Habitat for Humanity is known for building homes for needy people, but a new program in Tuscaloosa, Ala. will focus on veterans with dilapidated houses and no money to fix them up. Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Federal Home Loan Bank and is inviting veterans to apply for up to $15,000 in assistance. Meredith Armstrong of Alabama’s 13 spoke to Rosalyn Boston, the widow of an Army veteran who has been unable to repair her home since it was damaged by a tornado hit the area in April of 2011. Boston said, “I just want my floors done, you know my bathroom done right, and the water to stop going up under my house so that I can live like I want to live.” And with help from Habitat for Humanity, she and other veterans and their families should be able to live comfortably in their homes for years to come.
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Ever Wonder Why Nobody Goes to Town Council Meetings? Meet the Folks Who Are Changing That.
About the last thing you’d expect to find among the refurbished brick factories and warehouses that stretch north of downtown Omaha, Neb., is a picket-fenced front porch. Especially when it’s inside. And most especially when what it’s inside is the office of a tech startup.
The porch gets plenty of use. People who want to get away from their desks tote their laptops, plunk down in a rocking chair, and enjoy the added amusement of watching their colleagues at work around them. On Friday afternoons, as the workweek ends, they relax with Mason jars of beer before heading home.
It’s a cute addition to office life, but it’s not some ironic 20-something wink at a bygone era. It’s a very earnest wink. And in its own quiet, Midwestern way, it represents a game-changer. Continue reading “Ever Wonder Why Nobody Goes to Town Council Meetings? Meet the Folks Who Are Changing That.”