s "home" will accelerate the ways the community can support our mission to build safe, decent, affordable homes.
Key media parnters and vendors helped make the celebration enjoyable. Habitat Wake thanks:
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The News & Observer, which ran a special pullout section in the on Friday, November 2, that had great stories and photos about Habitat Wake's homeowners, volunteers and supporters.
WRAL-TV’s Renee Chou, who interviewed Woody Yates, Executive Director/CEO, on the Saturday morning news show
Sports Radio 850 The Buzz, which hosted a live remote from the ReStore on Saturday
CARQUEST employees how provided hotdogs to shoppers
Key features of the new Habitat Wake office and ReStore facility
Habitat Wake has set a goal to more than double our annual housing production from 20 to 40 homes by 2012. To achieve this pace, we have expanded the Habitat Wake office and ReStore. Key features that will impact our ability to achieve our housing production goal:
- adequate space to provide pre- and post-purchase education for Habitat homeowners to support their success in paying their mortgages and maintaining their new homes
- improved ReStore layout to facilitate donations and purchases of discounted new and used building materials (Profits support the building of new Habitat homes.)
- designation as City of Raleigh recycling site (collection bins to be in place late fall)
Building Project Partners
Habitat Wake thanks our thousands of supporters whose vision and dedication for more than 20 years have helped grow the Habitat ministry. Your gifts of time, talent and funding continue to lay the foundation for a bright future for many families in our community. Many people and organizations in our community helped us build a cost-effective brand new facility located at 2420 Raleigh Blvd. We thank all who partner with Habitat for Humanity to provide safe, decent, affordable housing.
