City, Habitat for Humanity, Historic Foundation join forces to preserve house

[vicupstate]

Obviously, based on the topic title, this is NOT an article about Jacksonville.  However, can someone give me a reason why it couldn't be?



http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/oct/18/preservation-keeps-family-at-home/

Be sure to look at the Before/After shot, then ask yourself, would COJ have done anything OTHER than demo this house?

Hopefully this will be a model for other cities.  According to the article, Habitat's modis operandi is always been new construction, but maybe that will could start to change.   

[Miss Fixit]

Thanks for posting this article. Habitat for Humanity is a fantastic organization and is in fact restoring an historic home in Springfield now.  It's a duplex on East 7th Street which was donated to the non-profit by its previous owner.

[Singejoufflue]

"...can someone give me a reason why it couldn't be?"

I think this is fantastic as long as those Jacksonville communities with homes deemed historic are willing to keep poorer folks around and don't over exert opinions on costly historical "preservation" (i.e., make it safe, make it look nice, but don't get worked up when the columns aren't authentic period reconstruction). But my question, can we extend this to neighborhoods that aren't historic?  We Arlington-folk need love too.

[vicupstate]

Thanks for posting this article. Habitat for Humanity is a fantastic organization and is in fact restoring an historic home in Springfield now.  It's a duplex on East 7th Street which was donated to the non-profit by its previous owner.

Great.  Glad to read this.  I hope it works out well for them

[tufsu1]

HabiJax is actually doing several restoration/renovation projects...I worked on one last year